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Worcester Academy is an awesome neighbor!!  Little did I know when they invited me to be on their Board of Visitors that they were going to showcase Girls Inc's partnership with the Girls Varsity LaCrosse Team as part of the day!  When I asked why we were chosen for a dialogue with members Zoe Eth and Mary Claire Pelletier and Coach Erin Flynn, Carolyn Reich, Stewardship and Constituent Relations Officer told me that it was because so many of the girls had identified their work in this very new partnership as the most important and special service project they had done!  All I could say...

What an awesome day - EIGHT GREAT volunteers from UNUM at Camp Kinneywood for painting the stairs and railings on the Pine Lodge and Rec Hall.... washing down all the picnic tables in the Pavillion and painting a few of the outside picnic tables too!  Thanks to everyone for a wonderful day. 

Come back before the end of the week to learn about to the Girls Inc Drop In program.

It has been a VERY SPECIAL summer filled with wonderful experiences for the kids who have participated in our summer programs at Winthrop House and Camp Kinneywood - and for the Girls Inc staff and volunteers! 

Let me start at the end and work back... a gathering of about 150 proud parents, families, staff and sponsors at Clark University on Friday night celebrated this year's Bruce Wells' Upward Bound scholars. Two of the young women who were honored - Akuah and Dora, pictured with me - honored us with a great two-week internship program here at Winthrop House!!  They attended...

Hey girls summer interns, Akuah and Dora, talking. We've had a great week so far at the Girls Inc. of Worcester. Each day we learn what goes into running this organization and what we can do to make it better for the next two years.

On August 6, 2009 we were invited to the Leading Women MASS Breakfast with guest speaker Dr. Anne Perschel. While there, we met many leading women who were ready to absorb the powerful message from Dr. Perschel about Finding Your Flow. She talked about how there isn't really a work/life balance, but you need to have a flow state. Your flow state is when...

This week has opened a whole new world to 9 young Middle School aged women and me - the world of HOW TO THINK LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI!!  Based on Clark Alum Michael Gelb's book How To Think Like Leonardo DaVinci, these young women, along with several Girls Inc staff and volunteers are half-way through a journey focused on the seven principles: Curiosity, Learning by Doing; Sensory Learning; Sfumato (you have to look that one up!); Body/Mind connection; Art/Science Connection; and How Everything in Connected!  We have studied Leonardo, practiced some yoga, gone on urban hikes and swimming;...

Thursday's Girls' Celebration Event was my best day so far in 8 months and 1 week!  Mayor Konnie Lukes talked about her experiences in the Girls Club in Waterbury, CT as she proclaimed Thursday Girls Celebration Day in Worcester; the trustees of the Fuller Foundation received a picture/citation, and their very own, and very special "admission ticket" to use the Fuller Foundation pool at Girls Inc this summer; Linda Cavaioli and Jean King each received standing ovations to honor them as advocates for girls; and Jennifer Paradee gave us such a beautiful - and enduring - gift of th

Tonight over 100 of us were entertained, amused, impressed and awed by a group of about 40 girls - and coaches - from the Girls Inc Gymnastics Program performing in a great Circus Show.  The team is getting ready to go to Nationals in Savannah later this month. 

And, sadly for all, for economic reasons, Girls Inc is not going to be able to sponsor the team after this year.  Michelle Marum, the gymnastics coach is working on a plan to try to open her own gym; Girls Inc is making decisions about how, not if, we are going to be keeping basic gymnastics in our programs and how we can...

The countdown to the big day is going by quickly! The Silent Auction baskets are coming together with great opportunities inside each one!  The beautiful new mosaic will be installed this week.  The food is ordered... and the barbeque will be awesome! 

It's like Christmas in June!   Hope you can join us!  The funds we will raise go to our summer programs.  How much better than that can it get??  Tell your friends --