The Whyld Girls is a gender specific, out of school program for 5th-12th grade girls who live within the 50314 zip code. The program has multiple components, including four-day a week after school programming, eight-week summer programming that begins with a two-week intensive literacy program, a high school mentor program, volunteer Life Coaches for high school program participants, and an education/scholarship fund (established and sustained in a by the high school mentors’ business, Product with Purpose) that supports their education during high school and in post-secondary education.