Organization Seeks Women Of Excellence Deserving Of Awards

The following press release was sent to Arlington Patch by Youth Villages:

WOBURN (June 15, 2015) -- Youth Villages Massachusetts now is accepting nominations of women who have made positive impacts on the health and well-being of girls in the commonwealth for the 14th Annual Women of Excellence Awards. The deadline to receive nominations is June 24.
The Women of Excellence Awards recognize women who make a difference n the lives of girls and women in Massachusetts through direct-service work, philanthropic support or advocacy efforts in such fields as social work, business, medicine, criminal justice, philanthropy or other. Youth Villages also will recognize a young woman who may be in school or who has just started her career and is already making significant contributions to girls and young women in our community as a Rising Star.
Honorees must accept the award in person at the Women of Excellence breakfast awards ceremony, set for Thursday, Oct. 20, 2015, 7-9 a.m. at The Sheraton Boston Hotel.
To make a nomination, visit www.youthvillages.org and click on Get Involved to enter the Events section, or click here: https://youthvillages.wufoo.com/forms/women-of-excellence-2015-nomination-form/.
Youth Villages Massachusetts is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children with the most serious emotional and behavioral challenges and their families live successfully.

The organization provides intensive in-home and transitional living services throughout Massachusetts from offices in Arlington, Lawrence, Plymouth, Springfield, Woburn and Worcester. It offers residential programs for girls on its Germaine Lawrence campus in Arlington, Massachusetts. The organization also provides intensive in-home services from its office in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Youth Villages’ Evidentiary Family Restoration™ approach involves intensive work with the child and family, a focus on measuring outcomes, keeping children in the community whenever safely possible and providing unprecedented accountability to families and funders.
Nationally, Youth Villages will help more than 23,000 children and families this year from more than 20 states and Washington D.C. Youth Villages has been recognized by Harvard Business School and U.S. News & World Report, and was identified by The White House as one of the nation’s most promising results-oriented nonprofit organizations. For more information about Youth Villages, visit www.youthvillages.org.