http://mynorthwest.com/11/2202424/How-a-former-TV-anchor-remembers-her-daughter
A former colleague, KIRO FM’s Ursula Reutin did a compelling story about Seattle’s Penny LeGate and Penny’s effort to keep her daughter’s legacy alive. Good stuff.
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The Marah Project: More Seattle Coverage
Posted: February 15, 2013 in journalism, teen drug awareness, women's issuesTags: Penny LeGate
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The Marah Project: Penny LeGate and a Daughter’s Legacy
Posted: December 8, 2012 in journalism, teen drug awareness, women's issuesTags: drug overdose, Evening Magazine, KING 5, KIRO 7, Middle College High School, Mike Williams, Penny LeGate, Penny LeGate's daughter, Penny LeGate's daughter's death, Seattle Channel, Seattle TV, Seattle TV personality, Teens in Public Service
Since last Friday, more than 1,900 of you have watched The Marah Project video. If everyone who’s watched would give just $2.00 (that’s it … 2 bucks) we’d have enough for two full internships with Teens for Public Service. Since this summer when the internship program was set up, more than $22,000 has been raised for The Marah Project.
As many of you know in June, Seattle TV personality Penny LeGate’s daughter, Marah Williams, lost a long battle with drug addiction and depression. From loss comes new outreach and this short documentary aimed at raising awareness and funds for an internship in Marah’s name. Take a few minutes and watch this video I produced with Penny and Mike Williams’s gracious help. They were remarkably open and willing to share in the hopes that something good might one day come from Marah’s passing. Perhaps it will. Perhaps you’ll contribute. We hope so.
http://www.teensinpublicservice.org/get-involved/the-marah-project/
On Monday, watch KING 5’s Evening Magazine for their feature about The Marah Project. Penny LeGate co-hosted the show with Brian Tracy for nine years in the 90’s. “Evening Magazine” airs at 7:00pm Monday on KING 5 (NBC in Seattle). Don’t miss it.
Microsoft’s Margo Day: Geek Wire’s Geek of the Week
Posted: September 27, 2012 in women's issuesTags: 2006 Most Inspirational Woman, A year off work, Change the World, education, Geek of the W\eek, Geek Wire, girls, International Day of the Girl, Kenya, Kenya Child Protection and Education Program, Make a Difference, Margo Day, Microsoft, sabbatical, Seattle, Sook Valley, St. Elizabeth's Secondary School for Girls, West Pokot, World Vision
Update to 9/27 post.Microsoft’s Margo Day selected as Geek Wire’s Geek of the Week
http://www.geekwire.com/2012/geek-week-microsoft-education-exec-margo-day-impact-kenya/
If you could take a year off of work how would you change the world?
Margo Day
Margo Day just spent the last year of her life answering that question. The Microsoft VP used a year-long sabbatical that just ended to empower 17,000 girls in rural Kenya to stay in school and avoid the all-too-common cultural practice of early marriage.
Early and or forced marriage and female genital mutilation are still widely practiced in rural Kenya. However, Day is helping to turn the tide. The World Vision Kenya Child Protection and Education Program is focused on accelerating that change.
Access to education is fundamental.
Day took a whole year off work as a high-powered tech VP in order to slow down and help girls living in extreme poverty in a remote region of rural Kenya. She’s just returned from another trip to Africa, her fourth.
Margo Day’s Tips: How to Make a Difference
1. Work with an experienced organization with sustainability at its core.
2. Concentrate your efforts on just one thing.
3. Show others what you’re doing. They want to have that same kind of impact that you have.
4. Listen to God because he’ll tell you when what you have is enough.
The total project budget for the Kenya Child Protection Program is $4.8 million. To date, Day has contributed $150,000 towards the first project, St. Elizabeth Girls Secondary School, which had a total budget of half a million dollars. In addition, she’s now made a commitment to give another $500,000 over the next 3 years towards the Kenya Child Protection and Education Program, for a total of $650,000.
http://en.gravatar.com/margoday
Margo is partnering with World Vision to address issues related to girls’ education and child protection, recently completing construction of the St. Elizabeth’s Secondary School for Girls in West Pokot, Kenya.
Sook Integrated Program Area: Education improvements from 2009 to today: Margo Day says a lot has been accomplished to form a good foundation for the work now of the Kenya Child Protection and Education Program. Here are some education statistics from 2009 to today:
- 17.6% increase in child enrollment in school.
- Number of Early Childhood Development centers: from 39 to 53
- Number of Primary Schools: from 34 to 49
- Academic performance increase in primary schools: 9% increase
She’s been honored for her work on behalf of women at Microsoft, earning its 2006 Most Inspirational Woman award. She lives in the Seattle, area and loves being outdoors. She enjoys backpacking, boating, cycling, scuba diving, skiing, golf, adventure travel and, when it’s rainy outside, attending concerts and theater in addition to enjoying a great glass of wine.
Important Dates: October 11th – International Day of the Girl
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