Girls Empowered

03/24/2026

Girls Empowered had a great time EMPOWERING these Gnomies at The Yoga Gnome. Thank you to Foundations Community Partnership for funding these programs.

'shistorymonth

03/19/2026

Want your daughter to be EMPOWERED and a LEADER?!?! Register her for our summer empowerment camps. Register here: https://www.girlsempowered.org/camp-girl-power/

03/18/2026

It's Women's History Month! Do you know a girl making history? What better way to celebrate than recognizing the accomplishments of our future generation of women?!?!

Girls Empowered is excited to be taking nominations until March 31st for our annual Girls Empowered Award. Separate awards will be given to an elementary (K-6th grade), middle (7th-9th grade), and high school (10th-12th) girl. Please click the link below for more details, including qualifications and award details, and to nominate a girl:

Girls Empowered, Inc. is accepting nominations for our Girls Empowered Award for 2026 from March 1st to March 31, 2026. Girls Empowered is a nonprofit […]

03/17/2026

Did you know that in addition to celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day, March is also Irish American Heritage Month? In recognition of these special holidays, we would like to highlight an Irish American woman: Eunice Kennedy Shriver. In case you haven’t guessed, Eunice was former President JFK’s sister, born in the US, but of Irish lineage. One of the other Kennedy siblings, Rosemary, was intellectually disabled and later incapacitated due to a lobotomy. Perhaps in part because of her close relationship with her sister, and her background as a social worker, Eunice led the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation in researching causes of intellectual disabilities, as well as humane treatments. Soon after, she founded Camp Shriver, a summer day camp for individuals with intellectual disabilities at her own farm in MD, where participants engaged in sports and other physical activities. From there, Eunice founded the Special Olympics in 1968. As a champion and advocate for children’s health, juvenile delinquency issues, and disability issues, she was a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, National Women’s Hall of Fame honoree, and also featured on a US coin. We think Eunice Kennedy Shriver was incredibly EMPOWERED!

03/13/2026

Girls Empowered facilitated a 6 week empowerment session after school at Groveland Elementary School. The girls engaged in valuable discussions, fun games, crafts, role plays, and other activities that covered self-identity, self-esteem, self-care, healthy relationships, leadership, and teambuilding.

03/11/2026

It's Women's History Month! Do you know a girl making history? What better way to celebrate than recognizing the accomplishments of our future generation of women?!?!

Girls Empowered is excited to be taking nominations until March 31st for our annual Girls Empowered Award. Separate awards will be given to an elementary (K-6th grade), middle (7th-9th grade), and high school (10th-12th) girl. Please click the link below for more details, including qualifications and award details, and to nominate a girl:

Girls Empowered, Inc. is accepting nominations for our Girls Empowered Award for 2026 from March 1st to March 31, 2026. Girls Empowered is a nonprofit […]

03/08/2026

In honor of International Women’s Day, we would like to highlight an inspiring international woman in history: Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth was born in England, but her family moved to the United States after suffering a fire there. Her parents did not believe in corporal punishment and also believed that all of their children, including the girls, deserved education, two ideas that were not exactly popular in the 1800’s. After her father’s death left the family in a difficult financial situation, Elizabeth and two of her sisters started a school that charged tuition for education and housing for young women. Later, however, Elizabeth committed to studying medicine and began applying to medical schools. She was met with much resistance and ridicule along the way, with many suggesting she try applying in Paris instead, or disguise herself as a man. Despite this, in 1849 Elizabeth became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States (her sister Emily became the second!). After which, she and her sister opened the New York Infirmary for Women. Throughout her life, Elizabeth trained, wrote, and lectured on the importance of educating women and the importance of women in the medical field, both in United States and Britain, and was known for her strong, and assertive personality. Elizabeth Blackwell’s legacy remains today, as she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1974, was featured on a postage stamp, and also has an annual American Medical Women’s Association award named after her. We’ll leave you with a powerful quote from the very EMPOWERED Elizabeth Blackwell: “I have overcome stronger distastes than any that now remain, and feel fully equal to the contest. As to the opinion of people, I don't care one straw personally.”

03/05/2026

Thank you to Flanigan & Roth, PLLC https://flaniganroth.cliogrow.com/ for being one of our Silver Sponsors. Their generous sponsorship will help us EMPOWER more girls in our community.

03/04/2026

Thank you to The Law Office of Kaitlin Files LLC for being one of our Bronze Sponsors. Their generous sponsorship will help us EMPOWER more girls in our community.

03/03/2026

Girls Empowered had a great time facilitating the Agent of Change Journey for these Girl Scout Juniors. They learned effective leadership, team-building, and decision-making skills. They realized their own powers (i.e. strengths) and how women in history having used their powers to achieve great things. Then they worked in teams to decide how they can use their strengths and these skills to solve a problem in the community. Contact us at dawn@girlsempowered.org to schedule this Journey or another Journey/similar program.

03/02/2026

It's Women's History Month! What better way to celebrate than recognizing the accomplishments of our future generation of women?!?!

Girls Empowered is excited to be taking nominations until March 31st for our annual Girls Empowered Award. Separate awards will be given to an elementary (K-6th grade), middle (7th-9th grade), and high school (10th-12th) girl. Please click the link below for more details, including qualifications and award details, and to nominate a girl: https://forms.gle/Vp2XnM1Y5wdUypMy7