PLEASE SUPPORT GIRLS ROCK AUSTIN WITH A YEAR END GIFT.
Girls Rock Austin needs your help to grow from a summer-only program into
a year round organization. In spring 2010, we are embarking on our first
Girls Rock Austin After-School program at Reagan High School in East Austin.
This is just the beginning, and the time when we most need your support
to build a thriving community of women and girls. Please consider giving
any amount meaningful to you - or making a monthly gift. A gift of just
$25/month sends a girl to summer camp, or supports a semester of after-school
programing. Simply put, your gift has the power to make music and grow young
lives, and we hope you'll share in our vision for both.
Thank you for supporting what you love, and keeping Girls Rock Austin vibrant
in your community and life — for you and for future generations of
rockin' women and girls.
To make a monthly gift
| $5 | $10 | $25 |
| $50 | $100 |
To make a one time gift click here
The Yogurt Spot supports Girls Rock Camp Austin!
Show them and us some love:
Throughout the month August, 15% of all purchase proceeds when you mention
"Girls Rock Camp Austin" at The
Yogurt Spot's two Austin locations (UT - 2815 Guadalupe; and Downtown
- 500 N. Lamar) will be donated to us!
Check Out the Girls Rock Camp Austin Blog
It's the fastest way to get updates on shows, benefits, camp info, and more, plus you can read what our campers and volunteers have to say about the wonderful world of rock camp.
What Is Girls Rock Camp Austin?
Girls Rock Camp Austin is a summer day camp that offers musical instruction as well as a variety of workshops and performances in a positive, all-female environment intended to give girls the tools to succeed in music-related ventures, as well as in other fields of their choosing. The camp creates leadership opportunities, cultivates a supportive community of peers and mentors and encourages social change and the development of life skills.
Campers learn to play instruments of their choosing (guitars, drums, bass,
keyboards, or vocals), form bands, write songs and perform live at a showcase
at the end of the camp. They also attend workshops on women who rock, self-defense,
images of girls and women in popular culture, the music business, rock writing
and zine-making and more.
Girls Rock Camp Austin 2008
Girls Rock Camp had an amazing summer. We quadrupled our size, serving more than 100 girls (half of them on scholarship) in two incredible one-week sessions held at the Ann Richards School. Rock & roll legend Rosie Flores was back to teach and wow the girls with her lunchtime performances, along with Follow That Bird!, Akina Adderly, Belaire, Amy Cook, the Octopus Project, LZ Love, Ume, and many other wildly talented ladies, including platoons of volunteers. Girls learned about zine- and poster-making, history of women who rock, the music business, and much more in a number of workshops and panels. Their brand-new bands brought the house down with sold-out showcases at the Parish, where we also held successful silent auctions featuring donations from myriad music legends, including Heart, Loretta Lynn, and the Donnas.
Girls Rock Camp Austin also hosted its first Ladies Rock Camp, a weekend-long fundraiser for women who want to support camp and rock like the girls do. Generously hosted by the Griffin and Sri Atmananda schools, the camp was a packed weekend of learning, performing, sharing, and fun, culminating in a rocking showcase at Creekside Lounge. We rocked First Night Austin with our amazing marching rock band, got down at the Girls Rock Camp Alliance conference (held in Austin this year), and threw in a couple of karaoke parties along the way.
Now, of course, it's full speed ahead to Girls and Ladies Rock Camps 2009.
Hope you can join us!
Wanna Donate Some Stuff?
Check out our Amazon
wish list and see what equipment and supplies we need. (Tax ID number
provided for deduction purposes.)
We Are Everywhere!
Girls Rock Camp Austin on Facebook and MySpace
Check out David Brown's report on 2009 camp on KUT's Texas Music Matters
Read about the Girls Rock Camp Austin in The Austin Chronicle.
View Girls Rock Camp on Austin News Channel 8
See Girls Rock Camp 2008 featured on KXAN
Check out some of the other GIRLS ROCK CAMPS from around the world, organized together to form the Girls Rock Camp Alliance.
