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...selection committee for this year’s Jefferson Awards chose Hyde from a pool of about 30 other potential winners, National Director for the Jefferson Awards for Public Service Jonathan D. Peters said...
Strong Women, Strong Girls recruits college-aged women to volunteer and teach important life skills and to serve as important female role models for young, elementary-aged girls. Hyde said that winning the award would not only allow Strong Women, Strong Girls to gain greater national exposure but would also raise awareness for the need of mentoring programs...
...award] gives us an opportunity to highlight the important work that we do each and every day as well as really provide some motivation for other people to get involved because they’ll become more aware of the program," Hyde said. "It also raises the issue of girls, in particular, really needing some additional services and provides an opportunity to highlight how everyone can be involved in supporting the young people in our community...
...Hyde established the Strong Women, Strong Girls during her freshman year at Harvard through the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). The organization currently serves 20 elementary schools and community centers in the greater Boston area and is expanding to Pittsburg, Pa. Hyde, who is now the executive director of Strong Women, Strong Girls, attributes the success of the organization to the strong support of volunteers, sponsors, and community service organizations...
...things that I think was really fortunate was that we had the support of PBHA," Hyde said. "PBHA provided tremendous resources for student leadership, for making meaningful connections to the community, and for thinking about really intentional program development and design and evaluation. The folks over there were just a huge resource for me and were really a place where I could turn and continues to actually be a place where I can turn to when I have questions...