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Residents rappel down 10-story Lakeland Electric building to raise money for Pace Polk
LAKELAND, Fla. — They are taking fundraising to new heights in Polk County. Residents pacing themselves, as they rappel 10 stories down the...
04.30.2022
Pace Center for Girls in Hillsborough and Pinellas County Received a $170,000 Grant from the Schoen Foundation
Pace Center for Girls in Hillsborough and Pinellas County recently received a $170,000 grant from the Schoen Foundation to help provide girls with...
04.19.2022
DeVos Family Foundation Helps Empower Greatness in Every Girl with Pace Orange Gift
Founded in 1985, Pace Center for Girls has successfully grown to annually serve more than 3,000 girls in 22 locations in Florida and Georgia. Since...
04.06.2022
Mote continues Pace Center for Girls STEM programming with support from Manatee Community Foundation
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to recognize support from Manatee Community Foundation for Mote’s award-winning education programs.
04.04.2022
Santa Fe College Honors Community Leaders with Women of Distinction and Promise Award
We’re proud to share that Natalya Bannister, Executive Director of Pace Alachua, was recently inducted into Santa Fe College’s...
03.30.2022
Pace Center for Girls Board of Trustees Welcomes Maryam Ghyabi-White
Pace Center for Girls announces the appointment of Maryam Ghyabi-White to the Board of Trustees.
03.22.2022
Igniting the Future: Juvenile Justice
Melanie Lawson hosts a documentary exploring strides being made with Jacksonville’s Juvenile Justice system.
02.28.2022
Youth Council Swearing-in Event Seeks to Bring New Solutions to Gang Violence
Makasia Purdy, 14, lost her 13-year-old friend, Christopher Scott, at a party in June 2021. Just a few months earlier, she...
02.23.2022
First Lady Casey DeSantis and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Honor 2022 DJJ Youth Ambassadors on Youth Success Day
First Lady Casey DeSantis, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Florida Juvenile Justice Foundation, and the Florida Juvenile...
02.03.2022
Mary Marx, President and CEO, Pace Center for Girls: Meaningful connections fuel healthy development
Mary Marx joined Pace as vice president of external affairs in 2007 and has served as president and CEO since 2010. PND asked her about Pace’s...
01.10.2022
Investing In Transformation: When Girls Are Supported, Our Communities Benefit
When girls are offered the tools, support, and relationships they need to succeed, a positive ripple effect occurs in our communities. The advocacy...
12.15.2021
Mary Marx Of Pace Center for Girls: Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO
Second, you will make mistakes, and that is okay, as long as you learn from them. You need to pick yourself up, figure out what happened, think about...
12.05.2021