What "Three in Ten" Means

Last month we conducted a poll asking people to guess out of every 10 girls how many become pregnant at least once by age 20 in the United States.  The answer: "three in ten."  This was more than just a trivia question.  We wanted people to think about just how many teen pregnancies we're talking about here.  "Three in ten" reflects the importance of Generation Hope's work and the work of so many organizations across the country that are trying to help pregnant and parenting teens to create successful lives.

"Three in ten" means there are a lot of young women in this country who find themselves pregnant before they've even graduated from high school.  Many of them will not earn a high school diploma and most of them won't come close to earning a college degree.  We're not talking about a small group of unruly teens here.  This large number means that you may know someone who has been in this situation or who will be in this situation.  We're talking about your neighbor, your student, your niece, or even your daughter.  If we want to better our communities, we need to care about helping teen parents succeed.

Want more statistics on teen pregnancy and teen births?  The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has a wealth of information at the national and state level.  Check it out.

Inspired to become a Generation Hope sponsor?  Please email us.

- GH

PS:  We've posted a new poll to the right.  Take a guess!

A Great Week for Generation Hope

When you're trying to get an organization off the ground, there will inevitably be ups and downs.  But this week, the "downs" were outnumbered by some great "ups."  

On Friday, we secured our second board member, Kimberly Korbel of Amber Association Partners, LLC, who will undoubtedly bring a wealth of nonprofit and business knowledge and a passion for helping teen parents to Generation Hope.  We're are so excited to have her!

And on Saturday, during the celebration of our founder's new book, we distributed information about Generation Hope.  During the event, people signed up for our mailing list and asked about how they could get involved.  We even received our first donations!

We knew when we started out that this wouldn't be easy, but I don't think we knew just how rewarding and amazing it would be - and we're just getting started!

One awesome week down.  Many more to go.  

Thanks for all of your support, guys!

 

Why Start Generation Hope?

We're all busy.  We all have a million things to do.  So why start a nonprofit????   Our founder, Nicole Lynn Lewis, tells all...

Check it out here. 

The Big Announcement!

For those of you who know me, I keep myself very busy, but to say that I'm excited about Generation Hope would be an understatement! You get an amazing feeling from doing the things you feel you were put on this earth to do, and Generation Hope is one of those things for me.

If you're reading this, you're looking for more information about this new organization. I can tell you that there is no other like it in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas and probably very few across the country. Supports for teen parents to attend college are slim-to-none. Lacking the financial and emotional support, many don't even try to pursue post-secondary education.

"Less than two percent of mothers who give birth before the age of eighteen complete a college degree by age 30." -- The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

Sadly, earning a college degree is the key to a young parent's success and the key to their children's success. Realizing that earning my college degree made all of the difference in my situation, I wanted to create an organization that would do the same for other young mothers and fathers.

For information about how Generation Hope got started, visit our About Us page.

Please visit this site for updates about Generation Hope. Over the next year, we'll be getting ourselves organized and preparing for our first year of operation. We'll be using this blog to update you about all of our progress until we get the Generation Hope website up and running.

We hope to see you at my book release party on Saturday, June 5th from 5-7 PM where you can meet Kendria and I and find out more about Generation Hope.

Thank you for your support!

Nicole