Bay Area Girls Center – This sister program empowers adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths. www.bayareagirlscenter.org.

Center for Ventures in Girls’ Education – The center (in Massachusetts) runs programs in adventure, mentoring and leadership for girls and training for adults who live and work with girls. 978-779-0735

Connecting With Courage – This Outward Bound school is based in Boston but holds its expeditions for 12-13 year old girsl on Thompson Island, off the coast. www.thompsonisland.org

Daughters-Sisters Project – The mission of this Washington non-profit is to educate, inspire and empower young women; foster understanding between the genders, generations and cultures; and support youth in positive self expression and social action for a just and sustainable world. www.daughters-sisters.org

Girls on the Run - Life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the programs are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. www.girlsontherun.org

Powerful Voices – Powerful Voices offers girl-led, strength based after school program for girls at three Seattle middle schools, an intensive summer leadership camp for middle school girls, and nationally recognized programs for incarcerated girls in juvenile detention and after their release. www.powerfulvoices.org

Seattle Girls School - The mission of Seattle Girls' School is to empower middle school girls to think critically and seek creative solutions to real world problems in a challenging academic environment that highlights science, math, and technology, embraces diversity and promotes collaboration, integrated learning and respect for all. www.seattlegirlsschool.org

The Women’s Wilderness Institute – Based in Colorado, this sister program to Passages Northwest offers many of the same types of adventures that we do. They have a strong focus and background in working with Latina girls in particular, however. www.womenswilderness.org

YWCA Leadership Programs for Girls and Young Women - The YWCA provides a continuum of leadership programs for girls in elementary school through high school. These programs provide critical support for girls as they face the challenges of growing up in today’s society. Girls discover their personal strengths and ability to be leaders through a variety of different programs. These include in-school programming using the Girls Inc. curriculum at local elementary schools; the Young Leaders Using Technology (YLUT) program for girls ages 8-14; the YWCA START! program for high school freshman; and the YWCA Leaders In Progress (LIP) program for sophomore and juniors in high school. www.ywcaworks.org