DJ Reborn wants you to JOIN THE CLUB! If you are able to, please consider making a donation. 

Follow #JointheGirlsClub and donate here to support us!

Your donation ensures that our families, who have been disproportionately affected by this crisis, will continue to receive the vital resources that we are providing.

The Lower Eastside Girls Club is here to stay and we are doing everything in our power to support our community in this time of crisis.

As you can imagine, COVID-19 and its effects are putting the health, well-being and safety of our members at risk – many who have lost their safe spaces. The Girls Club is a parallel family, a lifeline, a place where girls grow physically, mentally and emotionally, and they need us now more than ever.

In response to COVID-19, we are:

• Providing short-term cash infusions for non-food necessities

• Providing homemade masks and cleaning supplies

• Sourcing produce from local organic farms, and distributing food and takeout meals for families of 4+

• Sending books, art supplies, computers and sewing machines to members

• Daily check-ins from staff, assessing the needs of each family

• Providing online mentoring, tutoring and online resources

• Running a ‘virtual’ online Girls Club to enable our staff to continue to teach classes and provide safe social spaces for our members

That’s why fundraising is more critical than ever and simply canceling our annual Gala is not an option. Resiliency is a key life skill we teach the girls, so we’re doing just that and adapting to the times. We are excited to announce that we are developing a series of virtual content! This year, we are celebrating our girls, our work, our community and YOU – our supporters.

Even though we are continuing to serve girls and their families during this crisis, we need your help to make sure the Girls Club survives when life returns to normal.

The Future: Family Center for Wellbeing & Happiness

The health and wellness of our members have always been a focal point of our mission, and we understand that the wellbeing of our girls is intimately connected to the wellbeing of her family, her community and her world. Long ago, we recognized the significant flaws of our existing health system, particularly the major disparity faced by black and brown people. 

Our community is burdened by high rates of pre-existing conditions due to lack of access to care, healthy foods, and resources, as well as systemic and existential stressors, so we set out to create a wellness space for all community members well before the COVID-19 crisis hit. Now that it is clear that the high fatality rates within black and Latinx communities are directly connected to the dispropriate rates of pre-existing conditions faced by our community, we feel the pressing need to move forward as soon as possible.

We recently acquired an additional 5,000 sq. ft. of space on Avenue D, adjacent to our existing Center for Community to open the Family Center for Wellbeing & Happiness, our new holistic and intergenerational education center. The Center will address the epidemic of non-communicable diseases, as well as the social, emotional, physical, mental and economic wellness issues facing our community. These services are vital as we begin the long road to recovery from this crisis.