1958 - 2008

1960
Opened its doors at 147th Avenue in a small house owned by the city of San Leandro. Each day after school, twenty girls participated in recreational and educational programs.

1970
Phoenix Project established to work with adolescent girls residing in Juvenile Hall. Many of these girls were runaways and truants with previous records of abuse.

1973
Comprehensive core program model established to offer three primary services: career development, recreation/education, and counseling. It is from this model that our current services have evolved.

1977
Pat Loomes hired as Executive Director.

1978
Established Pathways Counseling Center to provide comprehensive mental health services for Alameda
County.

1983
Started a program to treat child victims of sexual abuse.

1984
First Annual Campaign held with a goal of $50,000; $60,000 was raised.

1985
When funding cuts discontinued a local school program for pregnant teens and teen parents, Girls Inc. began support services for pregnant teens and teen parents.

1989
Delivered the award-winning national program, Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy, to girls and teen women in area schools.

1990
Selected as a model demonstration site for project SMART (Science, Math, and Relevant Technology.)

In April 1990, Girls Clubs of America changed its name to Girls Incorporated and adopted a new motto, “Growing Up is Serious Business.” San Leandro Girls Club, a vital affiliate of the national organization, became Girls Incorporated of San Leandro.

Started an endowment with $1 million received from the Schafer Trust.

1991
With $300,000 from the Schafer Trust as a down payment, Girls Inc. purchased the current building. A school for pregnant teens and teen parents opened at the new site providing an accredited school for teens to complete a high school education while providing childcare for their children.

The first annual Women of Taste event was held in the new building. The event raised $5,500.

1992
$300,000 in contributions helped complete Phase I renovations at the new site.

1993
Chosen as one of four sites in country to implement Eureka, an intensive math, science, and sports leadership program for girls.

1994
Girls Incorporated of San Leandro changed its name to Girls Incorporated of Alameda County to better reflect its service area.

1995
Executive Director Pat Loomes recognized by the United Way of the Bay Area with their highest honor for non-profit Executive Directors. The 1995 Seaton Manning Outstanding Agency Professional Award was presented to Loomes for her "visionary leadership and tireless advocacy for girls."

The first Capital Campaign raised $1.9 million.

1996
The Girls Inc. site remodeled and the Fitness Center was opened for girls and young women of the community.

1997
Girls and staff members meet First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton at the national luncheon in New York.

1998
For the third time, three girls from Girls Incorporated of Alameda County awarded college scholarships in the national scholarship competition.

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County celebrated 40 years of services.

The mission of Girls Incorporated officially defined as "inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold".

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County completed a strategic plan.

1999
GIRLStart, an intensive after school literacy program for first and second grade girls created and implemented at Wilson School in San Leandro. The program served 30 girls in its first year, 60 in its second year, and 120 in its third year.

2000
Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs opened at the Oakland Museum of California. The exhibit, which consists of 50 quilts, accepted by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and toured nationally for two years.

GIRLStart opened a second site at Lockwood Elementary School in East Oakland. The program served 57 girls in its first year, 55 in its second.

2001
Girls Incorporated completed a five-year business plan for expanding programs.

All five of the young women from Girls Incorporated of Alameda County who submitted applications to the national Girls Inc. scholarship competition chosen as winners. Three girls won $10,000 college scholarships, and two girls won $2,500 awards. This was the only affiliate in the country to have five winners.

The Tenth Annual Women of Taste event was a grand success, raising more money than ever before--$140,000 in unrestricted funds. More than 1,000 guests attended the event and 200 volunteers assisted with its production.

Executive Director, Pat Loomes awarded the Navigator Award for Model Leadership from the Management Center.

2002
The Management Center awarded Pat Loomes with the Award for Excellence.

WOW! initiated at two Elementary School sites - Lockwood Elementary School in East Oakland and Wilson Elementary School in San Leandro. This new program provided Girls Inc. programming to 3rd, 4th and 5th grade girls with an emphasis on continuing to provide services to the GIRLStart girls.

2003
Executive Director, Pat Loomes celebrated 25 years at Girls Incorporated of Alameda County.

2004
In February, Girls Inc. hosted a press conference on the results of the Girls Research Project which surveyed 1,800 East Bay girls on issues such as: health, education, mental health, substance abuse, safety and peer and family relationships.

KQED awarded Executive Director Pat Loomes with the Local Hero Award.

Girls Inc. launched the AllSTARS program for middle school girls to complete its continuum of service for girls ages 6-18.

2005
Girls Inc. finalized a partnership with the Oakland Planning Commission to establish a new facility at Concordia Park in East Oakland. Girls Inc. will renovate an existing community center and add two additional buildings, including a technology lab. The site will initially provide technology, academic, health, and fitness programming for 150 middle school girls.

2007
Girls Inc. welcomes new Executive Director, Linda Boessenecker.

Girls Inc. of Alameda County earns a four-star rating from Charity Navigator for fiscal responsibility and trustworthiness.

2008

Girls Inc. of Alameda County celebrates 50 years of inspiring all Alameda County girls to be strong, smart and bold.

Girls Inc. of Alameda County will be integral in bringing BuildIT—a program for middle-school girls with a designed-based curriculum—to four Girls Inc. affiliates across the country. Our agency partnered with SRI International to develop this program due to the percentage of women seeking science degrees decreasing by 12% from 1985 to 2006