I Choose To Win

**Rescheduled for a date in January 2018 – I Choose to Win will host this fun, unique and special workshop as part of Explore U! Led by facilitator Richii and shot by photographer Nikki Lenore, participants will embark upon a journey of self-exploration and self-love and appreciation immediately before a photographic application. Come prepare to fall in love with the person in your photos. Workshop Description: Want to see yourself as the most ideal subject to tell your story through visual images? Join us to hear from our model facilitator who will share the importance of being authentic behind the camera to deliver the best photos that will tell your unique story in images. Ready to put the selfies aside and be captured professionally?  Interested in joining us? Visit exploreUphilly.com for more information. Registration required. Location and other details provided to registered participants.

Donate Today! It’s Giving Tuesday. Donate here. Thank you in advance. For a limited time, if you donate $50 or more, you will receive a copy of our one-time, limited release of the exclusive book Time To Choose written and compiled by our own Melonie Butler.

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November 2017 –  It is with absolute excitement and an overjoyed spirit I have completed this task: putting my journey on paper. Through a creative compilation of stories, images, poems and reflections, I share the intimate struggles I faced when I decided it was time to choose differently. It was time to trust God, His word and His promises with renewed vigor. It was time to accept what God had for me, not what I planned for me. It was time I accepted His will and purpose for my life. It was time I said “Yes,” and surrendered. This was a very complicated and difficult journey for me, so I share my introspective reflections to help you understand where my passion for I Choose To Win, our program, organization and mission derives. Please reserve your copy today. This book is not for sale. However, it is made available to generous donors for donation of $50 or more toward I Choose To Win, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization during this period November 22, 2017 – December 23, 2017. Also, a tax-exemption letter will be mailed to all donors whose gifts are $50 or more. Your donation supports 2018 I Choose To Win programming, which seeks to edify, empower and equip women on their journey to define a winning life and embark upon it. This book, though reserved now, will be released in 2018 and distributed ONLY to those whose donations were received in that timeframe. Thank you so much for your generosity in advance. Click here to donate. Melonie Butler, Founder I Choose To Win

Join us for pottery, serenity and modeling/photography. This month is the final month of activity for the EXPLORE U program in 2017 before we get into 2018 programming. We have a special line up to close out the year. November 5th:  Explore Pottery in the Park (Jazz, Light Fare $40) November 11th: Explore Serenity (Overnight Trip to Lancaster $70) November 18th: Explore Modeling (Self-Love and Acceptance Lesson + Photo Session $50) To join us or learn more, visit exploreUphilly.com to get additional details on each session, register and pay. Explore U is a membership program offered by the Philadelphia-based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, I Choose To Win. It offers ADULT women (age 21+) an opportunity to intentionally explore who they are by design and seeks to identify what awakens them to their purpose, causes them to engage life more fully. Learn more at ExploreUphilly.com.  

October 21st 3-5 pm join us for this informational session with facilitator Ashley Coleman, offered through our EXPLORE U: Program Series. Is there a book trapped inside you, but you don’t know how to get it out? It’s okay. We have a few self-published authors & bloggers willing to walk you through their journeys from idea to completion and share their success principles, such as organizing your thoughts and creating disciplines. Come with your book idea & planner. Details provided to all who sign up. Learn more and sign up at www.exploreUphilly.com. Check it out. And see the other sessions that are coming up, too.

Check out what we’ve been up to, learn what’s next and figure out how you can continue to support our mission to edify, empower and equip women to WIN in life. Read on: Click Here.

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October 11, 2017 — Niyah H., a senior at Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia, PA chose to partner as an intern with I Choose To Win as she plans to do her senior project on the topic of young women and body image issues. She reached out to us to explore this topic and create a campaign to promote self-love and acceptance aligned with I Choose To Win’s campaign entitled, “Unapologetically ME!” Hear it first from her: Click for Video.

October 10, 2017 — Members of I Choose To Win’s  EXPLORE U program will explore song writing and recording with facilitators, singer and songwriter, Shanae and Christian Tizon, of Philadelphia’s own BEAT PEACE. Participants who sign up to join us for this workshop held on Sunday, October 15th from 2-5 pm, may continue to do so as a non-member for the cost of $35 for songwriting ONLY workshop, $55 for workshop and 1-hour of recording. Learn more at www.exploreUphilly.com. Or contact Melonie via email melonie@ichoosetowin.org to sign up. An electronic PayPal invoice will be sent for you to pay in advance. Location details provided to all registered participants only. Click Here to see a promo video for this workshop. Seating is limited. About EXPLORE U: EXPLORE U, a membership program offered by the Philadelphia-based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, I Choose To Win, offers ADULT women, age 21 and older, an opportunity to intentionally explore who they are by design (what things wake them up and causes them to engage life more fully). Too often, adult women, as a result of life and its many demands and numerous roles/responsibilities fulfilled, lose a sense of who they are and what awakens them to their own sense of purpose, passion, power and potential. We would like to offer these women an opportunity to re-engage life in their adulthood to see which creative outlets stir them inside, and may possibly allow them to approach life with renewed vigor, enthusiasm and joy to live each day more fully. This is what we want – more women who realize their ability to WIN in life. EXPLORE U offers a safe space for women in the Philadelphia Area to come together, use their imagination, be a novice in an area of interest and explore freely to learn again who they are – and what they’re “made of.” Learn more by visiting www.exploreUphilly.com.