Here is a state-wide chance for you to nominate a girl or young woman who has made a difference in her community!
Girls Rock! Awards
Hardy Girls/Healthy Women will be giving out their first ever Girls Rock! Awards to 5 girls who are using their voices in bold and powerful ways to make Maine a better place for all girls to grow.
We're looking for girls ages 12-19 who are making a difference in these areas:
1. Title IX Champion
2. Health Advocacy
3. Against the Odds
4. Community Organizing
5. Entrepreneurship
Winners of these awards will receive a $250 savings bond and statewide recognition for their incredible contributions. All selected Girls Rock! recipients must be available to accept their award at the Girls Rock! Award celebration on April 17th.
To learn more about the awards and nominate a girl, print out a nomination form or fill it out online.
Nominations must be received by April 3.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy St Patrick's Day!
Did you know that blue was the color originally associated with St Patrick? If you're wearing blue jeans with your green and/or orange, breathe easy!
We've been busy here at the office, and blogging has fallen behind. We have been giving the Civic Leadership Series, as I discussed in the last post, have been presenters at Change '09!, and held a Community Arts Gala!
Break is coming up next week, and we'll have two great volunteer activities. One will be a project focusing on poverty, hunger, and homelessness, and will be led by the Interfaith Chaplaincy.
The second activity will be with The Kids' Consortium, and it's the Student Summit on Service Learning. The conference will be at USM Thursday, March 26th and Friday, March 27th. Volunteers are needed from registration to facilitation of team building activities, and you'll get lunches and a tshirt for spending time volunteering with middle and high schoolers! You can volunteer all or part of both days.
For those of you runners, Colby and Hardy Girls/Healthy Women are sponsoring a 5k to benefit HGHW! First 25 registrants get a free tshirt! Run run run!
Upcoming is the last-Monday-of-the-month dinner at the Ronald McDonald House. I'll be headed over at 4:30 on March 30th.
In other news, the Red Cross is holding its annual "Real Heroes Breakfast" on Thursday, March 19th, and I'm going! Wee! I'll share the fancy details with you upon my return!
Shamrocks and Celtic knots,
Amanda
We've been busy here at the office, and blogging has fallen behind. We have been giving the Civic Leadership Series, as I discussed in the last post, have been presenters at Change '09!, and held a Community Arts Gala!
Break is coming up next week, and we'll have two great volunteer activities. One will be a project focusing on poverty, hunger, and homelessness, and will be led by the Interfaith Chaplaincy.
The second activity will be with The Kids' Consortium, and it's the Student Summit on Service Learning. The conference will be at USM Thursday, March 26th and Friday, March 27th. Volunteers are needed from registration to facilitation of team building activities, and you'll get lunches and a tshirt for spending time volunteering with middle and high schoolers! You can volunteer all or part of both days.
For those of you runners, Colby and Hardy Girls/Healthy Women are sponsoring a 5k to benefit HGHW! First 25 registrants get a free tshirt! Run run run!
Upcoming is the last-Monday-of-the-month dinner at the Ronald McDonald House. I'll be headed over at 4:30 on March 30th.
In other news, the Red Cross is holding its annual "Real Heroes Breakfast" on Thursday, March 19th, and I'm going! Wee! I'll share the fancy details with you upon my return!
Shamrocks and Celtic knots,
Amanda
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