Girls At Work

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Mission Statement:

Girls at Work, Inc. empowers girls with tools, unleashing their power and potential to accomplish anything. When girls learn how to build with power tools, they come away with more than skills in woodworking — they come away empowered for life.

Top Funding Sources:

Foundation Grants: 35%
Individual Donations: 19%
Corporate Sponsorships: 29%
Program and Events: 17%

Year Established: 2000

Employees: 7

Annual Revenue: $500,000

Service Locations:

Manchester

Contact:

Elaine Hamel
Executive Director
200 Bedford St.
Manchester, NH 03101
603-345-0392
info@girlswork.org
www.girlswork.org

2025 Goals:

Our goal is to provide empowering programming to many underserved girls in our community. In our workshops, our girls gain the skills and confidence they need to find and use their voices. Every day we strive to create meaningful, lasting change in the lives of girls who have few opportunities. We believe that building is the vehicle for helping girls learn to tap into their own power as strong and unstoppable individuals.

Fundraising Events:

Corporate sponsorships are welcomed, and some tiers allow for the use of the Girls at Work space for meetings and events as well as team builds and volunteer opportunities for company employees. We also host social events during the year to raise awareness and to support our mission.

Giving Opportunities:

Gifts at all levels are welcomed and put to use every day to run our programs and purchase lumber and supplies for the girls. Annual sponsorships are also welcome. We also do Kindness drives for groceries, toiletries, coats, shoes, etc. to keep our Kindness Room filled to meet the needs of our underserved girls. Please contact us at 603-345-0392 to discuss other giving opportunities, or make a gift online at girlswork.org/give.

Volunteer Opportunities:

We LOVE volunteers! If you have a group who would like to volunteer, please reach out. Any retired woodworkers out there? Currently we are in need of some volunteer talent in our woodshop to help prep all of the lumber for the girls projects (Monday through Thursday, hours are flexible).

Board Officers / Board Members

Tom Reynolds
Chair

Karen O’Reilly
Treasurer

Kendra Belanger
Secretary

Ken Hamel

Rebecca Conway

Jason Blades

Heather Anderson

Charitable Giving Guide

This profile is part of NH Business Review’s 2025 Charitable Giving Guide.

To learn more about the Charitable Giving Guide and other New Hampshire nonprofit organizations, please visit www.nhbr.com/CGG.

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