Hardy Girls Healthy Women takes girls seriously and puts the power in their hands to challenge a society that ignores their brilliance.

I have been involved with Hardy Girls for the last three years, as a member and Co-chair of the Girls Rock! Awards committee.  I have been amazed and inspired by the impact their programs have on Maine girls. I hope you'll join me in supporting this important work.

• What? Girls Rock! Awards is an annual event honoring amazing girls from around Maine who are leaders in community organizing, entrepreneurship, health advocacy, STEM, athletics, and challenging adversity. It is an evening for girls of all ages to come together to meet one another and be inspired!
• Why? The funds raised will support Hardy Girls Healthy Women's programming for girls, giving them opportunities to explore new areas of interest, to challenge themselves by learning new skills, and to build alliances with other girls while learning from women who are breaking free of stereotypes. Programs focus on the social and political landscape that girls grow in, and women live through. Girls' and women's positions will not improve until those social and political landscapes are improved.
• Support Us! I hope you will consider making a gift to help me reach my goal of $750!

To find out more and see last year's award winners visit the Hardy Girls website.

Hardy Girls' biggest fundraiser is the annual Girls* Rock! Awards. This is one awesome night of listening to girls talk about leaping over stereotypes, ignoring the haters and smashing the patriarchy. We honor six girls* who are challenging society and making changes around our state. Hardy Girls Healthy Women takes girls seriously and puts the power in their hands to challenge a society that ignores their brilliance. 

*self-identifying girls and gender expansive youth