MNCREW Women Run the Cities Race
The fourth annual MNCREW Women Run the Cities will be held on Sunday September 26, 2010. Participants will start and finish their races at Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis. Women Run the Cities is a running & walking event for women and girls featuring a 10-mile run, 5K run & walk, and a 1-mile girls run. It is open to all women, from experienced runners and walkers to beginners. The course gives participants and spectators the opportunity to enjoy a crisp fall morning along the Mississippi River.
For the third year in a row, The Ann Bancroft Foundation (ABF) is MNCREW’s charity recipient for the Women Run the Cities event. ABF and MNCREW hold the same values of strength, courage and perseverance. We are proud to partner once again with MNCREW, and hope that you will sign up for the race. Go to www.womenrunthecities.com for more information on how you can participate!
Dare to Dream!
WOMEN TREK TO POLE (Taupo Times)
You know you are part of something big when Uma Thurman is an ambassador and Unesco is a patron for the project.
Turangi woman Lisa Kanawa has been chosen as the Oceania representative on an all-female expedition with the project called Global Classroom 2011.
In commemoration of polar explorers a group of six women from all over the world will retrace the footsteps of pioneer Roald Amundsen to the South Pole, 100 years after his arrival.
The expedition is being run by Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, polar explorers themselves, and the educational theme of the expedition is the challenges of water on each continent.
Ms. Kanawa said a letter was sent to universities throughout New Zealand last year looking for women to take part. “What attracted me was the vision of the expedition.” So she applied, and was chosen to be part of it.
A goal of the expedition is to make 50 million children aware of the issues, said Ms. Kanawa, which will be a mission itself.
Earlier this year she travelled to Norway to meet the other five women and to start training. She and one other in the group had never taken part in an expedition before and this one involves an 80-day cross-country ski to the South Pole.
“I’m a snowboarder, not a skier.” While training in Norway, Ms. Kanawa did a lot of cross-country skiing, pulled sleds, and camped out overnight in the depth of the Norwegian winter.
Ms. Kanawa said Dare to Dream is a key message and letting children know there are ways to achieve their goals. Although the expedition is not until November next year Ms. Kanawa’s job starts now, making schools throughout New Zealand and Australia aware of the project as well as training and keeping fit for the expedition. She has a specially-designed fitness programme and is competing in different events.
The cross-country ski will take 80 days and she will put a 90-100KG sled for 10 hours a day.
The other women chosen for the expedition are amazing said Ms. Kanawa, with one, Bachendri Pal, bewing the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and Ms. Bancroft was the first woman to cross the ice to both the North and the South Pole.
The environmental focus of the expedition is also of interest to Ms. Kanawa who works for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
For more information go to www.yourexpedition.com
To see this article in New Zealand’s Taupo Times and a photo of the 6 women go to: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
Go to the Girl Effect website below, and then think about the power of the Dare to Dream Micro Grant Program:
http://www.girleffect.org/
The Ann Bancroft Foundation 13th Annual Dream Maker Award for a girl age 21 or under actually went to two girls, Dafina Bobo and Jazzmin Brooks. These extraordinary young women are the founders of Girls in Motion Minnesota, Inc. Check out what Jazzmin and Dafina have to say:
A lot has happened for Girls in Motion Minnesota, Inc. (GIMMN) since winning the 2010 Dream Maker Awards. First we spoke to the young ladies at Laura Jeffrey Academy about the power of youthleadership, and the importance of girls connecting and empowering each other. The young ladies from Laura Jeffrey Academy were awesome in their attentiveness, and they asked many insightful questions about our journey and how they can start their own girl driven initiatives. We then spent our second summer for a day with young ladies from Warroad, Minnesota in partnership with the University of Minnesota Leadership Minor Warroad Program for Girls. The young ladies in this small rural community face many challenges such as few extra-curricular educational opportunities including limited access to the art’s, music
and culture which many of us take for granted living in the Twin Cities.
Dafina came home from China after studying abroad for the entire school year of her junior year and leapt right back into educating herself about the world through social justice, art and business. She attended Stage Elements a two week intensive theater institute at the University of Minnesota. Then she headed off to LEAD Summer Business Institute the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, a four week residential program focused on and teaching minority students how to access and become key players in an emerging global economy.
Jazzmin attended St. Catherine University’s First Step Summer Institute, a week-long residential experience designed to give women of color hands-on experience in college life. The week allowed her the opportunity to experience what it would be like to attend college in a female centered environment. She then engrossed herself at St. Cloud State University Advanced Program in Technology and Science, which challenged her immensely. Jazzmin, is currently on her way to the Tavis Smiley Leadership Institute at University Southern California.
Girls in Motion Minnesota, Inc. have a new initiative to promote women’s colleges this year. In partnership with St. Catherine University, we will be hosting a work shop for high school juniors and seniors on ‘The POWER of a Women’s College’. The event will be held on October 30, 2010 on the campus of St. Catherine University and open to approximately 250 high school girls. From this we hope to not only continue to promote the education of girls and women, but to share with young women the many positive aspects of attending and supporting
women’s colleges.
