The BIO Girls Blog
Find Your Kind 5K 2022 – Pinnacle Health Care
BIO Girls’ 2022 Find Your Kind 5K is presented by Pinnacle Health Care! We are so grateful for their support of this event.
Volunteer Highlight — Stephanie DeJong
BIO Girls is a 100% volunteer facilitated program. That being said, we have some pretty incredible volunteers. We can’t wait to share as many as we can with you. Check out this highlighted volunteer!
February 2022 Grant Highlights
We are so grateful for each opportunity we get to spread the BIO Girls mission and grant dollars are another way our generous region makes this possible. Check out this month’s grant highlights!
BIO Girls Find Your Kind 5K – Training Plan
Ready to Find Your Kind?! Here are two options to train for our 5K!
Volunteer Highlight — Jamie Mahaffey
BIO Girls is a 100% volunteer facilitated program. That being said, we have some pretty incredible volunteers. We can’t wait to share as many as we can with you. Check out this highlighted volunteer!
Volunteer Highlight — Cathleen O'Higgins
BIO Girls is a 100% volunteer facilitated program. That being said, we have some pretty incredible volunteers. We can’t wait to share as many as we can with you. Check out this highlighted volunteer!
2022 BIO Girls Official Partner: SCHEELS
BIO Girls is made possible because of the overflowing support we get from our community. There are a few organizations that choose to support us tremendously and those are our Official Partners. Check out this 2022 Official Partner!
Podcast Feature: Eating Recovery Academy
BIO Girls Director of Programming and Research, Dr. Beth Salafia, Ph.D. was featured on Eating Recover Academy Ep. 21: Let’s Talk About Body Image, Barbie, And More. In this episode, Dr. Salafia covers the impact of body image on eating disorders, improving body image issues, social media, and research on the impact of Barbie.
BIO Girls is Making An Impact
According to research, in North Dakota, girls struggle with their mental health at nearly double the rates than boys do, and their relationship with their self-esteem is highest in third grade and plummets to a low in sixth grade. BIO Girls provides mentorship, an inclusive environment and valuable life skills to empower these young girls.
January 2022 Grant Highlights
We are so grateful for each opportunity we get to spread the BIO Girls mission and grant dollars are another way our generous region makes this possible. Check out this month’s grant highlights!
How to Help our Girls (and Ourselves) Think More Positively
Have you ever found yourself stuck in a pattern of negativity, and it feels nearly impossible to get out of it? There’s a good biological reason for this. Licensed Therapist, Christina Smestad, MS, LMFT, gives practical advice on how to practice positivity for you and your kiddo. Read Christina’s 5 tips that you can implement today!
Support Self-Esteem | Giving Hearts Day & BIO Girls
Support BIO Girls this Giving Hearts Day! Aside from scheduling your donation or setting a reminder to donate on February 10th, here are a few other ways you can support BIO Girls on this day of giving. Plan your day to sip, shine, sweat, sniff, and shop!
Volunteer Highlight — Sara Hanson
BIO Girls is a 100% volunteer facilitated program. That being said, we have some pretty incredible volunteers. We can’t wait to share as many as we can with you. Check out this highlighted volunteer!
December 2021 Grant Highlights
We are so grateful for each opportunity we get to spread the BIO Girls mission and grant dollars are another way our generous region makes this possible. Check out this month’s grant highlights!
Volunteer Highlight — Michelle Hintz
BIO Girls is a 100% volunteer facilitated program. That being said, we have some pretty incredible volunteers. We can’t wait to share as many as we can with you. Check out this highlighted volunteer!
2022 BIO Girls Advocacy Committees
BIO Girls introduced Advocacy Committees in 2021 in an effort to support our mission from an operational standpoint. After a successful year with this additional guidance, we have chosen to continue this volunteer opportunity in 2022. We are thrilled to welcome BIO Girls’ 2022 Advocacy Committee members!
BIO Girls Awarded Choice Bank Arts Partnership Grant
We are very excited to announce that BIO Girls is the recipient of the Choice Bank Arts Partnership Grant! This grant will help us incorporate the arts into our mission-driven work to benefit the underserved populations in the Fargo-Moorhead community by increasing the self-esteem of adolescent girls.
2022 BIO Girls Official Partner: Choice Bank
BIO Girls is made possible because of the overflowing support we get from our community. There are a few organizations that choose to support us tremendously and those are our Official Partners. Check out this 2022 Official Partner!
November 2021 Grant Highlights
We are so grateful for each opportunity we get to spread the BIO Girls mission and grant dollars are another way our generous region makes this possible. Check out this month’s grant highlights!
Volunteer Highlight — Missy Conrad
BIO Girls is a 100% volunteer facilitated program. That being said, we have some pretty incredible volunteers. We can’t wait to share as many as we can with you. Check out this highlighted volunteer!