We did it!! Crossed our stretch goal. More girls are going to camp! 

Update 6/3/15 - Last day to reach $10K plus new perk from Dyson! 

Today is the last day of our campaign! We're only $1275 away from reaching our goal and we have about 15 hours to do it. We are confident that with your help we can do this! 

New Perk! 

Our summer camp will focus on product design so we're happy to receive this donation from Dyson that exemplifies great product design. Just like us, Dyson is dedicated to encouraging young people to think differently, make mistakes and realize their engineering potential. More about the vacuum

Update 6/2/15 - One day to go to reach $10K plus new perks

We have one more day to go to reach our stretch goal!! Thanks to all of our supporters for getting us sooo close.

We just received a donations from a generous individual for a new perk! 

1. $250 gift card to Bloomingdale's plus we'll throw in one of our DIY Girls tote bags. All for only $175. This is 30% off the gift card value!! 

Update 5/30/15 - We did it!! GOAL REACHED! 

Our stretch goal is to reach $10,000. Reaching this goal will allow us to serve more girls at our camp. There's lots of interest from girls to attend the camp in our community and we really want to have a spot for every girl that wants to attend. Thanks for your help! 

Update 5/30/15 - New perk from Nick Offerman

Yesterday, actor Nick Offerman donated a long meat paddle from his woodshop. Did you know he's a woodworker too and has his own woodshop in LA? 

Offerman Woodshop is a small collective of woodworkers and makers based out of Nick Offerman’s kick-ass wood shop near Atwater area in LA.  The woodshop focuses on hand-crafted, traditional joinery & sustainable slab rescue–working with fallen trees from throughout northern California & our urban LA environment.

Update 5/27/15: New Unlocked Perks! 

Thanks to Sony Santa Monica for this amazing donation. You can't get this anywhere else! This perk can be shipped anywhere in the world for no additional cost! Only 5 available. 

Paint, sip and socialize with us at this fun hands-on event. For a $40 donation, you will enjoy wine, appetizers and paint a masterpiece! Don't miss this fun evening with us on Thursday, July 9th 7:30pm at Paint & Sip LA (351 S. La Brea #3)

Our Story

We are DIY Girls

DIY (“Do-It-Yourself”) Girls’ mission is to increase girls’ interest and success in technology, engineering and making through engaging educational experiences and mentor relationships.

Who we serve

We’re located in Los Angeles and currently serve predominantly Latino communities. We have girls on waiting lists for our programs and with your help we want to expand and serve more girls!

We explore, make, and innovate

We encourage girls to use their mind, hands, and heart to create something unique with technology. They are part of a supportive community driven by an interest in creating with technology.

What do we make?

We also make real products like toys, video games, electronic jewelry, animations, robots, music, e-textiles, rockets, and physical structures.

Our work has been featured in 

Our Team

What we’ll do with your support

                

We want to offer a two-week summer camp focused on advanced design skills. We have over 100 middle school girls interested, advanced equipment, and a team ready to teach. The funds we raise will go towards project materials and supplies for the girls, program instructors and field trips to tech companies. Our goal is to offer two sessions of the two-week camp so that we can serve all the girls interested.

                            

Week 1: Product Design

During the first week, girls will go from a sketch to a real product using a 3D printer & a CNC router. Thanks to the generous equipment sponsorship of The Water Buffalo Club, we were able to buy the OtherMill, a CNC router that transforms digital designs to real products. We're excited that this company is led by a woman and plan to share this with the girls! 

                             

Week 2: Fashion Technology

During week two, girls will use traditional electronics in unconventional ways using programmable sewable circuit boards to develop new wearable tech products like interactive clothes, game controllers and more. 

Career connection

On the last day of the camp, we will take girls on a private tour of tech companies so that they can meet designers, software developers, and engineers working on exciting products. The girls will get an inside view of a world new to them and begin to see themselves in professional tech positions. 

We have confirmed an exciting tour of Sony Santa Monica where PlayStation products are developed. 

Why it’s important

 

We see a critical need to inspire more girls to enter technical fields and we aim to provide a continuous pathway to success. Our girls start with us in 5th grade and we need to offer more as they enter middle school. 

During the summer, the majority of the girls we serve  stay home and don't participate in enrichment activities due to cost. We want to offer a high quality camp for them and can only do it with your help! 

We’re building an ecosystem for girls to maintain curiosity and stay engaged in STEAM. DIY Girls Summer Camp is a key part of this.

                         

Why we need you

                          

With your donation, you can help solidify this support system & help us be the best tech role models we can be so that our girls are motivated to gain more advanced skills and learn about careers.

The DIY Girls Summer Camp will kindle a girls’ interest in computing & engineering in a relevant and fun way.

Let’s create a cultural and curricular movement within the STEAM fields so that the perspectives of young Latinas are valued and respected.

Contributor Perks

We want to show you our extreme gratitude with customized, limited edition perks! We will be unlocking new perks as our campaign grows. Stay tuned! 

Other Ways to Help

                                                       

                              

You can help us spread the word about our campaign! Share our video and campaign with your friends, family, co-workers, and followers. Here are tweet-able phrases to get you started:

Only 25% of engineers are women. Help @DIYGirls change that!  http://igg.me/at/diygirls2015

Make it possible for a girl to design and create a product using a CNC router @DIYGirls Summer Camp! Donate now! http://igg.me/at/diygirls2015

Make it possible for a girl to learn about fashion technology by sewing and programming circuit board @DIYGirls Summer Camp! http://igg.me/at/diygirls2015

We appreciate every ounce of effort. Let’s make this happen!