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The EDGE: The Girls Empowerment Program of the YWCA

The mission of the EDGE is to empower girls with the skills and attitudes they need to take healthy risks, maintain high aspirations, and stay resilient in the face of difficulty.

Through hands-on projects and community involvement, the EDGE prepares girls to meet the challenges of their future by training them to be creative, confident, competitive and self-sufficient.

Our Programs

To learn more about the programs below or to register, call the YWCA at (303) 443-0419 or you may also register for Bold, Bolder and Boldest Girls as well as digital photography classes through Lifelong Learning. Click here to visit their web site.

Wired Girls and Boys

This cutting edge program teaches youth skills in Internet research, electronic communication, digital photography and a final project such as a website or newsletter that utilizes their new computer skills. The program collaborates with the I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder county and other organizations.

Bolder Girls

See your name in the Daily Camera newspaper! Get your ideas published! Experience what it is like to be an investigative reporter. Join Bolder Girls newspaper staff for a 12-week session. Work one-on-one with your own editor to learn all aspects of newspaper production, including reporting, photography, layout, and sales. Open to girls in grades 4-6.

Bold Girls

Strengthen your writing skills while creating a memory journal. Open to girls in grades 2-4.

Boldest Girls

	Learn about social and environmental issues and write articles and learn to develop a magazine "Our Earth, Our Society, Our Voices." Open to girls in grades 6-8. Read our latest magazine.

Digital Photography for Girls - Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8

	For Grades 3-5, girls learn how to apply digital editing and paint tools to produce artwork such as posters and silk-screens. In the more advanced class for grades 6-8, girls learn how to use photo editing software to create a digital scrapbook.

Teen Board Directors

Make a difference in your community! Work with like-minded women to assure the success of the YWCA of Boulder County. As a teen director, you will learn about policy and decision making, fundraising and how nonprofit organizations tick. Apply today. Two high school girls from Boulder County are elected each year.

Annual Women/Girls Celebration

The annual Women and Girls Celebration is a chance to gather with mothers, daughters and other significant women in our lives. While each year is unique, this event consistently brings women in the community together to share their experiences and learn more the about the YWCA, including the EDGE program.

Teen Parent Graduation Project

This collaboration with Fairview High School gives teen moms the support needed to graduate or earn their GED. Includes roundtable mentoring groups and job shadowing with the goal and focus of increasing graduation rates among teen mothers.

For more information, call 303-443-0419 or send mail to frontdesk@ywcaboulder.org.

This program is made possible by donors like you. If you would like to make a donation please click here: Make a Donation.

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