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Super Moms at Travis High School
GENaustin is
providing a program called "Super Moms" at Travis High School this semester in collaboration with Communities in Schools and the Pregnancy,
Education, and Parenting Program (PEP). This unique program serves pregnant and parenting students with the objective of improving
critical thinking skills, increasing self-efficacy and enhancing awareness of relationships with themselves and others.
Themes include
"Expressing Myself", "Accepting Different Parts of Myself", "Giving Voice to Feelings", and "Girlfights or Girlfriends," and are complimented by
activities such as journalling, roleplaying, sculpting, and more.
For more information about GENaustin's program, please visit http://www.genaustin.org/.
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clubGEN End of Year Party
On April 22nd, the clubGEN High School
Facilitators celebrated their year of hard work at the South Austin Rock Gym. All but one girl were novices to rock climbing, yet every
girl took on the challenge with the confidence and esteem in true clubGEN fashion.
This event offered a chance for the facilitators from
different clubGENs to come together and appreciate their efforts in creating clubs that were fun, exciting and very impactful for themselves and the
middle school girls. Throughout the year the facilitators have been good listeners and good role models, providing middle schools girls
with the education, encouragement, support and inspiration to help them grow into strong and healthy women. In the words of one of the
attendees, "What I love about clubGEN is laughing and crying with all of my [middle school] girls, knowing I'm empowering them every step of the
way!"
GENaustin would like to thank all of its wonderful volunteers from the YWA (Young Women's Alliance) and the YWA Foundation for all of
their support in making this event possible. Another special thanks to Southside Flying Pizza and Sweet Leaf Tea for donating their
mouth-watering pizzas and delicious tea for the climbers. Additionally, each girl was given a goodie bag courtesy of Austin Natural Soap and
Claire's Boutique, and a few very lucky girls received door prizes from Dart Bowl Bowling Ally, Cinemark Barton Creek and Pei-San
Jewelry. Finally, thank you to the Austin Rock Gym for being such gracious hosts!
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Dear GENaustin
Supporter,
As you may know, GENaustin is the supported charity
for the Remarkable Women's Conference. We have arranged for a special discount for GENaustin supporters of $20.00 off the price of
registration. You can take a look at the website at www.RemarkableConferences.com and if you decide to register, you can enter code GEN to receive your $20.00 discount.
The Remarkable Women's Conference connects local women
from all cross-sections of the community. Attend this very reasonably priced 2-day conference on May 11-12 and choose from 20
workshops within four different focus areas (including entrepreneur, corporate, health and wellness, and personal development). You might also
want to consider taking advantage of the many available advertising and sponsorship opportunities and plan to participate in their fabulous
tradeshow.
More than just a 2-day conference, the Remarkable
Women's Conference is a community with pre and post conference events available to keep the networking going. And keep in mind that a portion
of every dollar supports GENaustin (www.genaustin.org).
Thanks!
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Thank you to TCDC Fitness!
We would like to thank TCDC Fitness for
making us the beneficiaries of the 2007 Tough Cookie Women's Duathlon. We had a fantastic time at the duathlon. We are proud of our
empowered staff and interns. Everyone who participated won 1st place in their categories:
Megan won first place in the race.
Amanda and Christine won first place in relay.
Stacia won first place in her age
group.
To learn more about TCDC Fitness you can visit their website at http://www.tcdcfitness.com/.
To find out more about the duathlon you can visit http://www.toughcookies.com/.
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Thursday Night Fever
The sold-out second annual fundraising gala, The GENaustin
Jive, is this Thursday night at One World Theatre. The fun starts at 6:30 pm with cocktails and the
silent auction. Dinner is served at 7:15 pm, followed by a performance of groovy 70s hits by Skyrocket! (formerly the K-Tel
Hit Machine). Be there or be square, and don't forget to bring your boogie shoes!
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