{"id":234388,"date":"2026-03-24T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/234388\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:30:07","slug":"sharks-foundation-awards-40000-community-assist-grant-to-scientific-adventures-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/234388\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Foundation awards $40,000 Community Assist Grant to Scientific Adventures for Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sharks\/sharksfoundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sharks Foundation<\/a>\u00a0awarded a $40,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sharks\/sharksfoundation\/grant-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Community Assist Grant<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificadventures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientific Adventures for Girls (SAfG)<\/a>, reinforcing its commitment to youth education and expanding access to STEM opportunities for girls across the Bay Area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scientific Adventures for Girls works to remove systemic barriers to all girls\u2019 participation in STEM starting in transitional kindergarten. Through afterschool programs rooted in hands-on learning and mentorship, the organization aims to spark curiosity, foster positive attitudes toward science and technology, and equip girls from historically underrepresented communities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Funding will\u00a0support\u00a0Scientific Adventures for Girls\u2019\u00a027-week\u00a0afterschool STEM program\u00a0and\u00a0assist\u00a0educators\u00a0who deliver\u00a0the\u00a0hands-on, project-based learning\u00a0experiences\u00a0and\u00a0curriculum\u00a0.\u00a0The Sharks Foundation grant will specifically\u00a0cover\u00a0program planning, preparation, instruction, training, professional development, and coordination\u00a0at Washington Elementary,\u00a0ensuring that girls\u00a0living in Berkley\u00a0receive high-quality STEM education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Sharks Foundation\u00a0awarded a $40,000\u00a0Community Assist Grant\u00a0to\u00a0Scientific Adventures for Girls (SAfG), reinforcing its commitment to youth education and expanding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-234388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}