Hardy Girls Healthy Women

Our Vision: All Girls and women experience equality, independence and safety in their everyday lives.

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True Beauty Shines on the 4th of July
Join Hardy Girls as we celebrate true beauty with our float in the Winslow 4th of July parade.

Donate Your Bottles and Support the Girls Advisory Board
Have cans and bottles hanging around? Our Girls Advisory Board will be holding a bottle drive July 5th to support programs that make our communities a better place for girls to live, learn, and grow.

Aroostook County Film Series
Upward Bound and the Aroostook County Hardy Girls Healthy Women Coalition will be presenting a 3-part film series about the ways in which media adversely affects the healthy development of girls and boys.

Celebrate True Beauty in Machias
Honor inner and outer beauty at a day full of fabulous workshops in Machias.

Join the Fun for the Hardy Days of Summer
Looking for something to do this summer? Come to Hardy Days, a new interactive summer program for girls in grades 3-6. Sign up now!

Save the Date: Croquet Tournament
Join Hardy Girls Healthy Women as we get out our mallets for a croquet match on Saturday, August 1st to benefit Hardy Girls!

We Want More Real Girls in Disney/Pixar Films
Check out our blog about making a movie featuring a female nonprincess lead character and sign our petition!

New Resources to Support Your Work with Girls
The third edition of the widely-acclaimed From Adversaries to Allies curriculum is here, and includes a new unit on family issues. We've also released a resource for facilitating girls groups called A Facilitator's Guide to Becoming a Muse.

Sale on Ugly Ducklings Resource to Reduce Harassment
For a limited time, get 50% off the Ugly Ducklings Documentary and Community Action Kit!

Girls Advisory Board Seeking New Members
We know you want your voice to be heard and who doesn't love making new friends, planning fun projects and events, and helping other girls? If this sounds like you, please apply to be a GAB girl today!

Sign Up for the '09-'10 Adventure Girls Season
The new season starts in September and is full of new adventures with daring women. Sign up now to meet these 12 amazing women!

Become a Hardy Girls Member
Every girl everywhere can now join the Hardy Girls community with our new girls membership program. Join now and receive 40% off your purchase of Get Out of My Grill:Skewering Stereotypes - Hardy Girl Style

Girls Rock! Pictures and Collector's Tee
Check out these pictures from Girls Rock! Weekend! And don't forget to order a Girls Rock! Collector's tee here!

Let's Go: No Makeover for Dora!
Dora the Explorer that we love is being given a makeover, but it doesn;t stop at her clothes - Nickelodeon and Mattel are making Dora a 'tween. Join the campaign and sign the petition to tell them NO!

Join a Hardy Girls Coalition Near You
Wish Hardy Girls programs were in your area? Coalitions in Washington, Piscataquis, Aroostook, and Somerset Counties are working to bring Hardy Girls programs to their communities.

Other News and Upcoming Events

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10 Ways to Move Beyond Bully-Prevention (And Why We Should)
Read these tips by Lyn Mikel Brown, originally published in Education Week.

Read and respond to the latest rants, reviews and research on the Hardy Girls Blog or the Ugly Ducklings Blog or the blog written by girls for girls from our Girls Advisory Board G-WAVE

New Season of Adventures Check out the new season of Adventure Girls! Exciting events this season include igloo building, meeting a female pilot and much much more. For all girls in 2nd-6th grade.

Buy Your Copy of Get Out of My Grill
Get Out of My Grill: Skewering Stereotypes - Hardy Girl Style is not your typical cookbook. Interspersed with 35 tasty recipes and stories collected from the important women in our lives you'll also find recipes for life. Preview part of the book right here!

Free Ugly Ducklings Community Action Kit
Hardy Girls is giving away the Ugly Ducklings Community Action Kit to every school district in Maine. Find out how your school can get one!

Body Image and the Media
Use this activity to begin a discussion with your daughter or any girl in your life about the media and its effects on girls.






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Adventure Girls

Join us for a new season of Adventure Girls, a program for all girls in 2nd-6th grade.

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