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Recently, Maria Wood blogged about her Be P.R.O.U.D presentations for Girls Night Out at Kingston Intermediate and Alden Elementary School. She has received such positive feedback regarding the importance of the empowerment message for girls and boys. Indeed, our boys also struggle with self-confidence and self-esteem and could benefit greatly from the advice put forth in her blog. In […]
Read more »Recently, Maria Wood had the pleasure of doing a presentation at the Alden Elementary School’s Girls Night Out. The topic was “Be True to Yourself. Be P.R.O.U.D,” – a direct reflection of the principles we strive to instill in our students in our summer camps as well as in our fall and spring weekly classes. This is […]
Read more »I was fortunate to be asked to appear on NBC10 Boston this past Sunday, May 6th. Producer Kathryn Shehade heard about my Powerhouse Program and asked if I would come on to speak to LaToyia Edwards, news anchor and “This Is New England” host, to speak directly to this volunteer initiative I began in February 2018. Of […]
Read more »A POWERHOUSE is a person of great ENERGY, STRENGTH or POWER. The idea for the Powerhouse Program came to me after reading another sad news story, this time it was about a 12 year old girl in Florida who committed suicide after being cyber bullied. I was distressed and felt there had to be something I […]
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