Sunday, 19 May 2013

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Thanks to everyone who attended, volunteered and help to sponsor She's All That!

If you'd like to be a part of She's All That! 2014, please send us an email.


She’s All That! is an exciting and distinctive conference that past participants have said should be mandatory for all middle-school aged girls. "I think it's great that the girls are getting this attention and information - that there are people in the community who care enough about the girls to do this for them" was the feedback from one parent last year. Another mentioned that she and her daughter waited a year to participate and it was "everything I could have hoped for."

This special conference includes an inspirational keynote presentation and a choice of three of the available workshops (listed below) for girls. Our popular “Live Your Dream!” Expo will include numerous informational exhibits again this year. The adult workshops have been expanded and new ones are being offered.


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2013 Girls Keynote Speaker: Katie Wells

Since her freshman year, Katie Wells has traveled to Tijuana, Mexico with her church to help build homes for the less fortunate. This past year she was assigned to build a home for a grandmother, a mother, a daughter and a severely disabled son.  Every day she saw firsthand what a struggle it was for this family to transport their son in a rickety old hospital wheelchair to and from the doctor's office since the wheelchair was not built for outdoor conditions, especially the uneven and rocky roads they had to travel. Consequently, 8 year old Enrique spent most of his life inside.

When Katie returned home she could not stop thinking about Enrique and his family and she realized that she needed to do something to help. So, she contacted a family friend who was working with a nonprofit organization called Free Wheel Chair Mission and had discussions with another nonprofit organization called Amor Ministries about how to proceed. She attended the Free Wheel Chair Mission fundraiser last summer and was able to meet the founders of this incredible organization and hear from the guest speaker, Fabio Calderon, the wheelchair recipient from Columbia. That night she could truly feel how it is possible to make an impact on lives around the world.

By the end of that fundraising event they had raised over $1 million. Free Wheel Chair Mission impacted over 15,800 lives within 86 countries. For only $71.88, a wheelchair is built, transported and delivered around the world to lift a disabled body up off the ground and expand their future. It is estimated that 100 million people suffer with walking disabilities and don't have access to a simple wheelchair due to the poverty and economic distress in their country. You find most disabled people crawling on the ground, an unsanitary and humiliating experience.

Katie will return to Tijuana over spring break and proudly deliver a new wheelchair to Enrique thanks to this wonderful organization.


2013 She's All That! workshops include (girls chose 3 from this selection):

• Be Yourself - Don't Give in to Peer Pressure
Bend it Shape It Yoga for Girls 
BFF
Bigger Than Myself
Cheers All That!
Code Busters Club
Connect With Your Feminine Reality (combined adult/girl workshop)
Cyber Safe and Sane On-line
Discover the Writer Inside You
Facial Finishes
Find Your Passion
Free To Be Me
Fun With Improv
Get Your Parents Off Your Back (and On Your Side)
Hip Hop Til You Drop
Hoop it Up!
How to do Middle Schools (5th graders only)
Mean Girls
Mind Your Body
My Personal Style
Self Defense – What Every Girl Should Know
Straight Scoop on Boys I (6th Graders and above only)
• Straight Scoop on Boys II (7th & 8th graders only)
The Science of Girly Things 



2013 Adult Keynote Speaker: Amy Sluss
Amy Sluss, RN is an author, family-life specialist, and professional speaker. Amy is well known locally for her Growing up Female workshop series which she has been teaching for 16 years. In those workshops she teaches girls what it really means to be female while connecting girls to positive female role models. She works closely with Girl Scouts of Northern California and speaks to groups around the country to empower and inspire women. Check out her website for upcoming events pick up lots of tidbits from her blog.

Her keynote speech focuses on raising confident daughters. Times have changed. Your daughter's world is completely different from the one you grew up in. Learn how to support your middle school daughter. Consider her new realities and her developmental and emotional needs. Gain the perspective and skills you need to raise a confident girl. 


2013 She's All That! adult workshops include (parents chose 3 from this list):

• Adolescent Subcultures and Current Drug Trends
Connect With Your Feminine Reality (combined adult/girl workshop)
• Getting Past "TUFF" Communication with Teens
• Healthy Relationships 
Middle School Transition 
The Power Within (Empower and Inspire Your Teen)
• Who's the Parent? 
Teen Talk – How to Keep Them Talking to You Through These Emotional Years


Many thanks to our sponsors!

Download the 2013 flyer.

Presented by Soroptimist International of the San Ramon Valley
An international 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of professional women working to improve the lives of women and girls throughout the world. Federal Tax ID #68-001475