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About Facing Forward

The Junior League of Saginaw Valley is collaborating with Creative Spirit Center to provide Facing Forward . . . Journey Into Womanhood, a mentoring program that provides young women with a positive experience relating to adult women through creative arts activities.

The Legacy Center for Student Success found in a recent study of Midland County youth that risk-taking behaviors decline when local youth have an improved sense of self-esteem, access to creative activities and positive adult role models. These results are consistent with those found in national studies. The Legacy Center for Student Success is developing and applying outcome measures to assess the results of the project. Funding is provided for 2007 - 2009 through the Junior League of Saginaw Valley, and thereafter through other community support.

To volunteer for Facing Forward as a mentor, or to inquire about enrolling in the program, contact us.