Stacy's Pita Chips & Barbie team Up to Mentor Girls

Stacy’s Pita Chips has joined hands with the iconic brand in order to celebrate Barbie’s 65th anniversary while shining a beacon on the strength and resilience of women.

In an announcement, Barbie Dream Gap Project and Stacy’s are all set to donate $100,000 to the nonprofit organization Step Up. $250,000 annually has been given by Barbie Dream Gap Project to nonprofit partners that assist and mentor girls.

The donation shall offer mentorship and programs in order to achieve success to girls while organising a conference in Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville and New York with a focus to provide 1,000 hours of mentorship to middle school and high school girls.

Vice president of marketing at Frito-Lay North America, Rhasheda Boyd stated, “As a woman-founded business, supporting women entrepreneurs is in the DNA of Stacy’s Pita Chips. We hope to have an even bigger impact in 2025, supporting more women and finding ways to continue to elevate the need of women-founded businesses.”

She added, “Staying true to our roots, we launched the Stacy’s Rise Project in 2017 as a program dedicated to supporting women founders through mentorship, community and funding. Through our program, we also focus on driving awareness of the needs of women-founded businesses. Funding remains a huge issue among women entrepreneurs. While women own almost half of all businesses in the United States, they receive only 2% of venture capital funding.”