Foundation Featured Grant Recipient

Featured Grant Recipient

Strong Women, Strong Girls | Pittsburgh

The mission of Strong Women, Strong Girls is: “ “To empower girls to imagine a broader future through a curriculum grounded on female role models delivered by college women mentors, who are themselves mentored by professional women.

Outcomes: For the 2021-2022 school year, this program served 576 girls with the support of 279 college mentors. They provided programming at 38 sites across Allegheny County, including 30 schools (public, private, and charter) and eight community centers.

The ultimate goal of the SWSG program is to champion the aspirations and potential of girls through increased confidence, positive relationships, and socio-emotional support. Mentees take surveys with SWSG in the Fall and Spring semesters. Surveys are based on the 6Cs of Positive Youth Development (Caring, Character, Confidence, Competence, Contribution, and Connection), which is a widely recognized research framework to assess children’ s development. Mentees positively endorsed many items on the survey, and some of the highlights include: • 98% of mentees think that they can learn from people who are different from them • 100% of mentees indicated a sense of belonging at SWSG and indicated they care about how other mentees and mentors in the program feel (evidence of belonging and positive relationships within the program); believe that doing things to help others is important to them; they stand up for what they believe in; and feel proud of their talents that are different from others. • 92% of mentees enjoyed school some or all of the time.

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To Learn More about Strong Women, Strong Girls: www.swsg.org

MISSION

Founded in 1960, the Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation has extended the reach of physicians into the community through grant giving to local organizations. The mission of the Foundation is: A Advancing Wellness by confronting Social Determinants and Health Disparities. This mission works to fulfill an overall vision of a healthy and safe Allegheny County. Throughout the ups and downs of the past few years, the Foundation’s work has become even more important in supporting local non-profit organizations. The desire to give back to the community is an inherent trait of those who become physicians. In past year’s the ACMS has hosted an annual gala to help raise funds to support the Foundation. Due to COVID-19, just like many other organizations, the ACMS had to forego the inperson gathering. While we look forward to hosting a Foundation fundraising event in the near future, the work of the Foundation continues on. Please consider how you can personally help support the Foundation and, in turn, continue to support a healthy region. Contact the ACMS team to learn more about how your organization can help support the ACMS Foundation.

As physicians, you know that it takes a village to keep the community healthy and safe. Please consider a donation to the Allegheny County

Medical Society Foundation.

Your donation will help the Foundation fund local non-profits in future grant cycles, and will help further the mission of the ACMS Foundation.

Donations can be mailed to: ACMS Foundation 850 Ridge Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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The Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with tax ID number 25-6064355. Contributions to the Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation may be fully deductible to the extent allowed by law.