Blog — Motivate Our Minds

Honoring Women’s History Month

At the end of March, we had two wonderful women come in and talk to our students about dreams. Ms. Dorika Watson, Open Door Health Services, empowered students to keep on dreaming by believing in yourself and others’ dreams. She left students with this little nugget of inspiration. “I am somebody. I was somebody when I got here and I’ll be an even better somebody when I leave. When I wake in the morning, the ground trembles because I don’t walk, I strut.”

We also had Ms. Veeta Hampton come in to impersonate and share the story of Coretta Scott King. She inspired students to carry the dream on and to stand up for the things they believe in.

Fundraising Opportunity

Save the date as we gear up for our 2nd year of our summer education program, we have a unique and fun way for you to give financially. We are hosting our 2nd annual golf outing at Crestview Golf Course on May 10th. Registration will begin at 12:30 with lunch from 11:45-1pm. Shotgun will be at 1pm.

There are different levels of sponsorship including: Team entry, Company name/logo on event banner, and hole sponsorship. For more information, please check out our Facebook in the coming weeks or contact Ro Selvey by phone (765)-744-1503 or email at selveyro@gmail.com

Program Spotlight: Girl Coalition

Every Thursday, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade girls get together in our library from 4pm-5pm. During this time and in this safe place, our girls are learning about female leaders in the world from Michelle Obama to themselves. They are empowered to be the changemakers and leaders in our world. We have an average of 13 young ladies who participate in this program. We are able to host this program through Girl Coalition which is inspired by Girl Scouts. They come to us on a weekly basis and meet our girls where they are.

February Birthdays

This month, we took a little different approach to our March Birthday party. Our 3rd and 4th grade class took charge with the help of the teacher. They learned how to follow a plan, following deadlines, making a budget, and decorating for a theme. Our birthday party was green themed. They made cupcakes and decorated them with green frosting and sprinkles. We had two students sing a personalized song to the 4 birthday attendees and gave them a gift and card.

Donations

We are ALWAYS appreciative of any gifts that people give us, whether its time, gifts, or money. MOM is looking for community volunteers who would be willing to come and spend time with our students.

We love celebrating our students and their birthdays. In May, we will be celebrating our 25 May, June, and July birthdays. If you would like to donate towards our birthday fund, please let us know!