Next Spring, Alternatives For Girls will host the 30th Annual Role Model Dinner. The 2019 dinner will celebrate the role model awardees and raise crucial funds to help girls and young women.
2019 Role Models:
Dr. Althea Simpson
Franklin Community Church
Lashinda Stair
Detroit Police Department
Linda Taliaferro
Meritor, Inc.
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Alternatives For Girls helps homeless and high-risk girls and young women avoid violence, teen pregnancy and exploitation, and helps them to explore and access the support, resources and opportunities necessary to be safe, to grow strong and to make positive choices in their lives. AFG accomplishes this mission through three key services: AFG Prevention, the AFG Shelter/Transition to Independent Living Program (TIL) and AFG Outreach.
Our mission is to help homeless and high-risk girls and young women avoid violence, teen pregnancy and exploitation, and help them to explore and access the support, resources and opportunities necessary to be safe, to grow strong and to make positive choices in their lives.
In August, girls from AFG’s Prevention Program attended the Detroit Horse Power summer camp for the third summer in a row. During the week-long horseback riding camp, the girls learned how to take care of the horses and how to ride safely. They also got the chance to practice riding each day. “I learned trotting,… On September 14th, Dale, an AFG Shelter resident, gave this speech at the Positive Choices, Powerful Lives event. I’ve always loved the idea of not being what people expected me to be. I’ve always strived to do the best I can in my own different and artistic way. My life has always been sunny and… On August 18th, AFG’s Rise N’ Shine summer camp came to an end. Rise N’ Shine is a free six-week summer camp that gives girls living in southwest Detroit a safe space to learn new things, improve their reading skills, and make friends. For three days each week, the campers spend the day participating in…Learning How to Ride: Girls in the Prevention Program end their summer at Detroit Horse Power
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Open House903 West Grand Blvd, Detroit MI 4820810:00 AM
Open House903 West Grand Blvd, Detroit MI 4820805:30 PM
Open House903 West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 4820810:00 AM
Open House903 West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 4820805:30 PM
30th Annual Role Model Dinner1777 3rd Ave, Detroit, MI 4822605:30 PM
