{WING Gives Back} 2010 We Are GIRLS! Conference

This past weekend, WING members had the fabulous opportunity to share some of our experiences with an amazing group of young women at the annual We Are GIRLS! Conference at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders.  Hosted by genAustin, a local girls empowerment networking group, the conference kicked off Saturday morning as an all day event to teach Junior High and High School aged girls that “being a girl shouldn’t be so hard.”

WING was invited to host one of the breakout sessions, and our topic was “Just a Girl? How girls everywhere are changing the world, and YOU can too!”  Opening the session with an attention grabbing video from The Girl Effect, we discussed global issues that face girls every day – from poverty to lack of education, the participants were prompted to develop a plan of action to raise awareness about these issues and implement these actions in their schools and communities.  Take a look at some photos from the event:

{WING members Rebekah Sills Lamm and Carly Gallagher set up for the participants}

{Participants made lists of issues that they face every day and compared those to issues that girls face globally}

{Then they came up with solutions to raise awareness and help girls around the world!}

{WING member facilitators:  Rebekah Sills Lamm, Casey Rowe, Carly Gallagher, and Catherine Cottingham}

 

And a very special thank you to all the other WING members that made this amazing opportunity possible:

Rachel Titsworth of Titsworth Creative

Bethany Hanson of 36th Street Events

 

WING’s 1st Birthday Bash

In case you missed our October meeting, we wanted to share a little preview of the fun WING members had celebrating our first, very successful, year together!

{WING members entered their business cards to win fabulous prizes from Myo Massage, Empower Yoga, Brandy Norman and Milk+Honey Spa}

 

{Our beautiful – and oh, so delish – birthday cake from the talented Sybil Slate}

 

{The goodie bags were chock full of all sorts of amazing samples, coupons, and treats. Aren’t you sad you missed these?}

 

{More yummy treats from Sybil Slate!}

{Checking out WING member Catherine Cottingham’s jewelry line, Catherine Nicole, featured in Austin Living Magazine.  Congrats Catherine!}

 

{WING members doing what we do best – mingle, mingle, mingle!}

 

{WING members Emily Kleinsorge, owner of Lucy Skyrocket, and Sara Barney, owner of Little Wex Beauty and Design}

 

{Talented WING member Meredith Merritt showing off an art piece she made for fellow WING woman Christie Mueller of CLM Business Etiquette Consulting}

 

{Founding WING members celebrating a year of success! Casey Rowe, owner of Casey Rowe Consulting; Bethany Hanson, owner of 36th Street Events; Meredith Merritt, owner of Meredith Merritt Art; Rachel Titsworth, owner of Titsworth Creative}

Happy birthday WING! We can’t wait to see what the next year holds in store for such an amazing and inspirational group of women!