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1998
Sisters Empowering Sisters Grants
Sisters Empowering Sisters, the Girls' Advisory Group of Girls' Best Friend Foundation, makes grants to girl-conceived projects and activities that create positive change in the lives of young women and girls. In addition to the grant amounts listed below, all grantees received an additional 10 percent over and above their grants to support evaluation of their projects.
Total Sisters Empowering Sisters Grants: $5,007.50
Note: * indicates project has a fiscal agent.
Artistic Pursuits
628-630 Columbus
Ottawa, IL 61350
815-434-2784
$980
Support for Girl Power, in which girl artists ages 11 - 18 will visit women-owned art galleries in Chicago to get ideas on putting together an art show and contest. The girls will then produce an art show and contest by and for girls in their Ottawa, Illinois, community.
Centro Romero
6216 N. Clark
Chicago, IL 60660
773-508-5300
$391
Support for Soccer Empowering Girls, a soccer program for girls ages 12 - 17 at Centro Romero, located in the Uptown/Edgewater community.
ChildServ
6613 N. Ashland
Chicago, IL 60660
773-973-8538
$500
Support for Jr. Press for the creation of a summer photography exhibit by girls ages 11 - 13 in the Uptown/Edgewater community.
Illinois Center for the Prevention of Violence
220 S. State, Suite 1215
Chicago, IL 60604
312-986-9200
$336.50
Support for Female Develop-Mental, a one-day seminar organized by young women ages 15 - 16 to educate young women about the cause and symptoms of dating violence and to provide them with the skills to avoid and resolve conflict.
Mile Square Health Center*
2045 W. Washington
Chicago, IL 60612
312-413-1789
$900
Support for TELL, a two-day workshop organized by young women ages 15 - 16 that will deal with career choices, school success, personal hygiene, and beauty tips for 20 sixth through 8th grade girls from an elementary school on the west side of Chicago.
Redmoon Theater
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657
773-388-9031
$1,000
Support for the Drama Girls' New Girls on the Block, a program where girls ages 10 - 13 will teach art, puppetry, stilting, acting games, and journal writing to younger girls in Logan Square.
Video Machete*
5732 N. Glenwood
Chicago, IL 60660
773-506-9907
$900
Support for A Better Tomorrow for the production of a public service announcement by young women ages 16 - 19 in the Humboldt Park Community that will show girls and young women in leadership roles.
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