Building Bridges for the Future

Girls Group 2024 In-Person Annual Fundraiser

Join Us in Person and Purchase Tickets

Saturday, November 9, 2024
10 AM-12 PM ET

Weber’s Hotel
3050 Jackson Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Ways to Donate & Affect Generations

Make an Additional Donation Today
Every donation helps youth to stay in school, develop a college mindset, graduate from high school, become first-generation college students, and create lives with successful careers and healthy relationships.

Become a Girls Group Sponsor
More information about sponsorship levels and how to become a valued sponsor can be found in our Sponsorship Packet.

Consider Joining Our Grand Circles of Giving
Grand Circles of Giving is Girls Group’s recurring monthly giving program.

Questions?

Email [email protected] with questions.

Girls Group Has Been Building Bridges for Young Women since 2003

Bridging Transitions Between Middle School, High School, & Adulthood Through Long-Term Relationships

Three participants walking across a bridge of three transition stages: 6-10th Grade College & Career Mindset, 11-12th Grade College & Career Readiness, and High School Graduations College & Career

Bridging Participants, Families, Schools, & Community Partners

Two mentors on bridge construction with excavator and crane bridging the gap to success and building futures filled with opportunity

Meet Featured Speaker Kianna (Girls Group Participant)

Kianna in high school graduation cap and gown

“The sense of community and camaraderie within Girls Group has inspired and motivated me. Interacting with other members who have similar goals and aspirations has been extremely empowering, and knowing that I have a supportive network of peers and mentors rooting for me has given me the confidence to overcome any obstacles that may arise.”

Girls Group Mission

Girls Group empowers young women to achieve emotional and economic self-sufficiency by ensuring they graduate from high school and begin their college or career journeys.

  • Programming spans middle school, high school, and continues through college and careers
  • Participants are mentored by experienced staff and interns
  • Year-round comprehensive programming focuses on academic readiness, social/emotional life skills, financial education, and community service.

6 Core Programs

School-Year Program

  • Weekly in-school and after school programs at 28 sites
  • Individual and group
    mentoring

Summer Program

  • Summer camps 5 days/week
  • Middle and high school transition support

Year-Round Enrichment

  • Family Engagement Program
  • Youth Leadership Council
  • Saturday workshops and field trips

College & Career Prep

  • 1:1 mentoring for application, essay, and FAFSA support
  • Career planning
  • College tours

College & Early Career

  • Individual and group support
  • Scholarships and emergency funding
  • Career counseling

Alumni Services

  • Communication and reunions
  • Networking opportunities
  • Mentoring of younger participants

Girls Group Serves 1,000 Participants in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in 2024

Thank you text with sunrise over bridge

Thank YOU for Helping Girls Group Build Bridges for the Future!


2024 Event Sponsors

(As of November 1, 2024)
To become a valued event sponsor, view our Sponsorship Packet

Gold

  • DTE Energy Foundation
  • Old National Bank

Silver

  • Bank of Ann Arbor
  • Domino’s Pizza
  • Franchise For Good
  • OM Group
  • Washtenaw Community College

Bronze

  • Comcast
  • Honigman LLP
  • ITC Holdings
  • Megan Mazurek | Reinhart Realtors
  • TDA Insurance & Financial
  • Zingerman’s

In-Kind

  • Dollar Bill Printing