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The volunteers go all across the county to teach your girls positive lessons.

Girls Inc. of Johnson County will go to Atterbury Job Corps to spread positive messages ranging from anti-bullying to self-esteem building. They will go to Esperanza in Greenwood to make sure those children get the same lessons.

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Now the nonprofit organization in Franklin wants to spread even further in the county.

Girls Inc., of Johnson County received a Lilly grant in 2016 to help the organization do outreach in the community and to help build partnerships in the community so they could serve more girls.

Now they hope to expand curriculum that will get them out in the community to more locations and to reach more girls across the county, Chief Executive Officer Sonya Ware-Meguiar said.

“We are wanting to expand and do more partnerships,” she said.

The nonprofit organization is seeking professional or retired people who would be willing to learn a six-week curriculum and to teach it to girls across the county, Ware-Meguiar said.

Girls Inc., routinely serves girls mostly in the Franklin area by offering after school care that includes enrichment activities, including STEM and art activities. A summer camp offered each year will allow other girls in the county to attend Girls Inc., and the outreach curriculum also allows Girls Inc., to get into other parts of the county. But, the nonprofit for the county is based in Franklin and getting to and from the center is easier for Franklin parents, Ware-Meguiar said.

“We really want to go where girls are, too,” she said. “We want to serve more girls and we know we cannot serve more girls in our center.”

They need the volunteers to help spread with the ultimate goal of going into every school in Johnson County, she said.

Each person that volunteers will be asked to devote about 10 hours a year by agreeing to learn the curriculum. Volunteers will then go and teach the curriculum off site. Curriculum would include lessons in anti-bullying, self-esteem building, STEM, economic literacy, and health relationships.

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Want to help?

Women interested in volunteering should contact Girls Inc. of Johnson County by calling 317-736-5344.

Each volunteer would need references and to submit to a criminal background check.

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