In 2019, 32 BIO Girls sites impacted 18,000 people through service projects. Help BIO Girls fund service projects for 55 sites in 2020.

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.

Each BIO Girls location is powered by volunteers – including a volunteer Site Director that makes it all happen. And it all starts with a person like you saying – “Why not me?” Learn more about how to become a change-maker in your community!

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!

Kids need the opportunity to fail. BIO Girls Founder and Executive Director, Missy Heilman, illustrates the importance behind BIO Girls 2020 curriculum lesson “The Gift of Failure”.

BIO Girls is proven to build self-esteem in adolescent girls. Here's what participant parents have to say!

This. Is. Why. BIO Girls. A Women's Health magazine headline reading: "The Move That Will Change Your Life and Your Butt."

Race night! The night every BIO Girl works for! After 12 weeks of goal setting, risk taking, and battling through adversity it all pays off!

"The ceiling of the generation before us, serves as the floor to ours." BIO Girls founder, Missy Heilman, was nominated at 46th Annual YWCA Women of the Year event.

The BIO Girls movement continues to expand across the upper Midwest.  Did you know that we project we will grow to 55 sites next year?  It is incredible to hear the passion of the volunteers who continue to make the program possible in communities, big and small.

Each year, the impact of BIO Girls spreads well beyond the number of girls participating in the program. One of the staples of our curriculum is one week dedicated entirely to serving others in our communities. Read about some of the 2019 BIO Girls service projects!

Friday, April 5th was a night to remember.  It was a night of support for the nearly 1,200 girls that will be impacted this year and the 2,200 girls that will be impacted next year by the BIO Girls program.

Q&A with BIO Girls mentor, Nicole Spelhaug. Have you thought about becoming a mentor at a BIO Girls site? Here's an inside look at the experience, impact and benefits for becoming a BIO Girls mentor!

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.