Our mission is to create a world where all girls grow up to be healthy women. We believe in the adage, “if you don’t have your health you don’t have anything”. We recognize that obesity and physical inactivity are major health crises that lower individuals’ quality of life and reduce their human development. This is particularly true for impoverished women and girls of all races who are at the highest risk for poor physical, mental and sexual health. Our work addresses behavioral, social and environmental determinants of health. We are committed to providing the resources and opportunities for women and girls to make health a priority so they can affect changes in themselves, their family and community.

We believe that good intentions must be coupled with the information and financial resources to make real and sustainable change in people’s lives. We provide seed funding for community-based organizations, programs and initiatives that serve women and girls because they have significant potential for creating sustainable change. We support program, initiatives and organizations that (1) are closely tied to neighborhoods, (2) are located in the same neighborhoods as the people they serve, and (3) have firsthand knowledge of community issues, and a personal stake in community level improvement.

Funding from our concert series, grants and the public allows us to provide health programs, workshops, financial and research support to community-based organizations (CBOs) offering educational and recreational health services to disadvantaged women and girls.

Our work focuses on ten cities in the US where women and girls experience high incidences of poverty, crime, obesity, breast cancer, suicide and HIV/AIDS. These are Augusta, GA; Louisville, KY; Memphis, TN; New Orleans, LA; Oklahoma City, OK; Birmingham, AL; Philadelphia, PA; Greensboro, NC; Jackson, MI and Newark, NJ.

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