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Our Partnership with SWSG

PRSA Pittsburgh is supporting Strong Women, Strong Girls Pittsburgh as it navigates its shift to a digital event and fundraiser — the Strong Awards — due to the coronavirus pandemic. Funds raised during the Strong Awards, SWSG’s annual fundraiser, typically account for 20-30% of the organization’s operations revenue. This underscores the importance of making this event successful, and PRSA Pittsburgh is proud to help.

Funds raised during the Strong Awards will help SWSG Pittsburgh deliver high-quality programming to its community virtually throughout the summer and into the fall. SWSG is also creating activity boxes for select sites so their girls have all the resources they need to participate from home.

2020 Strong Awards

The 2020 Strong Awards honors women, girls, and advocates who have made an impact or service in the community and are dedicated to the advancement of mentorship for women and girls. Funds raised during the Strong Awards directly benefit SWSG Pittsburgh’s virtual mentorship programming for elementary school girls, adapted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The event featured two keynote speakers who are advocates for women and opportunities for women in the workplace: Susan Jin Davis, Chief Sustainability Officer at Comcast NBCUniversal and Grace Killelea, CEO and Founder at GKC Group.

Community Impacts

  • Income

    Almost half of the girls in SWSG live in households earning less than $27,799 per year.

  • Confidence

    In just one semester of the program, girls show a statistically significant improvement in confidence.

  • Parent Feedback

    90% of responding parents share that their daughter got better at resolving conflict peacefully and 86% saying their daughter helped more often as a result of the program.

  • Self-Affirmation

    This year alone, 97% of responding parents said their daughters’ belief that they could make an impact on their community increased because of participation in SWSG.

A Word from SWSG Pittsburgh

Kimmi Baston, Operations Director

“SWSG Pittsburgh is thrilled to partner with PRSA on this project! Their efforts to make our Strong Awards fundraiser a success not only provide much-needed support to the staff during a difficult period, but also will help us reach even more women and girls with strong female mentorship.”

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If you would like to support Strong Women, Strong Girls Pittsburgh in its mission, please donate to the Pittsburgh branch online.

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Strong Women, Strong Girls

Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG) is a multi-generational mentorship organization that connects professional women, college women and elementary school girls. SWSG Pittsburgh’s innovative programs combine the power of mentoring relationships with a research-based curriculum built on the stories of strong female role models to bolster the confidence and skills of girls and young women.