You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be!

There is inside you

all of the potential

to be whaever youw ant to be,

all of the energy

to do whatever you want to do.

Imagine yourself as you would like to be,

doing what you want to do,

and each day, take one sstep

towards your dream.

And thought at times it may seem too

difficult to continue,

hold on to your deam.

One morning you will awake to find

that you are the person you dreamed of,

doing what you wanted to do,

simply because you had the courage

to believe in your potential

and to hold on to your dream.

- Donna Levine -

"Words of Inspiration" for National Women's Month

"You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give."


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Within You Is The Strength To Meet Life's Challenges!

By Lisa Wroble

You are stronger than you think,

remember to stand tall.

Every challenge in your life

helps you to grow.

Every problem you encourter

strengthens your mind and your soul.

Every trouble you overcome

increases your understanding of life.

When all your troubles weigh

heavily on your shoulders,

remember that beneath the burden

you can stand tall,

because you are never given

more than you can handle...

and you are stronger than you think.

Yasminth is our March MYGIFT Girl!

Yasminth is our MYGIFT Girl of the month. She's 16 yrs. old.

Here's what she had to say about the March "Career Day" Workshop:

"I hope to learn new things and strategies to maintain a good lifestyle and be healthy emotionally."

What did you learn at this month's workshop?

"I learned what social workers and nurses do."


One thing you liked about this month's workshop?

"What the world would be like without all the inventions from black people."



Her favorite things:

Favorite Color:  White

Favorite subject in school:  Math

Favorite female singer:  Mary J. Blige

Favorite male singer:  Trey Songz

Favorite rapper:  Eminem

Favorite book:  Perfect Chemistry

Favorite outfit:  T-Shirt & Jeans

Rita's or Coldstone:  Rita's

Pet Peeve:  Mistreating others

"In Her Words"

Hello!


I am happy to announce the launch of our new advice column "In Her Words".  This is a platform that will allow young ladies to get answers to the questions that keep them up at night.  It is my hope that this column will provide a much needed resource for young ladies that may not have someone in their life that they can talk to about the every day issues that they're facing.


I do not profess to be an expert in raising teenagers, but I believe that the same passion that lead me to start my own nonprofit mentoring program for girls in 2007, will help me to provide the best possible answers to each question, as if it was coming from my very own daughter. Please know that your name will never be revealed; however, I will post your question, as well as, my response to you on the newsletter, in an effort to help other young ladies that may be experiencing the same thing; but may not have the courage to submit a question.  Please email me your questions at unwrapped@mygiftprogram.org. 

Thank you in advance!