GEN's Voice

Issue 35
May 2004

In This Issue:

The Kinko's Classic of Austin, May 3-9, will mark the Champions Tour's return to Austin after the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf moved after the 1994 season. Buy your tickets through this link and 50% of the ticket order will be credited to GEN! Click on "buy tickets" to purchase your order. After you select your tickets, select GENaustin from the pull-down menu of participating organizations.

Headed by Alexa Wesner, co-chair of GEN’s Resource Development Committee, and Trish Murphy, board member and singer-songwriter extraordinaire, a compilation CD benefiting GENaustin is in the works.

The committee is in the process of soliciting artists and reviewing and selecting songs. Murphy said they “will theme the CD around empowerment. We’re listening for creative implementations of the theme of empowerment. It’s been fun matching the theme to songs from potential artists. We are including a diverse range of artists—a balance of local and national, men and women—that come together with a great group of songs.”

Murphy herself will have one track on the disc. “I’ve got a song called Relentless that hasn’t been released yet that I’ve felt kind of instinctive from the beginning about including. It’s about growing into your empowerment, coupled with themes of endurance—some of women’s finer qualities.”

All profits from the CD will go to GEN. Austin Ventures is the lead corporate sponsor of the CD. New boutique, Girl Next Door is also sponsoring the effort. If you are interested in joining these sponsors, contact [email protected] to inquire about sponsorship opportunities.

Lisa Kean is GENaustin’s new Program Specialist, concentrating her talents in the clubGEN after-school program. Learn more about Lisa and her lifelong commitment to mentoring and supporting youth groups in her online bio on GEN’s website.

In a world filled with peer pressure and bullying, where "cool" rules, how can we help our youth develop resilience? Join the YWCA of Greater Austin and Austin Women’s Psychotherapy Project with St. Edward’s University Psychological Services Center and GENaustin for “Keeping Our Kids Connected: Pathways to Resilience.” Judith Jordan, Ph.D. and Maureen Walker, Ph.D. of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute of the Stone Center at Wellesley College will discuss how we can teach our kids to stay strong and healthy in their relationships with peers and adults. Parents, teachers, school counselors and youth workers are encouraged to attend.

The event will be held Friday May 14, 2004, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at St Edward’s University, Main Building, Maloney Room.

Firekeepers Teen Camp (June 5-15th) is a unique sleep away camp where teenagers participate in some traditional camp activities like the high ropes course, horseback riding and canoeing. However, what separates this camp from most others is that there is also a strong emphasis on inner growth as teens transition from being boys and girls to becoming young men and women. Being a teenager is sometimes like being on fire. There are very few people that have the energy, interest and insight to tend the fire of teenage spirit.

For more information about FireKeepers, please contact 512-771-9040 or visit: www.firekeepers.com.

GENaustin's programs are made possible through the generous support of 3M, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundation, the Austin Community Foundation, Austin Independent School District, Austin Wine Merchant, Austin Ventures, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, the Dell Foundation, the Favrot Foundation, Girl Next Door, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, the Silverton Foundation, Milkshake Media, Meredith Private Foundation, Safeway, Shoes for Austin and the Webber Family Foundation.

Make an online donation to GENaustin through Network for Good by clicking on this Web link: guidestar

GENaustin has been selected to take part in Buffalo Exchange’s Tokens for Bags Program. The program allows customers to choose to receive a token instead of a bag when making their purchase and the token represents a cash donation to a particular charity. So the next time you’re shopping at Buffalo Exchange (2904 Guadalupe), be sure to forego the bag and help out GENaustin by placing your token in our box. Our box is in the middle!

Now you can support GENaustin and its important programs simply by shopping online. Just go to GENaustin, Get Involved, Shop and follow the links to more than 400 stores, including Barnes & Noble, Land's End, Ann Taylor, Linens-n-Things, Neiman Marcus, L.L. Bean, Dell, Amazon.com, JC Penney, Old Navy, Gap and many more!

Inspired by the book Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, GENaustin, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, was formed in 1996.

GENaustin is a non-profit organization based in Austin, TX, and was founded in 1996. GENaustin is made up of volunteers committed to helping girls grow into healthy, confident women who feel valued for what's inside, and not outside, themselves. Our mission is to help adolescent girls develop and maintain healthy self-esteem through the education of the girls, their parents, their teachers and others who touch their lives.

For more information, please visit our Web site at www.genaustin.org. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 3122, Austin TX, 78764. You may call us at (512) 414-0472 or email us at [email protected].

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