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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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Back-to-School Fundraiser at Northeastern U Raises $570 + Counting!

Sarah and Lauren, in grand She's the First style!

I couldn’t have been more excited and proud to hear that Lauren Horn and Sarah Matthews, seniors from Northeastern University, decided to throw a Back-to-School fundraiser on Sept. 18! Just a few weeks ago here on Aspire, we kicked off a new monthly series of She’s the First’s fundraising campaigns — each month, I’ll blog with creative fundraising ideas with a special theme.

 

Best friends Lauren and Sarah did most of their party shopping at Trader Joe’s, spending only $60 total on hangout necessities like hummus, popcorn, and pasta salad. They even made cupcakes in She’s the First colors. Yum!

how adorable are these STF-themed cupcakes?

My favorite thing about Lauren and Sarah’s fundraiser was the adorable She’s the First step and repeat (photo backdrop) they made together. Just by enlarging the She’s the First logo and creating a checkerboard pattern on their living room wall, they created a fun photo opp for all of their friends.

Lauren and Sarah said they had their fingers crossed to raise $100 by the end of the night, but they raised a whopping $570 and counting!! (They’re still waiting to collect more promised donations)! They chose to sponsor girls in Haiti, benefiting our partner the Haiti Outreach Program.

guys came with the girls too -- and notice the little STF stickers on their shirts!

“Our plan was to sponsor girls directly,” says Lauren. “It only costs

$100 to sponsor a girl’s primary education, and I love the idea of being able to see who exactly we’re helping.” The girls and their guests will be able to follow the progress of the students they support here on the She’s the First blog, as our new team of researchers begins to keep a close eye on them via the Internet and report back.

Stay tuned for the next round of She’s the First campaign ideas, which will go online Oct. 1!

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Back-to-School Fundraiser Tonight at Northeastern University!

Sarah & Lauren, Northeastern University students

We are so proud of Sarah & Lauren, best friends at Northeastern University in Boston, who have been planning a She’s the First fundraiser for months! You may remember when they announced their plans in our blog here. And now, tonight is the big night! They’ve chosen to fundraise for a sponsorship in Haiti, via the Haiti Outreach Program partner in our directory.

We wish Sarah, Lauren, and their friends tons of fun. We asked them if we could share the Facebook reminder that they sent out to guests this morning, for some behind-the-scenes insight into what goes into planning a party with purpose. (Answer: lots of enthusiasm!) Our campaign developer, Devin Tomb, will be interviewing Lauren & Sarah after the event to share their tips with you all. Stay tuned, and check out more Back-to-School fundraising ideas here!

You can replicate what Lauren & Sarah are doing to fundraise for a girl's sponsorship at Northeastern University. oh the power of Facebook Events!

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