Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama Partners with Ed Farm and the Nehemiah Center to Educate Underserved Girls in the Community
From Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama
Emma Pitts | Marketing and Communications Specialist
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Over the summer, the Nehemiah Center, which serves at-risk children and families in the Chisholm community, formed a new Girl Scout troop. Troop 9778 met weekly and worked exclusively with Ed Farm, a nonprofit organization that partners with Apple to increase technology education in the youth. During this significant program, Troop 9778 learned all about the Girl Scout Leadership program and used iPads to discover the basics of coding and creating through Apple’s Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create curricula.
“They have gotten a world of experience in coding and STEM. There are lots of educational and fun opportunities that they generally would not have”, says Karlyn Edmonds, CEO of Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama.
To wrap up the program, Ed Farm and Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama hosted a Celebration of Learning to recognize the hard work of Troop 9778. During this celebration of learning, the girls received a certificate along with their first badge, Basics of Coding, and their first patch, Ed Farm Cultivate Change.
Beth Sanders, Director of Learning at Ed Farm says, “They have learned a lot of skills such as basics of coding which can be applied to math and science. They have also learned to be creative in using photo and video software to make content and share their work.”
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About Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama
Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama serves more than 5,000 girls, ages 5-17 and 2,500 adults who believe in the power of community, leadership, and friendship to change the world. We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls for more than 100 years. With programming across 30 counties, GSSA offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join call 800-239-6636 or visit www.girlscoutssa.org.
About Ed Farm
Ed Farm launched in February 2020 in close partnership with Apple out of an idea to rethink and reimagine education through technology. We are proudly and intentionally headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama: a city that has, for generations, experienced educational inequity and the lasting legacy for segregation. At Ed Farm, we envision an inventive world where all people have access to the resources, skills, and opportunities they need to fill or create the jobs of the future. Our signature programming includes Teacher Fellows, Student Fellows, Code Clubs, Pathways and Classrooms of Tomorrow.
