BAWSI Girls
Health. Hope. Wholeness. That's our hope for every BAWSI Girl. It has become a reality for thousands of girls since it was developed as our first program in 2005.
BAWSI Girls is a free weekly after-school program in which elementary school girls develop self-esteem and good health practices from role models they can admire and emulate - women athletes drawn from college, university, and high school teams.
Through a curriculum of physical fitness activities and life-affirming lessons of respect, responsibility, teamwork and dedication taught by athletes who exemplify the results of positive decision-making, BAWSI Girls have fun and develop habits and attitudes that will make them successful in life.
Why BAWSI Girls?
Research by the Women's Sports Foundation reveals that active girls are more likely to have a positive body image, confidence and self-esteem. Simply moving and playing can reduce a girl's risk for obesity, cancer, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use, osteoporosis, unintended pregnancy and gang involvement. BAWSI Girls serves girls who lack opportunities to participate in sports programs.
What do BAWSI Girls do?
They participate in an after-school curriculum of fitness activities developed by BAWSI as well as participate in discussions with women athletes about how to make healthy lifestyle choices, how to encourage others and receive encouragement, how to work individually and as part of a team. They learn from women who were once like them and have gone on to successful sports careers. And they have lots of fun.
What are BAWSI Game Days?
Some of the most fun of all. BAWSI Girls and their families will be VIP guests at college and professional women's sports events to see their coaches compete. BAWSI Game Days are held at a variety of women's sporting events on Bay Area campuses. BAWSI Game Days develop community support for local women's college teams and, for most of the girls and their families, they are their first experience on a college campus. Giving girls and their families new vision, insight and hope for their futures is an important part of the BAWSI mission.
BAWSI Girls elementary school sites for Fall 2010:
South Bay
Bowers
Briarwood
Dorsa
Gardner Academy
Horace Mann
Pomeroy
Ryan
Scott Lane
St. Martin’s
Washington
Peninsula
Castro
Garfield
Landels
Selby Lane
Taft
Gilroy
El Roble
Glen View
Rod Kelley
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