Pace Center for Girls, Manatee

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Pace provides girls an opportunity for a better future through education, counseling, and training.
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Pace is a nonprofit organization that has served more than 40,000 girls since 1985. We believe all girls, regardless of their story, deserve a safe and supportive space where they can become strong, compassionate, and successful women. Pace combines education, counseling, and life skills coaching for girls in middle and high school at no cost. Our year-round academics and mental health supports work hand-in-hand to achieve a holistic and comprehensive path to success. Pace Center for Girls receives support from the State of Florida, Department of Juvenile Justice.

11/07/2026

The staff giraffe has a new home! 🦒🎉 Each month, our reigning Employee of the Month gets to pass the torch (or rather, the giraffe) to the next deserving team member. This month, Ms. Kirsten passed it along to Nurse Tina! Congratulations, and thank you for making a difference every day! 💜

11/05/2026

Thankful Thursday! 🥰✨

Throughout the year, we love creating opportunities to share the ways that we are thankful for those around us. At one of our recent family events, girls and families were able exchange sweet messages of thanks. Have you thanked someone today? ❤

11/02/2026

We hope everyone had a super fun Halloween! Our girls and staff really showed up on Friday in their best costumes! There were plenty of themed costumes from our team members, including Inside Out characters, Minions, the Snack Queens, and their snacks!

Ms. Beth the jellyfish took home the "Best Costume" prize, coordinated and awarded by members of our Girls Leadership Council. They were so excited to celebrate with her! It was a fun day full of creativity, laughter, and Halloween spirit. ✨

10/30/2026

Our annual Pace Pumpkin Carving event is one of our favorite fall traditions, and this year was one for the books! It always means so much to us when our Pace families come together to have fun and make memories. There was pizza, prizes, and Mr. Charles spinning some spooky tunes 🎃

Thank you to Trina and Scott Falkner for their incredible donation of pumpkins to make this possible for each of our girls! We're also grateful for the State College of Florida softball team, who made sure families had everything they needed for a fun-filled evening while helping to serve food and drinks for everyone.

10/29/2026

Want to support a Pace family this Thanksgiving? We're collecting $25 Walmart gift cards to help complete Thanksgiving meal bags for our girls and their families.

Thanks to volunteers from Trinity Lutheran Church, each bag will include holiday sides and desserts. Gift cards will allow families to purchase the protein of their choice.

If you'd like to help, please reach out for more info!! 🧡

10/28/2026

Please join us in congratulating our very own Christi Haley on her installation as President-Elect of Bradenton Kiwanis!

While she leads important work at Pace, Christi also dedicates countless hours to serving our community through volunteer leadership. We are incredibly proud of how hard she works to make our community a better place, not only for the girls at Pace but for everyone who lives here. Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement, Christi! 🎉👏

10/27/2026

"When you sit in the back of the class, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle. I started falling behind and I had to make a choice."

Amy Heflin, a former Pace girl, shared her journey at our recent Believing in Girls Luncheon and the moment she realized her future was hers to shape.

"At Pace, I felt encouraged, supported, and cheered on all along the way. Eventually, I started taking ownership. My focus became graduation, but I now knew I had a purpose beyond school. I wanted to go to college. I had direction."

Today, she is a teacher in Manatee County, helping the next generation of students discover their own potential. Thank you, Amy, for reminding us of the power of believing in girls. 💜

10/24/2026

After a week of competitive bidding and strategy, the Fall Basket winners were announced! We loved hearing the dialogue throughout the week of who wanted which basket and of course, “How do I earn more points?!” What we LOVE even more is hearing the girls cheer for the winners, even if they didn’t win themselves…celebrating when something good happens for another girl… .

10/23/2026

When we have a meeting on a Friday, our fabulous Academic Manager provides an apple bar with all the trimmings! So much ❤️ for these people who pour into our Pace girls every day! Happy Friday all!

10/22/2026

The votes are in! ☑️

During our Career Fair, the girls proudly presented projects that reflected their talents, interests, and future career goals. After exploring each other's work, every student cast votes for their favorite projects.

Congratulations to our top vote-getters, whose projects highlighted careers in Hairstyling, Combat Engineering, Automotive Repair, and Early Childhood Education! And thank you to every girl who participated. We loved seeing your creativity and dreams for the future on display ✨

Address

4030 Manatee Avenue West
Bradenton, FL
34205

Website

https://www.pacecenter.org/locations/florida/manatee

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