As we have both have been blessed with incredible summer opportunities and extremely supportive parents, we both had to ponder a few things about what are the next steps for Girls in Motion Minnesota, Inc. During this years award ceremony the Ann Bancroft Foundation briefly
touched on how Girls in Motion can help out with next year’s planning or judging of the 2011 awards ceremony. We hope that offer is still on the table and we would love to participate in the festivities.
We are so thankful to the Ann Bancroft Foundation–you have supported us individually through micro grants and also as our organization, Girls in Motion. Thank you all and have a wonderful summer.
Sincerely,
Dafina and Jazzmin
Girls in Motion Minnesota, Inc.
P. O. Box 27619
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Email: girls.in.motion.mn@gmail.com
www.girlsinmotionmn.com
Red Stag Supper Club Block Party
ABF is the Designated Charity for the 2nd Year in a Row!
Saturday, August 21
4:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
FREE! Outside, Rain or Shine
509 1st Avenue NE Mpls
www.redstagsupperclub.com
Featuring the following groups & events: Black Audience, Boom Boom Belam, Bight Club, Heiruspecs, Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons, E.L.nO., North Star Roller Girls, Familia Skate Shop, Spot Spa Hula Hoop Contest.
The Ann Bancroft Foundation (ABF) is the charity recipient for the 2010 Red Stag Block Party event. This great event is lively and a lot of fun–with great of music, entertainment, and food! We need volunteers to help with the party, so if you can commit to either the 3:30 – 7:30 slot, or the 7:00 – 10:30 slot, email Katherine at klcohen1@comcast.net. Food will be provided, as well as loads of camaraderie! ABF will have a booth, and volunteeers will help the Red Stag crowd with Wristbanding and Composting. The event is a 100% recylcling event, so all materials sold at the event are compostable or recyclable. 
CRAVE has published books featuring women business owners and entrepreneurs in over sixteen major metropolitan areas in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The Minneapolis & St. Paul book, released May 25th, is the most recent publication. CRAVE Minneapolis St. Paul innovatively connects urban gals to the sassiest, gutsiest, most inspiring people they need to know in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Ann Bancroft Foundation is featured in CRAVE Minneapolis St. Paul! Check out http://thecravecompany.com/minneapolis/
Or get your own copy of this innovative, informative, gorgeous book by sending a check for $20 to:
Ann Bancroft Foundation
Crave Book
808 14th Avenue S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55414
The 13th Annual Dream Maker Awards was held on April 29th, 2010, at the Minneapolis Hyatt. The event, hosted by KARE 11’s Julie Nelson, featured the four amazing 2010 award winners as well as comments by organization founder, Ann Bancroft. Guests enjoyed a video which profiled Minnesota girls who have received a Dare to Dream Micro Grant Program. Proceeds from the event support this unique program which provides micro grants (up to $500) to individual girls ages 10 – 10th grade so they can pursue a dream. Pictures from the event will be posted soon!
13th Annual Dream Maker Awards
April 29th, 2010 at the Minneapolis Hyatt
Join us for a fun and inspirational evening as we celebrate our 2010 Ann Bancroft Foundation Dream Maker award recipients for their work and achievements on behalf of women and girls.
Proceeds benefit the Dare to Dream Micro Grant Program which provides grants to girls ages 10 through 10th grade so they can pursue a dream and reach their full potential.
The cost of an individual ticket is $125, or you can buy a table for 10 for $1,250. There will also be a spectacular silent auction featuring an array of fabulous items! Proceeds from the event help support the Dare to Dream Micro Grant Program.
15% of April Sales will be donated to Ann Bancroft Foundation
Ann Bancroft has been featured on on the Empoword website and blog as their Empowering Person for April.
Dare to Dream is has also been featured. Check it out!
15% of all sales in April will go to the foundation. Start shopping now (Empoword sells great things for Mother’s Day gifts…)
Empoword’s mission is to strengthen and support our customers’ efforts to lead healthy, vibrant, fulfilling lives. They accomplish this by creating products that help our customers stay mindful of their goals and dreams throughout the day.
Help ABF Win Razoo Funds!
The Ann Bancroft Foundation has been selected as one of 31 organizations in the RazooNIT section of the March Goodness competition for organizations with budgets under $250,000.
This is a one-round competition based on number of unique donors (not amount of money raised.) This means that ABF can win a cash prize of $500-$2000, plus all the donations made between 12 a.m. March 15 – 11:59 p.m. March 30, 2010, if we get a lot of people to donate.
Here’s what you do:
Go to www.razoo.com and click on March Goodness 2010.
- Where it says, “Find a nonprofit or fundraiser” put in Ann Bancroft Foundation (and here, if you have questions, you can check out the Fact Sheet)
- Then click on MG2010RazooNIT: Ann Bancroft Foundation
- This is a great opportunity for the Ann Bancroft Foundation to raise awareness, and also to raise money.
Remember, ALL donations, no matter what the size, count towards the contest.
