Project: Rosie’s Girls Summer Institute
Grantee: Northern New England Tradeswomen (Vermont)
Grant Year: 2002
Award duration/amount: 2 years, $37,500 total

Rosie’s Girls is the nation’s first summer program for 11-13 year old girls designed to build skills in carpentry and other skilled trades. Through Rosie’s Girls’ unique three-week trades camp, middle-school girls expand math and science skills, push past gender stereotypes and develop a broader sense of what they can be. The program, which gets its name from the fictional character “Rosie the Riveter,” was launched in July 2000.

The Rosie’s Girls Summer Institute was designed to facilitate national replication of Rosie's Girls. In 2003, adult teams from five cities across the country participated in the first 5-day Summer Institute. The Institute trained the trainers from each pilot site and is helping each of the five teams launch Rosie's Girls camps in their states. Teams came from Alaska, South Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, and Washington. Next Summer, these sites will be launching Rosie's Girls camps at their sites, and five additional teams will return to the Institute for training. The Institute’s fee structure and licensing fees are designed for Rosie’s Girls to achieve financial sustainability in 3 years.

3GF's two-year $37,500 grant is being utilized to launch and evaluate the Rosie’s Girls Summer Institute.

For more information on this project email Tiffany Bluemle, Executive Director,  at , visit www.nnetw.org, or call 802.878.0004.

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