How are you celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports?

National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) was this month, which recognizes the women who have fought for equality in sports and acknowledges the importance of sports in the lives of women and girls. Girls Leading Girls carries out this mission in our day-to-day work — by developing self-confidence and leadership skills in *girls through soccer.

In honor of NGWSD, we’re raising funds to support our free afterschool program for girls in grades K - 8 in San Francisco and Oakland. The program, which is often the girls’ first and only introduction to sports, is part of our mission to provide equal opportunities to all girls of all socioeconomic backgrounds annually through soccer and leadership programming.

Through this campaign, we aim to start a program at a new school in San Francisco for a group of 20 girls this spring.

Investing in girls’ sports means investing in their future. Girls who play sports:

Have higher levels of self-esteem
Are less depressed and have higher states of psychological well-being
Have higher levels of academic success
And have a more positive body image

Make a difference in the lives of girls by making a contribution today.

*We use the term “Girls,” which refers to gender expansive youth (cis girls, trans girls, nonbinary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth, and any girl-identified youth).

Support GLG in honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day

By Girls Leading Girls

Support GLG in honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day