Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire

Our year-round Girls centers in nashua and manchester provide Girls with a safe place to go and engage in quality programs after school and for full-days during the summer and school vacation weeks. Programs which take place at the Girls center include: leadership activities, science, math, and technology, pregnancy prevention, drug prevention, self-defense and violence prevention, career awareness, and health, nutrition, and sports.

In keeping with our goal to empower Girls to make healthy choices, we provide usda approved meals through dinner clubs at two of our centers and through community partners in various locations in New Hampshire. Cafe lauren and burke street cafe operate at our manchester and nashua Girls centers, respectively. Both dinner cafes are open from 4:45 pm to 5:30 pm each evening for hot meals. The program is offered year-round and is open monday through friday, and currently services over 100 people each day. Cooks prepare menus, shop and make nutritious meals. Additional Girls inc. staff members facilitate the program each day, serving food,interacting with families, doing the clean-up, and also educating Girls and their families on nutrition.

Our enrichment and prevention outreach programs are also implemented in schools across the state during the regular school day. Girls inc. staff work closely with guidance counselors and school administrators to determine the needs of Girls in the community and what Girls inc. Program fits best within the framework of the school curriculum. We are fortunate to have built many positive relationships with schools which enable us to serve hundreds of Girls each year in addition to the Girls who attend our Girls centers on a regular basis.