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Girls Play Sports

Girls Play Sports is dedicated to building leadership skills and confidence in girls through their participation in a wide variety of sports.

What Makes Us Unique

In an age of sports specialization where kids are encouraged as early as age 7 to focus on one sport to have the best chance of earning a college scholarship, Girls Play Sports was created to provide girls with a chance to sample all sports and learn the FUNdamentals of each to make their own decisions about what they truly enjoy and want to continue PLAYing. Each month featu

res a new pair of sports from different seasons so that girls recognize they can play multiple sports. In addition, these sports complement one another with the physical attributes required to excel and serve as a great cross training program so that girls learn they can improve in one sport while competing in another. In addition to teaching a variety of sports, GPS is committed to helping girls become the leaders of tomorrow by engaging them in conversations about important topics that affect girls today. Each monthly unit emphasizes a new discussion topic and will introduce girls to guest speakers to lead them through discussions and reflection. GPS utilizes high school athletes as hands-on instructors to better engage girls and provide them with female role models they can identify with and respect. They provide girls with a tangible vision of what a high school female athlete looks and acts like. The female instructors also benefit from this experience as it helps strengthen their own leadership and communication skills. Unlike most sports programs today, GPS does not require participation for the entire year. Simply register for the month(s) or sports you find most appealing. You may find that you want to participate in more than one month in which case signing up for the GPS membership program makes sense because it saves you money.

05/20/2026

Join us for Summer Camp from June 8th-12th from 9am to 12pm. See flyer below for details and use link to register.

Link: https://teamgps.sportngin.com/register/form/931122660

05/18/2026

There is still time to buy Raffle Tickets and
Support our Summer Programs!! New prizes being added!! Use this link to purchase: https://girlsplaysports.networkforgood.com/events/101056-raffle-for-kuumba-olympics

05/07/2026

Happy Birthday to Kathy Tisdahl, GPS Board President!! We are so lucky to have Kathy help lead our organization.

05/04/2026

We are partnering once again with Camp Kuumba and supporting their 3rd Annual Summer Olympics! Please help us by purchasing raffle tickets. All proceeds from tickets sales go towards keeping this amazing event free and accessible to all Evanston Youth!

Link to purchase below:

Join us in Supporting the 2026 Kuumba Olympics! We are hosting a raffle in support of the 2026 Camp Kuumba Olympics! Purchase tickets and help us provide FUN, HEALTHY, FREE, AND SAFE opportunities for youth in our community to gather together and participate in a variety of fun sports while mak...

04/23/2026

There is still time to register for Summer Camp! Please consider joining us for a fun filled week of all GIRLS Sports camp. Camp will take place on June 8th-12th from 9am-12pm at ETHS. It is open to rising 3rd-8th graders. The cost is $175 for the week and scholarships are available!
Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions!
Register using this link: https://teamgps.sportngin.com/register/form/931122660

04/20/2026

Congratulations to our board member, April Likhite, who is running the Boston Marathon today! April is amazing in so many ways, and we are so lucky to have her on our board!

03/26/2026

Tomorrow is the last day of school until April 6th. The GPS staff and Board are wishing all our participant families an enjoyable spring break! We hope to see you in April for our Team GPS program.

03/23/2026

Join us for our April session of Team GPS! We will be in the pool for swimming and water polo! April 12, 19, 26 from 1-3pm. No swim experience needed, just the desire to get in the water and have fun.
To register: https://teamgps.sportngin.com/register/form/304799595

03/19/2026

Summer Camp Registration is now open! Please consider joining us for a fun filled week of all GIRLS Sports camp. Camp will take place on June 8th-12th from 9am-12pm at ETHS. It is open to rising 3rd-8th graders. The cost is $175 for the week and scholarships are available!

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions!

Register using this link: https://teamgps.sportngin.com/register/form/931122660

03/14/2026

WHAT? A Team GPS session
WHEN? Sunday, March 15th @ 1pm to 3pm
WHERE? ETHS
WHO? 3rd-8th grade girls

See you tomorrow!!!!! Register now at https://teamgps.sportngin.com/register/form/304799595.

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Evanston, IL
60201

Website

http://teamgps.org/

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