Friday, December 4, 2009
Dove Self Esteem Fund and Giveaway
Too many girls and young women develop low self-esteem from hang-ups about looks and consequently fail to reach their full potential in later life. The Dove Self-Esteem Fund (DSEF) was established as an agent of change to inspire and educate girls and young women about a wider definition of beauty. The DSEF is committed to help girls build positive self-esteem and a healthy body image, with a goal of reaching 5 million girls globally by 2010. It has already reached 2 million young women.
The Dove Self-Esteem Fund is part of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, a global effort designed to widen today’s stereotypical view of beauty. In the U.S., the DSEF supports the Boys and Girls Club of America and the Girls Scouts of the USA to help build confidence in girls 8-17 with after-school programs, self-esteem building events and educational resources. In the United Kingdom and other countries, the Fund supports Body Talk, an educational program about body image and self-esteem in schools. Since 2006, the Dove brand has conducted nearly 2,700 self-esteem educational workshops around the world.
This video may not be suitable for all ages....even though we are all be assaulted with these images every day...use you best judgement:
I always want my daughter to feel beautiful. I never want her to look in the mirror and think that she is not good enough...pretty enough...thin enough...
That's why I love things that encourage women to see their beauty, no matter their size or body shape. I love the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty and always smile when I see the ads. So I was happy to have the chance to write about the Dove Self Esteem Fund. This is a great new part of the Campaign for Real Beauty. The Self Esteem Fund works in both the US and in other countries. In the US, the Self Esteem Fund supports the Boys and Girls Club of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA to help build confidence in girls 8-17, through after-school programs, self-esteem building events and educational resources. In the UK and other countries, the Self Esteem Fund supports an educational program called Body Talk. Since 2006, Dove has conducted nearly 2,700 educational workshops worldwide.
You might be asking yourself -- What can I do?
Every time you buy Dove products, part of your money goes to help support the Self Esteem Fund. And, between now and December 15, 2009, you can also help out even more by going to this link and entering your Dove UPC codes and selecting the charity to which you would like to donate. For every UPC entered, $1 will be donated to self esteem programs at either the Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Girls Inc. What an easy way to make a difference in someone's life!
There's also a link on their website to a nice online program for use with your daughters. Go check it out. And go here to see some videos of girls whose lives have been touched by these self-esteem programs.
Dove has offered me some great prizes for my readers. One person will win a spa package with a plush terrycloth spa robe and two Dove products. Just what you'll need to start the new year off right!
Two other readers will win "True You" workbooks, a resource designed for mothers and daughters to do together. These workbooks are designed to start conversations between mothers and daughters and help us help them honestly face the challenges of being women and to learn to appreciate the beauty that we all have within.
To enter (open to mailing addresses). Please be sure to either leave your email address in your comment or make sure it's visible in your blogger profile:
Please leave me a comment letting me know what you have done to improve either your self-esteem or that of another woman in your life.
Extra entries:
1. Follow my blog
2. Put my button on your blog
3. (Three extra entries, please leave three separate comments) Write a blog post linking back to my post about the Dove Self-Esteem Fund.
Giveaway will close at December 15. I'll choose winners with random.org and will email the winners who will have 48 hours to respond to my email message.
I was not paid for this post all opinions are my own. I was given the opportunity to review this product because of my membership at The Product Review Place.
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