This is a cool music video; Colbie Caillat shows us all how beautiful we really are.
Colbie Caillat takes a stand!
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Great story! Such a deserving young lady 🙂
Volunteer Needed!
I am in need of one more volunteer to help out at North Glenmore Elementary School on Wednesdays from April 9th-May 7th, 8:45am-10:15am. Ad is attached below:
Youth Mentor for Girls
Looking for strong female role models between the ages of 18-30 to help run a Courage for Youth program in elementary schools on Wednesday mornings from April 9th to May 7th, 2014.
“Voices” is a program created by young women who are aware of the challenges facing girls as they enter adolescence and who have a desire to help them navigate through these difficult years.
Topics:
– Relational aggression: how girls bully each other (gossip, rumours, exclusion, humiliation, silent treatment etc)
– Discovering who you are and what you believe in
– Communication skills
– Healthy relationship skills
– Boundaries
– Peer pressure
– Self Respect & Empathy
– Action/Reaction
– etc.
If you are interested in volunteering and for more information please email: voices@courageforyouth.com
For info on Courage For Youth –> http://www.courageforyouth.com
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Should Handheld Devices be Banned in Children Under 12?
This is an interesting article that really gets us thinking about the negative impact technology can have on our Youth. Thoughts?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Every Valentine’s Day I hear varying opinions of the day. There are those who express distaste for this “Hallmark” holiday, those who make big plans with their love for a day of romance, those who enjoy spoiling their children with gifts, treats, cards, and games, and those single one’s who avoid restaurants on this particular day due to the overwhelming amount of PDA and waitlists to get into restaurants.
I personally love Valentine’s Day. For me it’s a day to celebrate the love we have in our lives. I called my parents, messaged my friends, and spent the day with the man I love. It’s a day where I acknowledge the love I’ve recieved from the people close to me and from strangers alike. Yes I agree that you are encouraged to spend money on this day, but the day is what you make it. I had a beautiful day that consisted of no material gifts just quality time and messages of love and kindness.
When I first turned on my computer this morning the first link on my selected news page was to a video of Ellen Page ‘coming out.’ I watched her beautiful speech at the Thrive conference and listened to her message of love, acceptance, support, and courage and thought that this was such a great moment to share with the world on this “day of love.” I wanted to share it with you and I hope you too will find strength in her message.
Thank you for your courage Miss. Page, we support, love and accept you! Happy Valentine’s Day ❤
Be Courageous!
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This new Dove video is great! It really brings light to the insecurities women feel, and how mother’s have such a huge impact on how their daughter’s see themselves.
“I think my mom’s insecurities affect me a lot. When you hear her talk about her insecurities you start to focus on your own.”
As women it’s important to remember that our daughter’s, sisters, and younger peers are looking to us to learn what beauty is and how to be confident in our own skin. This video is a good reminder of that. This video also reminds us what true beauty is…
“…beauty is being strong, being brave, and being happy with yourself…”
Take care of each other ❤
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When Your Mother Says She’s Fat
This is a heartfelt and insightful letter. I wanted to share it for all the mothers and daughters.
Take care of each other ❤
Tree of Hope Grant
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Courage For Youth was chosen as the 2013 recipient of Landmark’s Tree of Hope Grant!! We are extremely grateful for this gift and are excited to put the money back into the community! Because of this gift we are able to offer our Voices and Scream program at lower costs this year 🙂 We are excited to begin delivering these programs to more students!
If you are interested in having Voices or S.C.R.E.A.M ran in your son/daughter’s elementary school or through another organization please contact me at:
voices@courageforyouth.com
Friendship
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After the Grade 5 female students at Glenmore Elementary School completed the Voices program they took their knowledge and created a presentation for the grade 3 students in their school. The grade 5’s talked to the younger students about communication, positive thinking, being a powerful bystander, and how to have healthy friendships.
Afer talking about good friendships, the grade 3’s each chose a friendship trait that was most important to them and wrote it on a strip of paper. These strips were linked together to form a Friendship Chain, which hangs in the hallway of their school as a reminder of all the pieces of a great friendship.
“To Have a Good Friend; We Must Be a Good Friend”
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An interesting article outlining the impact of technology on your young children, and ways to regulate their use.
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