Meghan Trombly, Director of Program Operations is highlighted in this Comcast Voices Article for being a recipient of the Comcast Leadership Award. Meghan, was recently recognized by Comcast and City Year for the work she has done at Strong Women, Strong Girls. Please read the article below or visit Comcast Voices. City Year Alumni Join the Comcast Leadership Award Legacy Posted by Fred Maahs, Senior Director, Programs and Partnerships,...

“Safe cosmetics”–before  January of this year, that term meant nothing to me.  By the time this past semester rolled around, I began to understand the importance of safe cosmetics through the Supporting a Cause curriculum.  The girls made natural beauty products to sell at the end of the semester.  The girls orchestrated the sale, then donated the profits to a cause of their choice. Fast forward to summer, and I’m an intern,...

I am truly blessed in my life in many ways – I have my health, a wonderful family, a passion for the work that I do and many, many awesome friends.  Standout among my wonderful group of friends however is my BFF – Mary.  Mary and I have been friends for, gulp, 37 years, well, since 7th grade. If my memory serves me correctly, we connected on our first day of what way back then was called junior high and have had the text book...

“I gotta crow!” Mary Martin sang– hands on her hips, chest up, big smile– demonstrating to Eliza, the Darling family housekeeper, how to boast about herself in Peter Pan.  As a girl, I loved the live-action version of Peter Pan starring a woman… I liked crowing along with her… and I now realize that it was training for sharing that “I am proud” (and not afraid to shout it out loud!) about who I am and what I’ve...

Research has shown that having five or more friends boosts your chances of happiness by fifty percent. Author Molly Jackson described the five MUST have friends in a recent article published in Harmony Magazine. I have added a little take of my own to these important categories in honor of my wonderful friends. Your Blunt Friend – She will tell you, “Yes, your butt does look big in those pants.” I think of my friend Sally as direct...