PACE Manatee is located in Bradenton, Florida and has served over 1,200 girls since opening its doors in 1989.   PACE Manatee strives to partner with community leaders to not only increase awareness of the needs of girls, but to provide our girls with new opportunities.  If you would like to learn more about PACE Manatee or how you can make a difference, please take a moment to send us an e-mail and join our mailing list.

Throw on some island wear and flip flops and join us for a Party in Paradise on Friday, March 12at 7:00 p.m.  This island-hopping event is hosted by Amanda Edge and John Horne, at their beautiful home on Palma Sola Bay.  

A Recipe for Success turned out to be just that for 5^th annual Girls Night Out for PACE at the home of Betsy and Chris Pennewill. 

PACE Center for Girls celebrated the successful promotion and transition of several girls at the Transition Ceremony on June 4, 2009, at the PACE Center.  Awards were given by the PACE staff for those girls who achieved academic excellence.   Amy Wick Mavis, Executive Director, described the ceremony as “a time when many of our girls are promoted to the next level of their education at PACE, or return to public school for the next phase of their education.”