Empowering and Encouraging Girls Age 9-12
Empowering and Encouraging Girls
Andrews and Associates, Karen Schroeder Photography and Unbound Recovery hosted our second empowerment fundraising event on July 29, 2023. This year’s event was a benefit the Sunflower Children’s Collective. Thanks to all of our sponsors, the participants’ registration fees were donated to the Collective, raising $1500.
The Who I Am! event is for girls age 9-12 and featured activities to boost their self-esteem and sense of belonging. Each participant received a bag of fun items including a T-shirt, water bottle, journal, sunglasses and more! They all will receive a metal bag tag with their portrait from the event.
Email or call Karen to be added to the mailing list for next year’s event?
Our Presenters
Unbound Recovery
Unbound Recovery is a clinic whose mission is to provide compassionate and comprehensive care to help individuals heal their relationship with food and their bodies.
Relate 360
Maggie Gazaway is the lead educator for Relate 360, which is an educational organization that works with students and school district to empower the next generation to live with intention, love with integrity and experience wholesome relationships.
Sue Garver
Sue is third grade teacher at Riley County Grade School who loves scrapbooking and helping children look for and identify the positive things in their lives.
Karen Schroeder
Karen is a local family and senior portrait photographer. She approached Andrews and Associates owner Stephanie Wick about a Tween empowerment event in 2022 and Who I Am was born.
A fundraiser for
The Sunflower Children's Collective is the umbrella organization for Sunflower CASA, Stepping Stones CAC, and Sunflower Bridge CEVC.
Sunflower CASA
The mission of Sunflower CASA is to make available trained volunteers to advocate for the best interests of children and youth who come into the court system of the 21st and 2nd Judicial Districts.
Stepping Stones CAC
The mission of Stepping Stones CAC is to provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary team response to allegations of child abuse in a child-friendly facility to help reduce trauma to the child while maintaining the integrity and comfort of the child.
Sunflower Bridge CEVC
The mission of Sunflower Bridge CEVC is to provide a safe and structured environment in which supervised visits and child exchanges can be conducted between children and their non-residential parents.
