Girls Rule was born with the passion of 4 women who wanted to make a difference for girls.

Laura Anderson, co-founder, unexpectedly passes away — The Laura Anderson Scholarship Fund was created.

Build our website & continue to grow our workshops, continue to define our mission, & our vision.

Continue to grow our programs, continue to define our mission, & our vision.

Dena Patton, co-founder, solely takes Girls Rule.

Works on creating 2 new programs and creating more brand awareness.

Creates infrastructure, internal systems, measurement/outcome systems, & board of directors website.

Hold 1st summer camp, start fundraising, starts #girlschangetheworld.

Retooled all 3 programs, continues fundraising and building our board.

Hosts over 16 programs & 5 fundraisers, launch Tshirts, build community outreach, builds brand & impact, dreamLAB beta launch, Won charity of the Phx Business Journal and launched our new website.

Continued growing the 3 programs, Strategic year working on our Board, Launched dreamLAB leadership afterschool program.

Showcased at the National Principals Conference in Atlanta with dreamLAB. Unfortunately had to cease all in-person programs, closed the board, and ceased fundraising events due to Covid.

Continuing outreach of girls advocacy through our social media and speaking nationwide. All live programs and fundraising continued to be closed.

Continuing outreach of girls advocacy through our social media and speaking nationwide. All live programs and fundraising continued to be closed.

Continuing outreach of girls advocacy through our social media and speaking nationwide. All live programs and fundraising continued to be closed.

Reopened. Updated website and programs. We hosted our 9th year of Wings To Fly Summer Camp in July 2024. Launched the new after-school program Oct 2024. With being closed 4 years we lost our 501c3 number but secured a 501c3 fiscal agent to continue our fundraising and programs.

Hosted the 6th Annual Summit April 26th and our annual mother-daughter weekend Sept 19-21st 2025.