Every scar tells a story!
What our program provides:
A strong support system for girls
Customized Career Development Program
A strong support system for girls
Providing a fun, yet interactive environment for our youth is important to us. Many children of incarcerated parents give up having a normal childhood to just be a KID. We provide group outings such as skating together, Bowling, Movie Day, Pajama Parties, Field trips all FREE OF CHARGE. We watch participants bond together and help each other through the challenging days.
Mentorship
Customized Career Development Program
A strong support system for girls
Mentorship is the organizational structure of our organization. We believe in providing a protected and comfortable space for mentors to offer teaching, affirmation, and guidance.
Customized Career Development Program
Customized Career Development Program
Customized Career Development Program
A program designed to help each participants explore career opportunities that align with their personal design, talents, and preferences.
College Scholarships
Birthday Celebrations
Birthday Celebrations
To help each girl reach her potential, we support their educational and career endeavors through offering college scholarships to graduating high school seniors.
Birthday Celebrations
Birthday Celebrations
Birthday Celebrations
We believe in celebrating youth! We believe it is our job to champion them as an act of social activism so that they can change the world they live in and the world around them.
Free Wellness Sessions
Birthday Celebrations
Free Wellness Sessions
Mental Health referrals for youth are on the rise. Beauty Marks for Girls focuses on the mental wellness of all participants. We provide sessions with a certified Mindful Meditation Coach to help our participants use mediation as an outlet of coping with emotional distress.
Monthly Care Packages
Free Gas Cards to visit Moms
Free Wellness Sessions
Beauty Marks for Girls supplies hygiene and personal care packages for the girls in our program.
Free Gas Cards to visit Moms
Free Gas Cards to visit Moms
Free Gas Cards to visit Moms
Enrollees keeping a consistent mother and daughter bond is important to our organization. To ensure communication is focalized, we provide phone and gas cards to help participants travel to visit their mothers.
Financial Literacy
Free Gas Cards to visit Moms
Free Gas Cards to visit Moms
This program is an introductory program for students to learn about money habits early on in hopes to avoid many of the mistakes that lead to lifelong money struggles.
H.E.R Space Mindfulness Program
H.E.R Space Mindfulness Program
H.E.R Space Mindfulness Program
A mental health intervention program, designed exclusively for the benefit of children with incarcerated parents.
Testimonials
Beauty Marks for Girls awarded!
We are honored to be chosen as a Ms. South Honoree for The Ms. Foundation for Women!
“The South is a region where women and girls of color have the least access to philanthropic resources while leading innovative and impactful efforts to advance equity and justice for all,” said Roz Lee, Vice President of Strategy and Programs at the Ms.
We are honored to be chosen as a Ms. South Honoree for The Ms. Foundation for Women!
“The South is a region where women and girls of color have the least access to philanthropic resources while leading innovative and impactful efforts to advance equity and justice for all,” said Roz Lee, Vice President of Strategy and Programs at the Ms. Foundation. “Ms. has a strong history of supporting WGOC-led grassroots advocacy and leadership in the South, and is eager to partner with social justice leaders and Southern funders to go deeper.”
The Ms. Foundation will seek to assemble a balanced portfolio of rural, urban, emerging, and established organizations. By advocating for greater investment within the philanthropic community, the organization aims to influence philanthropy to increase giving to WGOC by a significant margin.
Our Focal Areas
Building self-confidence
Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence
Building self-confidence
Most girls look up to their mothers. In fact, a mother’s self- esteem is one a girl learns to mirror first as a child. Well, what happens when a girl no longer has that role model to look up to? Girls who have a mother incarcerated are sometimes left alone in a big world trying to find inner strength and self-worth. Statistics show that
Most girls look up to their mothers. In fact, a mother’s self- esteem is one a girl learns to mirror first as a child. Well, what happens when a girl no longer has that role model to look up to? Girls who have a mother incarcerated are sometimes left alone in a big world trying to find inner strength and self-worth. Statistics show that unhealthy self-esteem can lead to depression, destructive behavior, self-harming, eating disorders or alcohol/drug abuse.
Our organization ensures that our participants have a strong sense of true beauty and self-respect. We conduct monthly activities with our young girls to help strengthen their core values. In addition to that, we partner with local beauticians to serve our girls hair needs. We also provide personal hygiene and care package needs.
Academics
Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence
Building self-confidence
Research shows that children of incarcerated parents may be particularly at risk in disconnecting from school and becoming involved with negative peer groups. For this reason, we focus heavily on education to ensure that our participants have everything that is needed in order to thrive in their schools. We do not want our young girls t
Research shows that children of incarcerated parents may be particularly at risk in disconnecting from school and becoming involved with negative peer groups. For this reason, we focus heavily on education to ensure that our participants have everything that is needed in order to thrive in their schools. We do not want our young girls to just ”go” to school; we want them to be leaders in their school.
Our Leadership program offers free after-school tutoring, weekend assistance, and monthly progress reporting. We partner with every participant’s principal, guidance counselors and teachers to guarantee that our girls get the attention and support needed inside the classroom.
Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence
Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence
Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence
The overall mental wellness of the youth in our program is extremely important to us. Studies show that separation from a primary caregiver can impact a child’s emotional well-being. One behavior that is linked to girls having a mother incarcerated is destructive relationships. Some girls tend to shut down completely from trusting other p
The overall mental wellness of the youth in our program is extremely important to us. Studies show that separation from a primary caregiver can impact a child’s emotional well-being. One behavior that is linked to girls having a mother incarcerated is destructive relationships. Some girls tend to shut down completely from trusting other people, while others have difficulty developing healthy relationships with men and women.
Beauty Marks for Girls are committed to breaking the cycle of wrong thinking. We plan purposeful monthly exercises with our participants to find out how they are truly feeling inside. Our girls are taught how to use these various activities to express their emotions. We are also partnered with two certified therapists to help with more severe cases that need immediate attention. So, whether girls feel alone on another Mother’s Day or the first day of school, we show up for our participants to help them through difficult times.
Educate. Empower. Inspire.
Why we Serve?
- According to research, an estimated 5 million children in America have at least one parent in jail or prison.
- Parental incarceration is now recognized as an “adverse childhood experience” (ACE); it is distinguished from other adverse childhood experiences by the unique combination of trauma, shame, and stigma.
- The loss of a parent to incarceration can have a significant impact on a child. Some of those impacts include financial hardship, the physical care of the child, and psychological distress.
- Unfortunately, children with incarcerated parents are often forced to give up their dreams and future due to choices made by their parent(s), not through any fault of their own.
Our first office space!
Thank you to the Spartanburg County Foundation!
The long anticipated wait is over! After a long search, Beauty Marks for Girls new office is located in South Carolina’s first Center of Philantropy!
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