Who do they need me to be?

Posted by Kelly Lewis Share Your Voice

On Thursday, October 14th, Bounce had the pleasure of working with fourteen women mentors from the SOHO program to explore a curious question, "Who do they need me to be?"  

This year Bounce has expanded our support of the SOHO program.  In addition to creating a life and leadership curriculum to transform the inner space of their young ladies (one where they have greater confidence in who they are and what they bring to the world) we are supporting the women mentors in the same way.

No matter how old we are, we can find ourselves asking, "Who do they need me to be?" A couple of weeks ago this group of courageous women (that are giving themselves and modeling the way for the young girls of our community) were asking themselves that same question - wondering who these young girls needed them to be.  The cool thing was they discovered the most powerful answer to that question was, "themselves"!

SOHO, Space of Her Own, is a twenty two week program that brings together fourteen girls from Richmond's Gilpin Court and fourteen women mentors from across the Richmond Community to explore their creative spirits through engaging art projects, meaningful life-skill lessons, and sharing healthy meals. As the culminating project, mentors spend a weekend with each girl, organizing and re-decorating her bedroom.  Together they transform her space into a positive, clean, well-lit room with a special place to study, using all the projects they made together.

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Kelly Lewis Hello! Here are a few things that I have found support me in creating the life I want, keeping myself in check, and leading with courage and compassion: a slow walk with my hubby and our pups, my work, honesty with myself, the smile of another, and mother nature.