Girls Incorporated of Memphis Historical Time Line
1945	Girls Clubs of America organized (17 member clubs).
1946	Lucille DeVore Tucker visited Bethlehem, Pa. and heard of Girls Club work there – she returned to Memphis determined to organize a similar program.
1954	Affiliated with Girls Clubs of America.
1962	Moved to Lauderdale Courts Public Housing Development in temporary quarters due to urban renewal.
1966	First work-study students employed, including former President & CEO Patricia Howard.
	By-laws were revised giving equal rights to men on board of directors.
1968	Participant from Memphis awarded National Citizenship Award.
	Two clubs remain year-round operations--South Park and Lamar centers, both affiliated with Girls Clubs of America, Inc.
	Raymond Skinner Jr. elected as first male president of Girls Club of Memphis board.
1970	Lamar Branch became St. Thomas Goodwill Girls Club through a grant from WDIA Goodwill Foundation.
	Project JIFFY funded.
1971	Building purchased for South Park Girls Club center.
	National Girls Club Conference held in Memphis.
	Lucille DeVore Tucker center named.
1975	National Career Key award.
	National Career Development award for JIFFY.
1976	PROVIDA founded.
1978	Patricia Howard appointed executive director.
	Fannie Belle Burnett, former executive director, becomes director of program development for Girls Clubs of America.
	Administrative offices moved back to 686 North Seventh Street.
1979	Community Development Grant utilized to partially renovate the Lucille DeVore Tucker center.
	Lucille DeVore Tucker center, as part of a North Memphis Coalition, adopts Humes Junior High School as a part of the adopt-a-school program.
1982	Placed over 547 students in post-secondary institutions with more than $700,000 in financial aid.
1983	Placed 716 students in post-secondary institutions with approximately $1.3 million in financial aid.
	Our founder, Mrs. Lucille DeVore Tucker, died.
1985	Selected as site for three-year research project in Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
1988	First Celebration Luncheon program held, honoring Nancy Bogatin, Katherine Hinds Smythe and Cecelia Willis Westley with Girls Club of America’s "She Knows Where She’s Going" Award.
1989	PROVIDA hosts first Vintage Adventures – our Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction.
	Cummins Engine Foundation Grant was received to begin Adolescent Counseling Center.
	Federal Express gave Girls Club of Memphis a $33,500 grant for renovation of South Park center.
	The Lucille DeVore Tucker center was put up for sale for $175,000.
1990	Girls Club of Memphis changed its name to Girls Incorporated of Memphis.
	The Lucille DeVore Tucker center moved to the St. James AME Church, 600 North Fourth Street.
1991	686 North Seventh Street was vacated and administrative offices moved to 152 Beale Street.
	South Park and Lucille DeVore Tucker centers begin transporting girls to the centers from schools.
1996	Published ’50 Faces’ book.
1997	Walter Simmons center opened in the Walter Simmons Housing Development.
	Received our first $1 million gift from Mertie Buckman.
	Received one of four grants for $1 million to initiate four Girl Neighborhood Power centers in Memphis.
	Newly remodeled and rebuilt Lucille DeVore Tucker center reopened on North Seventh Street property.
	Selected as one of 50 outstanding teaching models featured at the President’s Summit for America’s Future.
1998	Douglass and Riverview Girl Neighborhood Power centers opened.
	The Walsh mansion (formerly the North Memphis center on North Seventh Street) was razed.
1999	Hamilton and Frayser Girl Neighborhood Power centers opened.
2002	Patricia Howard, president & CEO of Girls Incorporated of Memphis, resigns and is promoted to region II director for the national organization of Girls Incorporated.
2003	Katherine Gooch, former executive director of the Memphis Arts Council and founding executive director of Leadership Memphis, serves as interim president & CEO of Girls Incorporated of Memphis.
	Sandra Burke is hired as president & CEO of Girls Incorporated of Memphis.