Wil Ihmels, a senior at Century High School, Bismarck, ND has been awarded the Gatorade North Dakota Boys Cross Country Player of the Year 2024-2025 for outstanding performance in cross country. With this prestigious award, winners can designate a $1,000 grant to a 501(c)3 youth sports organization through the Play it Forward Program of the Gatorade Foundation. Ihmels selected Fargo, ND-based BIO Girls, Inc. to receive his grant. 

2025 BIO Girls Find Your Kind 5K & Youth Run presented by BCBCND Caring Foundation! Check it out:

In a world that constantly pressures girls to be more—prettier, smarter, more popular—BIO Girls is helping them discover they are already enough. Through stories of courage, kindness, and community, the impact of BIO Girls is changing lives—one heart at a time.

May is Mental Health Awarness Month. Our friends at Solace Counseling, who specilize in women’s mental health, have provided some reminders for the moms out there juggling it all.

May Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

SCHEELS has been a long-time and generous supporter of the BIO Girls mission. See their impact as an Official Partner.

April Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

Ruby Ihmels, a sophomore at Century High School, Bismarck, ND has been awarded the Gatorade North Dakota Girls Cross Country Player of the Year 2024-2025 for outstanding performance in cross country. With this prestigious award, winners can designate a $1,000 grant to a 501(c)3 youth sports organization through the Play it Forward Program of the Gatorade Foundation. Ihmels selected Fargo, ND-based BIO Girls, Inc. to receive her grant. 

All girls need & deserve BIO Girls. And thanks to our Financial Asssitance fund and the generous partners who fuel it, this is the reality. See how financial aid impacted Chloe and her family.

Find Your Kind 5K is back and presented by BCBSND Caring Foundation. Run, walk or jog to support mental wellness in adolescent girls across our region!

Wells has been a long-time supporter of the BIO Girls mission. See their impact as an Official Partner.

Women’s History Month kicked off with the Women Leading the Way panel in Aitkin, where women and girls gathered to discuss leadership, mentorship, and breaking barriers. Proceeds from the event supported BIO Girls. View the full video here.

March Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

Our 2024 Annual Report is here. Thank you to all who volunteered, donated, sponsored, and supported our efforts to reach girls across the Midwest. 2025, here we come!

February Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

North Dakota girls are struggling.  According to the 2023 North Dakota Youth Risk Behavior Survey: 1 in 3 ND girls state their mental health is not good, and 1 in 6 ND middle school girls has attempted suicide. This Giving Hearts Day, they need your help.

January Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

December Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

November Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.

October Update | See our new & returning program locations for 2025.