Meet the Organization Empowering Young Girls Through Skateboarding

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She joined the Girls Riders Organization, or GRO ? a 501c3 organization founded to encourage young girls to take up skateboarding. The message has resonated, as both Payne-Taylor and her organization are gaining national recognition, now recognized as a hero for empowering young women. Courtney Payne-Taylor launched "GRO" back in 2006, after skateboarding helped her through a bought of depression. Courtney Payne-Taylor launched ?GRO? back in 2006, after skateboarding helped her through a bought of depression. GRO is the first nonprofit organization open to all females for skateboarding, snowboarding and other action sports.