JCC Association Helps Boost Girls Sports Programming Through Partnership with WSF

(05-11-2007 - New York, NY) JCC Association and the Women’s Sports Foundation are proud to announce that 21 JCCs have received 2007 GoGirlGo grants. Through the support of the Hadassah Foundation, each JCC will receive a grant to use the GoGirlGo project in its programming for girls. “This partnership is another in our efforts to continually provide JCCs with the highest quality programming possible,” said Steve Becker, JCC Association Continental Consultant for Sports & Wellness.

This is the sixth consecutive year JCCs have received grants. GoGirlGo! is dedicated to the development and funding of girls' sports/physical activity programs that combine athletic instruction and programming with the delivery of educational information by qualified adults.

There are two versions of the GoGirlGo! Project curriculum —one for girls ages 8-12 (3rd to 8th graders) and one for girls ages 13-18 (high school students). The material for the younger girls is focused on helping them make healthy choices for their bodies and minds in face of social pressures. The high school material is focused on helping girls become leaders as they deal with the challenges of being teenagers.

The JCCs and camps receiving grants are:

Adolph & Rose Levis JCC, Boca Raton, FL
Alpert JCC, Long Beach, CA
Barshop JCC, San Antonio, TX
Betty & Milton Katz JCC, Cherry Hill, NJ
David Posnack JCC, Davie, FL
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, Milwaukee, WI
JCC of Greater Baltimore, MD
JCC of Greater Harrisburg, PA
JCC of Greater Monmouth, Deal, NJ
JCC of Louisville, KY
JCC of San Francisco, CA
Marcus JCC, Atlanta, GA
Mid-Island Y JCC, Plainview, NY
Pinemere Camp, Philadelphia, PA
Raleigh-Cary JCC
Samuel Field Y & YMHA, Little Neck, NY
Sephardic Community Center, Brooklyn. NY
Shaw JCC, Akron, OH
Shimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC, Bridgewater, NJ
Sid Jacobson JCC, East Hills, NY
Sidney Albert Albany JCC, Albany, NY

Among the JCCs that have received the grant before, the GoGirlGo educational kit has been presented through Girl Scout troops, day and sports camp programming, and afterschool programs.

Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women's Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to ensuring equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness.


JCC Association is the leadership network of, and central agency for the Jewish Community Center Movement, which is comprised of more than 350 JCC, YM-YWHA and camp sites in the U. S. and Canada. JCC Association offers a wide range of services and resources to strengthen the capacity of its affiliates to provide educational, cultural, social, Jewish identity-building, and recreational programs to enhance the lives of North American Jews of all ages and backgrounds. Additionally, the movement fosters and strengthens connections between North American Jews and Israel as well as with world Jewry. JCC Association is also a U.S. government accredited agency for serving the religious and social needs of Jewish military personnel, their families, and patients in VA hospitals through JWB Jewish Chaplains Council.

For more info, contact:

Miriam Rinn
Communications Manager, JCCA
JCCs of North America
520 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-786-5092
E-mail: miriam@jcca.org

The Shaw JCC of Akron, founded in 1920, creates community based on Jewish values in by providing quality programs and services in a safe and secure environment for people of all ages. The Shaw JCC is open to all members of our community without regard to race, gender, religious preference, marital, or economic status. Our 60-acre community campus, located at 750 White Pond Drive, is home to the Shaw JCC as well as the Jewish Community Board of Akron, Jewish Family Service, and the Jerome Lippman Jewish Community Day School.