Karen, my mentor, has been working with kids for many years through Girls Inc. and the city's Recreation Department. Immediately upon my expression of interest in helping out at her Girls Inc. Summer Camp, Karen has taken me under her wing to help me make my project special and impactful not only in my life, but in the lives of the girls she sees on a daily basis. In my proposal for my project, I talked a lot about "winning the battle one girl at a time." Confidence is a tricky concept to address and measure an impact, but if I can make a difference to one girl I meet this summer and be a positive role model to her, I will feel as if my project was worthwhile.
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The motto of Girls Inc. is to empower young girls to reach their full potential by being strong, smart, and bold. |
So all summer starting on June 21, I will be volunteering at Girls Inc. on Thursdays and Fridays. Thursdays are field trip days, so it looks like I will be making a lot of trips to the beach. And as for Fridays, I will be helping organize "camp activities!" I will also being doing a lot of research hoping to answer the question of "how does having a positive role model impact the self-esteem of young girls?" You can expect to see posts from me up on here every weekend so that all of my wonderful readers can follow me on my journey to win the battle one girl at a time.
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