ADVISORY/Hundreds of Chicago Girls Will Dream a NewReality This Saturday.

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ADVISORY...Sat. (Oct. 7)

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HUNDREDS OF CHICAGO GIRLS WILL DREAM A NEW REALITY THIS SATURDAY

Local Sports Foundation & Nt'l Girls Advocate Team up to Prove

Girls can be Their OWN Role Models

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 Saturday, Chicago's girls will get a sporting chance and a glimpse
of how to make their dreams a reality when some 500 local girls gather for a
full day of inspirational sports workshops highlighting the benefit of athletic
participation & positive female role models. Chicago-based A Sporting Chance
Foundation (ASCF) & National Girls Advocate and Get Real Girl co-founder Julz
Chavez, are teaming up to inspire girls to get off the sidelines & into the
game. Together with a roster of high-profile female athletes - including
renowned professional racecar drIver, Lyn St. James, they will show our girls
they CAN make their own adventures a reality. WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 7 8 a.m. - 4
p.m. WHERE: Windy City Fieldhouse 2367 West Logan Blvd. Chicago, IL 60647 SEE:
Approximately 500 Chicago girls, grades 1st - 7th, participating in hands-on,
heart-pumping activities, including: basketball, soccer, in-line skating,
wall-climbing/adventure education, volleyball track, & fencing. The free event
will include many underprivileged girls from the Chicago Public Schools, Girls
Scouts & local community organizations. HEAR:

-- Why sports participation can have a profound effect on

girls' academic achievement, self-confidence, & mental health.

-- The impact today's role models can have on our girls

-- How some 500 Chicago girls will learn that life is an amazing

adventure if you've got an awesome attitude & action-packed

lifestyle

AVAILABLE ON-SITE INTERVIEWS:

Julz Chavez - National Girls Advocate & Get Real Girl Founder

Chavez has dedicated her life to empowering girls. Growing up in the family of late labor activist Cesar Chavez, Julz knows first-hand the power of being Your Own Role Model. Chavez is creator of Get Real Girl, the first line of action/adventure dolls promoting positive self-images through sports adventures, which were referred to by the New York Times as a "Role Model's New Clothes."

Kathy Chuckas - ASCF Executive Director

Named a "Hero Award" winner by the Juvenile Protective Agency, ASCF Executive Director & Chicago resident Kathy Chuckas leads the five-year-old organization to help reduce the barriers young girls face in sports & life.

Lyn St. James - Professional Race Car Driver

Lyn St. James has set 31 national & international speed records during her professional racing career & is renowned as one of the top racecar drivers in the world. Lyn's many honors include Sports Illustrated for Women's Top-100 Women Athletes of the Century, Working Woman Magazine's 350 Women Who Changed the World & serving as former president of the Women's Sports Foundation.

To Book an On-site Interview: Call 949/595-4320