| Hi all! Welcome to the January edition of the Athena Newsletter! Athena is Hack Club's Initiative for girls and non-binary coders 👩💻
Here’s a look at what's going on at Hack Club this month! |
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| Sleepover |
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| Build projects, get prizes, and fly out to an all-girls slumber-party hackathon this April?!?! |
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| WELCOME TO SLEEPOVER! |
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Sleepover is the latest Athena Initiative program at Hack Club. Code for 30 hours (just ten hours a month!), build projects with friends, and fly out to the coziest sleepover of your life! |
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| For every hour you code, you’ll earn feathers which you can redeem in the shop for plushies, digicams, iPads, and more prizes! |
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| Just a beginner? Don’t worry! We’ll have workshops, lock-in calls, and monthly challenges to help you grow your technical skills and meet other girls in the community. |
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If you signup now, and introduce yourself in #athena-sleepover, I’ll give you a free feather! |
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| April 2026, Chicago, USA. |
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| 𩁁⎝ 𐍩༺✧༻𐍪 ⎠𩂂 |
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| Campfire Flagship |
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| Hack Club is running its biggest single game jam ever - and you’re invited. |
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| Submit ANY type of project you want -> and work on those projects for 60 hours - get an invite to Campfire Flagship in Los Angeles, February 20th - 22nd. |
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| In collaboration with Opensauce, so many of your favorite creators will be there - Michael Reeves, William Osman, and more to be announced! |
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| Plus, you can even submit your Campfire Flagship projects to Sleepover to earn hours! |
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| Campfire |
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| On February 28th - March 1st, 2026, Hack Clubbers are hosting 200 game jams in 200 cities. |
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| No experience? No problem. With workshops, mentors, and teammates, you’ll learn game development, make something magical, and share it with the world! |
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| Sign up to attend a campfire near you now! |
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| Flavortown |
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| Something’s cooking in the kitchen… |
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| Flavortown is Hack Club’s winter event - cook personal projects -> win free prizes! |
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| Blueprint |
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| Always wanted to get into hardware but never knew how to start? |
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| Get up to $400 USD plus cool prizes like 3D printers to build your own hardware project through Hack Club’s Blueprint! |
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| Here's how it works: |
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- Design a hardware project: game consoles, PCBs, robot arms, anything!
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- Get funding of up to $400 USD from Hack Club to build your design
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- Redeem tickets for tools like soldering irons and 3D printers
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Get started on some beginner projects now (with guides to walk you step by step) at blueprint.hackclub.com now! |
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| Milkyway |
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| Make games, earn prizes, and build your own digital house? |
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| Milkyway is a centralized shop for gamedev projects — and you can also build a little digital house! Make games to earn coins and spend in the shop to buy cool prizes. |
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| Girls Who Code Applications are officially open! |
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| The application for Girls Who Code Summer 2026 Pathways is now open! |
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| Pathways is a free, virtual program for high school students to learn to code while designing projects that make a difference—no experience required! |
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| During seven weeks of flexible, self-paced learning, students explore exciting tracks like AI and game design, and join our GWC community of fellow students and mentors from around the world! |
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The Pathways Application for Summer 2026 is open through April 10th. Apply by February 25th for priority consideration here. |
| Thanks again for checking out the monthly edition of the Athena Initiative Newsletter. |
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I really hope to see you sign up for Sleepover and I can’t wait to see the awesome projects you make. |
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| With love, |
| Reem and the Athena Team |
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| Coming to you from a snowy snowy day trapped inside Hack Club HQ! |
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