{"id":413311,"date":"2026-07-27T00:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413311\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:08:09","slug":"san-diegos-woah-girls-unite-women-over-50-with-fun-friendship-and-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413311\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego’s WOAH GIRLS unite women over 50 with fun, friendship, and adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women over 50 in San Diego are finding friendship and fun with WOAH GIRLS, a group hosting vibrant activities like kickball and hikes. <\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 Women aged 50 and over in San Diego are finding fun and friendship through a vibrant community called WOAH GIRLS<\/a>. Founded by Joni Coci, a former Marine who moved to the area six years ago, the group \u2014 which stands for Women, Outdoors, Active & Happy, Gathering in Real Life \u2014 has grown to include over 2,400 members.<\/p>\n

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Coci started the club to address her own struggle to connect with like-minded women who enjoy staying active.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all honesty, I was struggling to make friends that like to do things,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with Coci noting, \u201cOh yeah, lots of friends, lots of friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WOAH GIRLS host a variety of activities throughout San Diego County, including inflatable kickball games, scavenger hunts, and hiking excursions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cManaged chaos, but super fun,\u201d said a woman dressed up as a giant panda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Members are encouraged to participate in \u201cfun\u201d events scheduled largely on weekends to accommodate those who still work.<\/p>\n

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Recently, the group hosted a kickball game where Coci dressed as a sumo wrestler playfully introduced the sport amidst inflatable animals on the field. The vibe is as magical as a giant unicorn which just happened to be standing on first base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Membership in WOAH GIRLS is free, although the group is exclusive to women over 50.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, although if you are 49 and 3\/4 we let you in,\u201d Coci joked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The club aims to foster community and camaraderie, emphasizing the importance of staying active and socially engaged as women age. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand it\u2019s not easy for some women to just join a group of strangers to participate in activities,” Coci said.<\/p>\n

For anyone interested in joining the fun, more information about the WOAH GIRL<\/a> is available on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women over 50 in San Diego are finding friendship and fun with WOAH GIRLS, a group hosting vibrant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-413311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413311","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=413311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}