Essence of a Lady's Mentorship Programs: Philanthropists supporting Women and Youth
Essence of a Lady, Inc. has been in existence for over 35 years. Since inception, its vision was to support women owned businesses by providing marketing and promotion opportunities by building a network of support.
Over this period. we brought together over 400 women to service youth and support each other. We celebrated 35 years of philanthropy in June 2024!
Then, the vision to help women and youth gain maximum health and wealth in this ever changing world, lead to the creation of EOAL's Youth programs, Young Essence Ladies...Learning (YELL!) and Young Men Empowered (Y-ME?). The mission evolved to:
- EDUCATE school age-youth, especially girls, on the importance of graduating from high school to pursue higher education or entrepreneurship.
- MENTOR them by being role models, sponsors, volunteers, speakers and supporters
- EMPOWER them with career, leadership, and social skills to conquer fears, obstacles, and life challenges
Through programming, invitations to collaborator events, and special events for over 20 years, we have served over 1000 youth in 3 states and 6 school districts and gave out over $40,000 in scholarships over a 10 year period. Meanwhile, women owned businesses have been able to market, promote and network among each other to grow their brands.
We accomplished this goal through 4 membership programs, our 2 Youth Programs (YELL! and Y-ME?), while adults join our 2 network of philanthropy programs, E'Ladies Network, and E'Men's Network. ALL adults joins initially as a volunteer. You volunteer a minimum 2 times-a-year (as a volunteer worker at events, speaker or mentor). Business owners have the option to become speaker sponsors and strategic partners through our Females are Fabulous/Males are aMazing Business Network to market and promote their business , sponsor scholarships or sponsor an event.
For more information about either youth or adult program, use the dropdown menu and go to the specific page or click here
YELL!
Y-ME?
E'Ladies Network
E'Men's Network