By Robin McHaelen | Executive Director
In the first quarter of every year, True Colors is all about our annual conference - and preparing for this year's 23rd Anniversary event was no different! There are thousands of details to attend to.
It takes a village to put together an event with more than 3,800 participants, 300 presenters, 285 workshops and school buses full of youth from 123 different school districts. Whew!
As a donor, you are so important to our work. We are grateful you are a part of the True Colors 'village'. Here is just a taste of what some of the youth had to say about their experiences.
I could compose 13,000 tweets about how much I love True Colors and all the people & performers there
I've never felt as proud as I am today to be bisexual I was surrounded by so much positivity and great, understanding people
So excited to have been the true me at #TrueColors23
The one time in my life I've felt truly accepted #TrueColors23
#TrueColors23 was supa lit yesterday. The reason I keep coming back
I was feeling low, so they took my hand. We're one family #TrueColors23
Loving how accepted, happy, and loved my students feel when we come here every year!!!
I recently attended the conference at UConn and was blown away at what an amazing conference it was. Thank you for all the wonderful workshops, speakers, and useful information.
A* LOVED True Colors! It is so great to hear about his experience. I am so happy to hear that you were able to take him this past weekend-it is a great experience for him!
As a True Colors donor, you make these experiences possible. Consider: We were able to give away nearly $8,000 in youth scholarships this year. That wouldn't have been possible without the support of individuals like you. Next year we hope to be able to do even more.*
I hope you will take a minute to check out some of the pictures - if you are on twitter, check out #TrueColors23 to see more responses from participants. It takes our whole staff of 5 and interns and more than 200 volunteers to make the conference happen. The impact on the youth we serve makes it all worthwhile.
Thank you for being a part of the True Colors 'village'.
Robin McHaelen, MSW
Executive Director
*We had just under $17,000 in requests for support this year - we raised enough to meet 47% of those requests -- better than last year but not as good as we hope to be next year.
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