Girls Inc to host fundraising breakfast on Thursday

By Lori Szepelak

Correspondent

SPRINGFIELD -- A one-hour fundraiser on April 16 hopes to attract 500 area residents who are committed to helping girls succeed.

Girls Inc. of Holyoke will host its third Spirit of Girls Breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Guests, arriving at 7:45 a.m., will enjoy a buffet breakfast and view the premier of a Girls Inc. video, created in partnership with Bay Path College in Longmeadow. Guests will also hear from a 10-year-old participant from the After School Program, a 16-year-old Teen Center participant, a soon-to-be college graduate and alum of Girls Inc., and Girl Inc.'s executive director, Suzanne Parker.

To read more about the 2009 Spirit of Girls Breakfast, click here.