Expanding Your Horizons wins Mayor’s Volunteer of the Year Award!  In recognition of EYH’s impact on the community, the Expanding Your Horizons steering committee – and all the volunteers, teachers and contributors who make EYH possible – will be honored at the Volunteer Houston banquet May 6.

Expanding Your Horizons, a day-long conference sponsored by the West Harris County chapter of the American Association of University Women, provides career information and role models for middle school girls. Ninety-five women shared their enthusiasm, education requirements and remuneration working in scientific, technical and financial careers with more than 600 girls, their parents and teachers.  These creative people don’t lecture the kids but involve them in various ways to create hands-on experiences in every one of the 141 workshop.  The message is that there are both personal and monetary rewards for taking math and science in middle and high school. 

“Never has it been more important to promote STEM-related education and careers, and your organization has been a true leader in the local effort.  We appreciate the great work of AAUW each year in planning and carrying out an event that makes a real difference for the career aspirations of young women.  CenterPoint Energy is delighted to play a small part in supporting this important work.

Lucretia Ahrens
Manager, Corporate Community Relations
CenterPoint Energy

  Volunteers: EYH is a totally volunteer effort.  Only the school housekeeping staff were paid for services.

• 95 professional women representing career fields that use math and science in their daily activities presented workshops for the girls and their parents and teachers. 
• 71 facilitators from AAUW aided the presenters in the classroom.
• 27 Steering Committee members, working throughout the year, planned and executed the conference.
• 40+ additional AAUW workers assisted with registration, crowd control and meals the day of the conference.
• 49 students from Westside and Kerr High Schools assisted in getting the presenters’ workshop material into and out of the classrooms.

Thank You

The 16th Annual Conference for Young Women in
Grades 6, 7 and 8, Their Teachers, Parents and Counselors

was held Saturday, March 8, 2008
The Rice School/La Escuela Rice
7550 Seuss Drive
Houston, Texas 77025