American Association of University Women (AAUW) Palm Springs received a grant from Anderson Children’s Foundation to help send local middle school Tech Trek Girls to 2024 STEM Summer Camp programs.
Anderson Children’s Foundation representatives Brianna Ulhorn and Diane Schlesinger presented AAUW Palm Springs president, Kathi Farber, AAUW grant writer Carol Marcuse, and AAUW co-vice president of fundraising, Gina Rotolo, with an $11,000 grant for the 2024 Tech Trek STEM Camp Program which will underwrite camp admission for 10 local girls to attend in-person and virtual camp sessions at state university programs.
The summer STEM Camp programs provides an incredible week of immersive learning for junior high school girls with focus in robotics, DNA, technology building programs and many more activities that foster a desire for further education within science, technology, and mathematics fields.
“We are thrilled to be able to secure this level of funding from a like-minded organization that is dedicated to serving youth in the Coachella Valley to kick-off our 2023-2024 AAUW Palm Springs season,” said Kathi Farber, president of AAUW Palm Springs. “We have set a local branch goal of raising $50,000 this year in order to facilitate much-needed educational opportunities for local girls who are interested in STEM careers. The Tech Trek STEM program provides key learning and skill development which we know has long-term impact on the lives and career opportunities for Coachella Valley girls.”
AAUW Palm Springs will hold the first meeting of the 2023-2024 season on Saturday, September 9 at 11:30 a.m. at Morton’s The Steakhouse featuring a lunch and learn program with remarks from three local authors: Terri Banner, discussing her historical novel, Best Friends: A Compass True and North; Bara Rosenheck who will discuss her crime novel, Justice For Julia; and Aggie Jordan, who will discuss her memoir, A Woman’s Voice Should Be Heard, My Journey From The Convent To The Battle For Women’s Equality. Tickets for the program are available for $48 at the door. To reserve space for the program, please click here.
To learn more about AAUW Palm Springs and the Tech Trek Program please visit www.palmsprings-ca.aauw.net. To donate to the 2024 Tech Trek STEM Camp Summer Program, please click here.
About AAUW
The mission of AAUW is to enhance gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.
Our Tech Trek Program is a highly successful venue to make technology available to female students. In 1998, the first Tech Trek camp was held at Stanford where 151 girls from 134 branches spent one week in the program. Because of the success across California, Tech Trek has now become a national program with camps in Florida, Alabama, New Mexico, Oregon, Iowa, Washington, New Jersey, and Ohio.
The success rates speak for themselves:
- 96% of Tech Trek alumnae go to college.
- 82% of girls chose to take more science classes in high school because of Tech Trek
