National Be Your Best Self Week

Distinguished Young Women is excited to present National Be Your Best Self Week, a nationwide outreach effort by program participants to spread the Be Your Best Self message to as many young people as possible during one week each year. Distinguished Young Women participants at all levels (local, state and national) will visit Boys & Girls Clubs and other organizations to share the Be Your Best Self program and encourage young people to commit to being their best selves by signing Be Your Best Self pledge cards.

After two successful years, the third annual National Be Your Best Self Week took place April 25-29, 2011. More than 160 presentations were made across the country by Distinguished Young Women program participants and more than 5,000 young people were exposed to the positive message of the Be Your Best Self program.

This year, Distinguished Young Women across the country will set out to impact the lives of even more young people during the fourth annual National Be Your Best Self Week set for April 23-27, 2012.

Distinguished Outreach Award

For the second year, Distinguished Young Women will be awarding a $500 scholarship to one young woman who presented the Be Your Best Self program during National BYBS Week.

The competition for the Distinguished Outreach Award is open to any young woman who has participated in a Distinguished Young Women program at the local, at-large or state level (excludes state winners), who participates in National BYBS Week, and who will graduate from high school in 2012. The winner of the $500 Distinguished Outreach Award will be announced at National Finals on June 28, 2012 in Mobile, AL. Click here for award requirements and deadlines.

For more information on National BYBS Week, please contact BYBS@DistinguishedYW.org or call 251.438-3621.