Register for GEMS Summer Experience
Register for GEMS Summer Experience
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Discover.

Your voice, your confidence, your purpose.

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Grow.

Through mentorship, leadership, and real opportunity.

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Lead.

The future of your community starts with you.

GEMS Summer Experience

A 4-week Saturday morning program covering professional etiquette, financial literacy, goal setting, and career exploration. 9AM–12PM. Ages 13–18. One summer that could change everything.

· $75 per participant · Need-based scholarships available.

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GEMS Leadership Academy

Our year-round girls-only leadership academy in Orangeburg County. Monthly virtual check-ins, quarterly in-person events, community service, virtual speaker series, pitch competition, charm bracelet system, and a pathway to the Ambassador designation.‍ ‍

· $30/month · $135/semester · $250/year

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Building the Next Generation of Women Leaders

To prepare young women to become confident leaders by providing access to mentorship, leadership training, community service, and career exploration experiences — so every girl from Orangeburg County knows that every single lane is available to her.

  • GEMS Leadership Academy is a girl-specific year-round structured leadership development program in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

  • We believe that when girls are given the tools, the mentorship, and the community to grow — they become leaders who change everything around them.

  • We serve girls ages 13–18 with programming in professional etiquette, financial literacy, goal setting, career exploration, community service, and leadership development.