The BIO Girls and Choice Bank partnership was featured in LAKE LIFE WKND MAGAZINE, check it out!

Crown Jewels, a Fargo-based, family-owned jewelry store has repeatedly invested in BIO Girls.

Our Founder and Executive Director shares stories, research and experiences with BIO Girls about why it is so important for BIO Girls to continually be a resource to give girls a voice.

BIO Girls Founder and Executive Director, Missy Heilman was featured as the cover story for Area Woman Magazine! Check it out!

Our Founder and Executive Director shares stories, research and experiences with BIO Girls about why it is so important for BIO Girls to continually be a resource to give girls a voice.

Our very first 5K… turned virtual! We recapped the day, and we are still pinching ourselves!

For the past 6 years, Two Rivers has been a dependable partner providing high quality products to help facilitate our program including our volunteer guides, curriculum posters, thank you cards and more.

BIO Girls has partnered with Orriginals for the past 7 years for all its apparel needs, including volunteer and participant shirts. Orriginals has provided superior service, they are reliable and are willing to go the extra mile to make internal processes as easy as possible. 

Scheels is committed to providing philanthropic support in each community where they are located and is demonstrating that first-hand through support of the BIO Girls program.

Wells Concrete designs, manufactures and installs structural and architectural precast solutions for architects, building owners, developers and contractors. Wells Concrete is one of the top five precast providers in the U.S. and is also helping to build a strong foundation for adolescent girls by generously investing in BIO Girls.

Allegro Group is a results-driven consulting and talent acquisition firm, based on Fargo, ND. Led by Kara Jorvig, Allegro Group believes in the mission of BIO Girls and has seen the impact first-hand as Kara’s daughter has been involved in BIO Girls for the past 2 years.

For the past three years, Narrative, a nimble brand, marketing and communications agency focused on helping organizations find and refine their strategy and stories, has been a generous Community Partner, supporting the BIO Girls mission through both financial and in-kind donations.

The vision of Sanford Health is to improve the human condition at every stage of life through exceptional care, spiritual enrichment, innovation and discovery. Since 2015, Sanford has invested in the well-being of adolescent girls in our region as a Community Partner sponsor of the BIO Girls program.

In 2018, a partnership was established with Anita Gust, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Wellness at the University of Minnesota-Crookstonat to conduct independent research measuring the change in self-esteem of participants. In 2019, the partnership was expanded to include a collaboration with Darcie Sell, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology at Concordia College.

In 2019, Choice made the decision to increase their support of the BIO Girls program in an important capacity, by funding low-income participant's scholarships.

BIO Girls Founder, and UND Alum, Missy Heilman, was featured in one of University of North Dakota’s Alumni Association Foundation’s edition UND Inspires!

A world where self-acceptance empowers all girls to be their best, bold and beautiful self - inside and out. This is the BIO Girls vision. Read more about the BIO Girls “why”.

My daughter is in 7th grade and as a class project, groups are encouraged to come up with a product that solves a common problem. Think Shark Tank for 13-year-olds. I suggested that their group create a stocking holder with an adjustable arm. Great idea, right? The response from Olivia, “That wouldn’t win at state."

“Girls can be anything, but hear they have to be everything.” Courtney Martin author of Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters. BIO Girls provides connection and sense of community. We level the ‘playing field’ and bring together girls from all walks of life.

The journey, the WHY, and the momentum behind BIO Girls. BIO Girls will be impacting 1,000 adolescent girls in 2019: helping them build a strong foundation of self-esteem, teaching them skills to stand up to social pressures and providing a tool-box of life-skills for girls to access as they continue to grow.