On Wednesday, May 2nd, the South Florida Strong Women, Strong Girls team was awarded with the prestigious NOVO Award by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce! The NOVO Awards, selected by the Nonprofit Business Committee Awards Task Force, are presented for innovative excellence in the not-for-profit business sector in the delivery of services in the Greater Miami community. They are given out in two categories: nonprofits with a budget...

As we come to the end of the year, Strong Women, Strong Girls is taking a moment to celebrate sucess. With the recent publication of our 2010-2011 Social Impact Report, SWSG is reflecting on what a  truly remarkable year 2010-2011 was  for Strong Women, Strong Girls. SWSG reached more girls, mentors, and volunteers than ever before, collaborated with other girl-serving organizations like the Honey Shine mentoring program and the Big...

Last Thursday, December 8th, 2011, the Strong Women, Strong Girls team gathered at the Root Cause Social Innovation Forum to celebrate the hard work and major impact of Boston organizations working for social change. Each year, Root Cause features one Greater Boston organization in each of six Social Issue Tracks, from food and nutrition to STEM education. In 2007, Strong Women, Strong Girls was honored to be chosen as a Social Innovator....

Strong Women, Strong  Girls has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Be the Change Award from the Massachusetts Conference for Women! The award will honor three Massachusetts nonprofit organizations that are focused on helping women and girls achieve their full potential and exemplify compassion and commitment to improving the lives of the people in their communities. From a large pool of applicants, the Board of the...

Strong Women, Strong Girls  was honored at the 2011 AmeriCorps Program Disability Partnership Meeting in Orlando on October 25th, 2011.  The meeting, whose theme was Better Communities Include Everyone, recognized SWSG for it’s continuing effort to engage volunteers with disabilities throughout it’s program and awarded SWSG a $1,000 grant to continue this important work. SWSG was proud to receive this honor alongside Creative...