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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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She Donated Her Birthday to She's the First!

Tara donated her birthday to She's the First by using Facebook Causes.

Tara donated her birthday to She's the First by using Facebook Causes.

Tara donated her birthday to She’s the First and its partner Goods for Good in Malawi through Facebook Causes! Read why in her special guest post:

When you think about it, everyone has the power to change the world for the better. And while it’s often easier to sit back and let others work tirelessly to make a difference, you’ll never get to feel the heart-warming satisfaction that “doing good” gives you if you don’t do something yourself.

So when I started reading about what She’s the First and their partners were doing, I felt that wonderful tingle of inspiration and decided that I just HAD to do something. As a busy mom of two young children, I don’t have as much time as I’d like to dedicate to philanthropic endeavors, but Facebook makes it super easy to raise money for causes you believe in. This year, I decided to use my birthday as a way of getting my friends to donate to my charity of choice: Goods for Good as part of the She’s the First campaign. I feel strongly about promoting the importance of education, particularly for the daughters of the world, and the message that with an education we can break barriers and become firsts–especially since I was the first woman in my family to go to college and then pursue a Masters degree (a good example for my own daughter). So far I’ve reached 25% of my goal, but I’ll continue to encourage people to look beyond their own families–and country–and realize that by supporting others we are helping the world move in a more positive direction. I hope that you do the same!

You can donate your birthday too! Email tammy@shesthefirst.org to find out which of our directory partners are on Facebook Causes, and you can fundraise for them as part of the She’s the First campaign.

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