Last week was the 5th annual Girls Inc “Strong, Smart and Bold” Luncheon. I took my Grammie since we still had houseguests. The luncheon has gotten better every year and the speaker was Liz Murray. She had a Lifetime movie made about her called “From Homeless to Harvard” and I thought she was the perfect speaker for a fundraiser for at risk teenage girls. Her story was heartbreaking, but amazing. The thing that stuck with me the most was that she said, “I wish my story was unique and that there weren’t other kids going through this and worse.” The MC ended the luncheon by saying that the state of Texas now bases their future jail cell needs on the reading abilities and failure rate of 3rd graders. And from KIDS HOPE I know that other states have been doing this for years. Below is a photo of the speaker and the centerpieces from the tables featuring the photos Mike took of the girls back in April.
When Nadia handed me this tonight, all I could think was “My sweet girl.” The frilly Little People girl riding in the back of the HULK dump truck. AWESOME!
And here is the book holder with some padding in the base so that Nadia can make her selections 🙂
