Play Like a Girl+ Piedmont
When: Sunday, May 4, 2025: 10am-2pm
Where: Witter Field @ Piedmont High School (800 Magnolia Avenue)
Who: Girls+ ages 2-18
How much: FREE!
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Empowering Girls+ to Play Sports
Play Like a Girl+ is a fun, FREE, interactive day of hands-on activities, live-demonstrations, inspiring role models, and good vibes — all aimed at getting girls ages 2-18 pumped about new sports!
Join us on Sunday, May 4th for:
- 20+ staffed drop-in stations, each with a different sport to try
- Meet-and-greets with pro athletes
- Giveaways and fabulous raffle prizes
Why Play Like a Girl+? | Contact | Volunteer | Exhibit or Sponsor
Play Like a Girl+ is an inclusive event open to all female-identifying, non-binary, gender nonconforming, and gender queer youth.
We need volunteers! Want to help? Let us know!
Featured Sport Demo Stations and Host Organizations
2025 Sports list coming soon!
Featured sports from previous years include:
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Fencing
- Flag Football
- Golf
- Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Mountain Biking
- Pickleball
- Roller Debry
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Running
- Sitting Volleyball
- Skateboarding
- Softball
- Soccer
- Track & Field
- Ultimate Frisbee
Event Contacts
With questions, please contact:
Why Play like a Girl?
Substantial research has shown a direct link between participation in sports and better educational opportunities, positive health benefits, and improved career outcomes for girls:
- Girls who participate in sports are significantly more likely to graduate high school compared to non-athletes. The correlation is particularly strong for African American and Latinx girls.
- Overall, young girls who play sports have higher grades and score higher on standardized tests than non-athletes.
- Girls who participate in high school sports have higher rates of labor force participation and earn 7% higher wages than non-athlete peers.
- In a 2013 study of 821 senior managers and executives, 94% of female executives reported playing organized sports after primary school
Play Like a Girl+ Piedmont is just one part of the Piedmont Recreation Department's efforts to empower girls through athletics. In 2023, the Department's Title XI basketball jersey initiative was recognized by the California Park & Recreation Society as "Outstanding Justice, Equity,, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Program or Event of the Year."
Volunteer at Play Like a Girl+
Have a passion for sports? Need to complete community service hours? Support Play Like a Girl+ and girls in athletics by volunteering on May 4th. To sign up, email Jessica Pomey at [email protected].
We need volunteers:
Pre/Post Event
Help with set-up and breakdown! You'll help Recreation staff with tents, tables, chairs, and other tasks as needed.
Good for people who: Like using their hands, are unavailable during event times, want fewer volunteer hours.
During the Event
Welcome attendees, assist arrivals and drop-off, direct foot traffic to the site, distribute T-shirts, collect raffle tickets, and assist staff with other tasks as needed.
Good for people who: Like people, are quick on their feet, are familiar with Witter Field and surrounding area, want more volunteer hours.
Interested?
Email Jessica Pomey at [email protected]. We'll send details about your assignment by email before the event.
Exhibit or Sponsor
If your sports organization is interested in participating, or if you'd like to sponsor this year's Play Like a Girl+, contact Eva Phalen at [email protected].
THANK YOU to our Title Event Sponsor, Dress Best for Less.
