Thanks so much to everyone who worked so hard to make the Girls Inc Wine Tasting Event such a great success tonight!  To the many volunteers - led by Board member Heather Ball, her friends Darcy and Nick D'Andrea and our Development Director Anne Sadick.  To the staff who pitched in above and beyond - Lynne Flanagan Tsombakos, Heather Lillis, Kijah Clark, Anne McCarthy and Tony Papagni!  To the staff at 55 Pearl for their great food, great service and delicious wine!  To all who contributed, participated, ate the delicious food and enjoyed the variety of wonderful wines from around the...

We have had a busy week at Girls Inc!  The Annual Meeting was last Wedneesday and we brought in a great group of new Board members, led by new President Victoria Waterman and including Dora and Akuah, the two young women who will be the youth representatives. 

We honored outgoing Board President Joan Bertrand, and Board Members Marcy Supovitz and Mary Goretti. The program included the rededication of George I Alden Hall, our renovated auditorium. Deborah Penta inspired us with her reflections on mentors along our life journey.

We will conclude this week with a Strategic...

Worcester Academy is an awesome neighbor!!  Little did I know when they invited me to be on their Board of Visitors that they were going to showcase Girls Inc's partnership with the Girls Varsity LaCrosse Team as part of the day!  When I asked why we were chosen for a dialogue with members Zoe Eth and Mary Claire Pelletier and Coach Erin Flynn, Carolyn Reich, Stewardship and Constituent Relations Officer told me that it was because so many of the girls had identified their work in this very new partnership as the most important and special service project they had done!  All I could say...