We need your help! Board of Directors
Social Butterflies is a non-profit organization Erika Dates, President,
that gives back to the community. Your LaKeacha M. Jett, M.Ed., Vice-President
support enables us to reach thousands of Thmeaka Traylor, M.Ed., Secretary
girls across the country. Your donation is Gina Wilbourn, Treasurer
100% tax deductible. Dr. Malcum Dates, Parliamentarian
LaShawn Jones
Donate Online: Dr. Felicia Benton-Johnson
Visit our Web site to make a donation using Shoba C. King
your credit card via our secure online dona- Bishop James Tilghman
tion center. Carla Peck, MBA
Or Edwin Avant
Donate By Mail: Mail your name, complete Dorian Humphrey
address, contact numbers, e-mail address
and your check to:
Social Butterflies, Inc.
P.O. Box 162569
Atlanta, GA 30321
Gift Levels:
$250 Butterfly Friend
$500 Bronze Butterfly
$1,000 Silver Butterfly
$5,000 Gold Butterfly
$10,000 or more Platinum Butterfly
Other $_______
On behalf of Social Butterflies, thank you for
your contribution, your gift will help many girls. Baltimore Office
P.O. Box 17598 #61973
Baltimore, MD 21297
Name: P: 410-215-3165 | F: 443-817-0473
Address:
Atlanta Office
Address: P.O. Box 162569
Atlanta, GA 30321
City: State: Zip:
P: 770-472-7585 | F: 770-472-7583
Phone:
Phone: Toll-Free: (866) 232-7710 Erika Dates
info@SocialButterfliesInc.org LaKeacha M. Jett, M.Ed.
Email: www.SocialButterfliesInc.org www.SocialButterfliesInc.org
Social Butterflies Youth Services, Inc. is an
organization that focuses on assisting youth
Free To Be Me Curriculum Guide
with emphasis on young women. Our Social Butterflies Youth Services, Inc.
services include after school programs for at has written a curriculum for mentoring
risk and low-income girls that center around girls. The Free To Be Me Girls Curriculum
building self-esteem, completing their i
is a holistic comprehensive program that
education, mentoring from business leaders, caters to minority girls in grades 4-12.
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and career exploration. All participants The curriculum focuses on the physical,
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become active in advancing their own emotional, intellectual and psychological
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personal skills by challenging themselves to well-being of girls. The curriculum
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improve. The sessions are designed to includes twelve units with thirty-six lesson
in
change the mind set from struggle to
survival, from poor self-esteem to
Social Butterflies Mentoring Program plans. Each lesson plan has technology
integration, interesting video suggestions,
excitement for life, from dependent thinking The Social Butterflies Mentoring Program gives step-by-step procedures, a journal writing
to goal setting and self-sufficiency, and from business leaders the opportunity to invest in activity, Book Club discussion questions,
hopelessness to empowerment for the the lives of inner city girls to help them grow and corresponding workbook pages.
young women, family, and community. All into confident, independent young women. Additionally, twelve community service
programs created by Social Butterflies Youth Our mission is to motivate,
vate, projects with a choice of three distinctive
proje
Services, Inc. are designed to foster healthy emales
inspire, and empower females activities are incorporated. Objectives
activ
living and lifestyles, improve the quality of by promoting self-esteem.em. consist of all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
consi
life, and to establish leaders in our next This goal is realized through
rough from Knowledge to Evaluation. Lessons
generation. fun, positive meetings, Book are aaligned with most school districts’
Club readings, journal writing, objectives for reading and writing. This
objec
Social Butterflies Youth jects,
community service projects, curriculum can be used for any female
curric
cu
mentoring program who would love guided
ent
ment
Services, Inc. Goals and enrichment activities.es.
lessons and activities for their participants.
lesso
Social Butterflies meetings
ngs The curriculum kit contains a leader’s
1. Social Butterflies will increase girls’ sense
take place after school for guide, twenty workbooks, twenty
gui
of self worth.
ninety minutes each journals, and a collection of Book Club
journ
2. Social Butterflies will improve session. The sessions are re Novels. Proceeds from the Free To Be Me
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girls’ perspective toward education. lead by school personnel or
el Curriculum Kit support the Social
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business women in the Butterflies programs and initiatives.
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3. Social Butterflies will help girls develop community. Each girl is s
short-te
term
and define their short-term and lo long-term assigned a professional
goals. mentor who communicates ates
regularly with the girl to
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ocial Butterflies
4. Social Butterfli will
support her in reaching g
provide
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provide girls wit positive
personal and educational al
support
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support and
goals. In addition, participants
icipants
encouragemen
n
encouragement.
are invited to monthly enrichment
Butterflies
5. Social Bu events such as Mother-Daughter
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will help girls become
gir Tea, Math-Science Day and a
self-sufficie
self-sufficient, host of educational trips and
s
motivated ad adults. activities.