Welcome to GIRLGO! I am Victoria Lynn Childress, founder and director and I would like to personally thank you for taking the time to learn more about us! Our organization is unique in that we handcraft itineraries uniquely for American girls, exposing them to both culture and education opportunities abroad. My heart and vision is to guide girls into the world, so that they can make moves with an international point of view, impact nations and contribute to this world as a global citizen because they were equipped and informed, early, to do so.
GIRLGO SUMMER ITALY 2020
After a fantastic 2018 experience in Italy with 10 amazing teenage girls, teachers and chaperones, we are preparing for our next Europe summer experience, June 2-16, 2020! Thirty girls from all over the U.S. will spend two weeks of summer in Italy, exploring, eating, learning and living la dolce vita! Click below to get costs, important dates and all the details!
Safety & Sisterhood
GIRLGO believes in and upholds the highest standards of health and safety when traveling with our minor and adult members. Because we are based in Italy, we have community and a safety net that feels like your home outside of home, so our girls are not only tourists in our town, but welcomed guests. Upon becoming a member, the GoKit will equip the girls, and their parents, with all the safety tips, tools and requirements needed to be prepared before and during the trip. For our 17 and under groups, at least one GIRLGO team member are assigned, per 5 girls. GIRLGO is a sisterhood and that means we eat together, shop together, work together, learn together… GO together. Our Parent’s Passport is a unique portal designed just for parent and gaurdians to securely connect with their daughter’s trip, connect with us, become familiar with our requirements for travel, how they can feel more ease and help their girl get prepared for an adventure of a lifetime.
PARENT’S PASSPORT
Calling All Parents & Guardians! We want to connect with you! Allowing your girl to travel to a foreign country is a big decision, we understand. Our parents from past trips have a lot of great things to say about GIRLGO. Let us share who we are, how we do this and how your girl can experience a trip of a lifetime!
Get it, then Go! The GOKit
When you join, you become a member for life. We welcome you into the travel sorority by getting you started with your first trip and providing early registration incentives as well as fundraising tools to help you raise the money you need. Get excited because going just got fly!
GO Flybox
The Flybox is chock full of goodies and gifts: You’ll get lifetime membership to the GIRLGO travel sorority, your very own passport holder, a GIRLGO tee and an edition of Cultured Girl Magazine Spring 2019 that includes the 2019-2021 trip catalog, stories from girls who have traveled the world and an inside look at being part of the GIRLGO sorority! You’ll also have membership discounts for everything in our store, and access to our travel advisors, mentors, online community, and email list!
GIRLGO Fundraising Kit
Your GIRLGO Fundraising Kit is an easy-to-use pack of tools, and we show you, step-by-step, how to raise money, get scholarships, and matching funds to take a trip one time, or every-single-year! You’ll get:
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Fundraising templates
- Tips on creating a successful crowdfunding page like GoFundMe and Indiegogo
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Creative ways to make money and save it
- AVAILABLE UPON ACCEPTANCE INTO THE PROGRAM
Want to join our leadership team, and guide girls all over the world? Join our GO Chaps team!
The GIRLGO team is a tribe of women who have been inspired by the world, and in turn want to inspire a tribe of girls to explore every corner of it. Our travel sorority is only as great as our people. And we have a pretty kick-ass team of teachers, mentors, chaperones and support staff!
We are actively looking for chaperones and junior chaperones to join our 2020 and 2021 team! If you have a passion for travel, an interest in mentoring girls and have the flexibility to travel during the summer, we want to hear from you!
Connect with amazing girls, parents and supporters locally, as a GOAmbassador! GOAmbassadors help promote our trips, and share our network, in your city! Even if you aren’t an avid traveler, or you cannot dedicate time to travel right now, you can share the thrilling opportunities we’ve handcrafted for our girls! We give you the tools to promote the GIRLGO programs, like your own webpage, business cards, online tools, banners and promotions to share, plus our Cultured Girl Magazine and program catalogue. You’ll earn cash from each trip that is booked and confirmed through your referral, or you can apply your rewards towards a ticket for you*! Become part of a girl’s dream to travel and see the world!
We are always developing new programs and partnerships for girls to explore new countries. This year, we are examining how we can create a viable global-impact project for our girls in American, to mentor and work with girls in Africa.
girl-driven social impact
The GIRLGO Leadership is gearing up this year for an adventure-packed, culture-rich trip to Africa this year! We are taking the first steps to go and outline a thoughtful, impactful and positive experience with our partners in Africa, for the benefit of our students in 2020 and beyond! GIRLGO Expeditions, based in global destinations like Africa, are designed to be girl-led social impact experiences. We host camps for language, leadership and skillset training in order to assist with self-development, college, career and community preparation. Our girls who GO on these expeditions are travelers and outstanding students, with strong education and volunteer backgrounds. We cannot wait to share more with you! (This trip is not open for registration. It is a leadership camp only.)