Girls Club NYC

Space Apps at LES Girls Club

The Lower Eastside Girls Club (LESGC) is joining the NASA Space Apps Challenge again this year for their virtual hackathon on October 2-4th! We are so excited to host both mentors and member high-schoolers at this virtual event. To prepare for Space Apps and ensure that our students gain the absolute most from this experience, we are hosting an additional bootcamp to introduce a number of technical topics. The bootcamp will take place on Saturday, September 26, and we encourage mentors to attend.

We hope Space Apps Challenge will be an opportunity for LESGC members to gain some exposure to a tool or skill they may not be familiar with, and to connect with someone awesome.

For inspiration, check out some of our projects from last year.

Contact Us

If you are are interested in serving as a mentor for this event, please register on this site and fill out this additional interest & availability form. For any inquiries, please feel free to reach out to rashida@girlsclub.org.

About the LES Girls Club

Our 35,000 square foot state-of-the-art community center offers a safe haven with programs in the arts, sciences, leadership, entrepreneurship, and wellness for girls in middle and high school. Facilities include a Maker Shop for engineering and coding; Biology lab for STEM programming and research; Alphabet City Art School for visual arts and crafts; Center for Media and Social Justice for digital media and photography; Sound Studio for music production and our radio station/podcast, WGRL (Where Girl Radio Lives); Design Shop for fashion design; a rooftop farm; full culinary kitchen and cafe; and 64-seat state-of the art, 30-foot dome planetarium. We offer over 50 unique programs a week, at no cost to girls and their families.

The Lower Eastside Girls Club is training the next generation of ethical, entrepreneurial, and environmental leaders. Girls Club members overcome adversity, perceive opportunity, develop self-confidence, make ethical decisions and healthy life choices, thrive academically, embrace leadership, and have the ability to enter college or the workforce as fully prepared and connected adults.