Young Women on the Move Mary Beth Gentry

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One Year, $1,500
One Half Year, $750
One Quarter Year, $375
One Month, $125
One Week, $30

After School Programs

The Young Women on the Move program meets weekly and currently serves the following schools:

Northwest Middle School
Argentine Middle School
Central Middle School
Rosedale Middle School
J.C. Harmon High School
Wyandotte High School
F.L. Schlagle High School

Young women at participating schools are invited to apply for membership in group sessions that meet weekly during school hours. For more information, please contact us. Don't forget to watch our video!

Read endorsements of Young Women on the Move by the USD 500 school district here and here.

Volunteer Application Now Online

Young Women on the Move is always looking for new volunteers to help us help the girls. You may now download the volunteer application and cover letter online.

KU Nursing Students Organize Prom Dress Donations

Young Women on the Move 2009 Prom Dress Drive

For the second year, University of Kansas School of Nursing students organized a prom dress donation program for Kansas City high school students, as part of the School's Service Learning Project.

This year's donation of more than 150 prom dresses and formal attire went to the local non-profit Young Women on the Move. The organization distributed dresses to Wyandotte High School, F.L. Schlagle, Washington High School and Sumner Academy.

Nine undergraduate nursing students coordinated the efforts and delivered the items on May 1. Julie Randolph, 2009 Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduate, led the delivery efforts under the mentorship of Ginger Breedlove, CNM, PhD, FACNM, assistant professor.

"These students exemplified compassion and emerging professionalism far beyond what is learned in the classroom," Breedlove said. "I know that the spirit of giving, compassion for community and zest to integrate classroom knowledge with 'real world' health delivery is vital to rounding out pre-licensure education; and these students 'got it.' It takes a village to educate health professions students, but I truly believe it takes immersion into the village to see why what we do is so needed in our own neighborhood," Breedlove said.

Young Women on the Move is the Kansas Unified School District 500's endorsed girls' mentoring and empowerment program, according to Cherie Simmons, program director.

"We focus on empowering young women to live healthy lives filled with positive options. Our emphasis on positive mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health falls right in line with the quest of the nursing students who donated these dresses," Simmons said.

"Watching the girls try on the dresses was a wonderful experience. The girls told us that without these dresses, they would not have gone to prom. The nursing students should feel very good about helping these young women not only to attend prom, but to have that moment when they feel beautiful and part of the celebration," Simmons said.

"We had so much fun," Randolph said. "It was definitely worth our time and effort to know that the girls who got the dresses were going to be thrilled. I hope to be involved in projects like this in the future so I can continue to impact the lives of the youth in my community."