Programs
From overnight hackathons to our flagship award, here’s how to get involved with Athena today.
Happening now:
20+ events. 20+ cities.
Sunbeam is 20+ beginner friendly social coding events for girls around the world. Sign up to attend, or run your own event in your city.
Learn more about Sunbeam here
Past events:
Our Spring 2026 Event:
Sleepover is a slumber-party themed online challenge and in-person hackathon. Over 2,500 girls took part to earn prizes like digital cameras and iPads, and 60 flew to Chicago for the coziest hackathon of their lives.
Learn more about Sleepover here
Our 2025 summit:
This November in New York City, 130 Hack Clubbers from 15 different countries gathered at Civic Hall, Manhattan for our 2025 Athena hackathon, Parthenon.
Learn more about Parthenon
The Athena Award:
In 2025, over 1000 Hack Clubbers started their journey to earn the Athena Award certifcation - in collaboration with MIT, Girls Who Code, and GitHub - by spending 30 hours coding on 3 technical projects.
Learn more about the Athena Award
Our 2024 summit:
Ascend was Hack Club's first-ever Days of Service Summit! Held in Los Angeles, this event brought together 50 girls and non-binary Hack Club members from across the U.S. and internationally for a hackathon hosted at SpaceX, along with a weekend filled with fun and growth. This summit became the largest teenage girl hackathon in the U.S. this year, in partnership with Girls Who Code and Kode with Klossy.
Learn more about Ascend