The Maryland Space Business Roundtable has given $1,000 to The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County to support the second annual Girl Power STEM career expo to introduce middle and high school girls to professional opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math.

The Maryland Space Business Roundtable is an organization that encourages the growth and development of aerospace-related business in Maryland.

WGC, with support from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA), attracted approximately 400 girls and their parents to its first STEM career expo this year. The 2009 career expo will be held Sunday, March 1, at the Kossiakoff Center at APL.

Attendees will be offered opportunities to meet and talk with professional women in their fields of interest, participate in hands-on STEM activities and visit displays on careers in aerospace, computer science, electrical engineering, geology, information technology, science education, space mission engineering and more.

WGC is a community of women philanthropists addressing the needs of women and girls in Howard County. Among its goals is encouraging the healthy development and personal authority of young girls. WGC has founded a residential camp for middle and high school age girls, Journey, which was held at Washington College this summer.

For information about Girl Power, contact Diana Bailey, dbailey@msde.state.md.us.  For information about WGC, contact womensgivingcircle@comcast.net, or visit www.womensgivingcircle.org.