by Girls Inc. | May 23, 2013 | The Inspiration Project
Each year at our annual Touchstone Awards luncheon, we provide an activity to encourage guests to interact with each other and the summer camp girls at their table. This year, girls and guests learned about female champions, some well-known and others less...
by Girls Inc. | May 23, 2013 | The Inspiration Project
Courtney is a Girls Inc. volunteer and Coordinator of Student-Athlete Affairs with the NCAA. When I was asked to write a blog post on what I think it means to be a champion, I was taken by surprise. Sure I work for the NCAA, but I was never an athlete – I...
by Girls Inc. | May 23, 2013 | The Inspiration Project
Lizzie Bourque has led two programs with Girls Inc., is the Junior League of Indianapolis Co-Chair of the Girls Inc. Committee, and works for Angie’s List. Pool rat. A term the average person might not find endearing, but one that I hold close to my heart. A...
by Girls Inc. | May 23, 2013 | The Inspiration Project
Each year my department sits down, in comfy chairs ideal, to brainstorm and hash out our messaging focus for the next year. Our goal is to find a theme that can engage girls during summer camp, spur creativity for our messaging, provide new ways to describe the impact...
by Girls Inc. | May 23, 2013 | The Inspiration Project
Sarah Breedlove was born in 1867 in rural Louisiana. Her parents were former slaves and worked as sharecroppers on a cotton plantation. At the age of 5 she began washing laundry for pay, and she continued supporting herself in that manner well into her thirties. She...
