Manhattan College

Happy New Year from She’s the First!

We made a She's the First Yearbook of our first year memories on Shutterfly.com!

She’s the First made a yearbook from our first year! On Shutterfly.com, we created a hardcover book, and each year, we’ll make it a tradition. We’ll keep these in our office someday, but for now, they’re in the hands of a few She’s the First leaders, and we scanned the pages for you to see below!

Thanks to all who made 2010 an incredible year for our organization and, most importantly, for the girls we support worldwide! By our count, in our first full year, we sponsored at least 36 girls and raised at least $13,430 for girls’ tuition from our marquee events and your independent, grassroots fundraisers!

(If we left anyone out, please forgive and email tammy@shesthefirst.org so we can update. To see the partners in our directory which manage the sponsored girls’ schooling, visit shesthefirst.org/directory).

Special thanks to our FRIENDS OF FIRSTS who made life-changing, world-shaking change with us this year!

* The guests, performers, and supporters of GIRLS WHO ROCK: $6,000 – sponsored Elizabeth, Grace, Happiness in Tanzania)

* The guests of the She’s the First Soiree: $1,550 – sponsored a girl we’ll meet in 2011 at Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project in India!

* Lauren Horn & Sarah Matthews & Friends: $700 – sponsored 7 girls in Haiti!

* Lew Blaustein: 2 girls in Haiti, 1 in Tanzania at Village Schools International

* Evelyn Lisoski, Tara Rummell Berson, and Melissa Walker: 3 girls in Malawai in Goods4Good’s program

* Annemarie Dooling & Friends on Twitter: 1 girl in Haiti

* Sammy Davis: 1 girl in  Haiti

* Kaitlin Davis: 1 girl in Haiti and 1 girl in Kenya at Kiberia School for Girls

* Lindsay Brown, Maggie Fox & their Women’s Soccer Team & Friends at Notre Dame: 3 girls in Nepal at Maggie Doyne’s Kopila Valley Children’s Home & School

* Justis: 1 girl in Haiti

* Mackenzie Olson: 1 girl in Nepal

* Nancy Roberts: 1 girl in Liberia

* Kate Lord: 1 girl in Haiti

* IWantHerJob.com, by Brianne Burrowes: 2 girls in Guatemala in Starfish One by One’s program

* Julie Wamser and her dorm at Notre Dame: 2 girls in Tanzania at Village Schools International

* Urban Girl Squad: 2 girls in Tanzania at Village Schools International

* She’s the First*{Manhattan}: $300 – beneficiary to be decided in Jan 2011!

* Proceeds from the Asha Patel Designs She’s the First Bracelets: $298 and growing! for Shanti Bhavan and Kenya Education Fund girls

* Proceeds from the Prime Produce Prom: at least $625 – beneficiary program TBD in Jan 2011!


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She's the First*{Manhattan} Makes Headlines!

We are so proud to share that the Manhattan College chapter of She’s the First made an incredibly strong impression on campus in its first semester of existence. Not only did the group fundraise more than $300 from student center bake sales & friendship bracelet sales (they are selecting their sponsorship beneficiaries from our directory now), but they also scored this coverage in the campus newspaper! We enjoyed their company at our She’s the First Soiree on November 1st, and we were so excited to feature them in our November Newsletter as Fundraiser of the Month. You’re transforming girls’ lives, STF*{Manhattan} — keep up the unstoppable momentum! (And good luck on finals. :) )

Support them by becoming a fan on Facebook & following on Twitter! They’ll keep you posted on the stories of the girls they decide to sponsor.

The Quadrangle, Manhattan College's student newspaper


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