Toria and Anita are excited to introduce Shelley Leman, the Founder & Executive Director of Joshua Tree Ministries. Joshua Tree exists to help break families out of generational poverty, and one of their avenues to help is through the establishment of a non-profit daycare in Bloomington. Check out https://joshuatreeministries.org/ to learn more about the planned childcare center, join the waitlist for a place in the daycare, or about volunteer opportunities, and make sure you’re checking out the Annual Golf Outing fundraiser on June 27th!

The Girls talk to Kate Burcham and Shannon Smith from Lilac Rising, a new non-profit in McLean County, focused on providing women with short term assistance, scholarships, and connections to other longer-term resources if needed.

If you or someone you know could use some help or you would like to donate time, services, or money, be sure to check out the resources available at lilacrising.org

The Give Back Girls are thrilled to welcome Jackie Gunderson, the Executive Director at The Penguin Project of McLean County, and Georgia, a young artist with The Penguin Project!

Every year, The Penguin Project puts on a theater production where all of the roles are filled by children and young adults with developmental disabilities including Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and other disorders. They are joined on stage by their “peer mentors,” a group of young people who have volunteered to work with them side-by-side and guide them through 4 months of rehearsals and to the final production.

If you or someone you know would like to participate in The Penguin Project as an artist or a peer mentor, visit https://www.penguinprojectmclean.org/

Be sure to get your tickets for The Addams Family, June 4-7, at U-High’s Stroud Auditorium!