Thanks to our valued community partners, the PACE girls have participated in a variety of educational, fun and unique experience this year. Here's a list of "just a few!"

January 7: Fitness activities facilitated by the Lee County YMCA
 
January 20: PACE girls visited Health Park Children's Hospital and distributed cards and small gifts to the young patients

                     

 
January 20: Irish line dancing with the Screaming Orphans, a band of four Irish sisters
 
January 19: Meet-n-Greet with Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto
 
January 25: Get Motivated seminar featuring renowned leaders such as former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani and former first lady Laura Bush
 
February 4: Behind the scene tour of the airport with Southwest Airlines' Captain Diane Meyers

          
 

February 18: PACE girls and PACE Sisters attend the SWFL Symphony at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
 
February 22 & 24: Special mentoring visit from players and members of the Boston Red Sox organization
 
February 24: Half-time cheerleading performance for the Lady Eagle's basketball team of Florida Gulf Coast University
 
March 15: Girls Take the Capital to Lobby for PACE

 

March 25: Back to the YMCA for hip-hop dance class
 
March 29: The PACE girls volunteered at the third annual Grande Dames Tea and received valuable words of wisdom from this year's honorees
 
March 29:- Sun Trust's Money $mart workshop with PACE transition girls
 
April 8: Lesson and presentation by FGCU's woman's step-dance team
 
April 14: Science experiments with the Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) program at FGCU
 
May 4: Girls Going Places interactive entrepreneurial conference at FGCU organized by Alliance Financial Group
 

 
May 13: Finance workshops with Alliance Financial Group
 
May 16: Sanibel Seal School
 
May 20: Civil engineering experiments with HSA Engineers and Edison Ford Winter Estates
 
May 20: First-ever awards meeting led by the Student Success Committee