Congratulations @madeline! You just won the Word of the Week Challenge! Here’s @madeline‘s sentence using last week’s word, hangar:

When we went to the Air and Space Museum, it was like walking through a time warp hangar, with all kinds of planes and aircrafts from so many years ago.

So @madeline, just send your parent’s mailing address to info@itwixie.com within the next 30 days, and we’ll send you a PRIZE! How cool is that?

At iTwixie, we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all girls and boys are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

We borrow this simple truth from the Declaration of Independence, and alter it ever-so-slightly to specifically include girls and boys, and not just specify men.

We share it today to inspire YOU.

You are endowed by your Creator the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Do you feel it? Is anything standing in your way? Tell us right here!

Happy International Women’s Day! Do this:

1. Tell your BFF that she is powerful, smart and bold. She is! She is much more than just pretty or beautiful!

2. Look in the mirror and say to yourself, “You are powerful, smart and bold.” You are! You are much more than just pretty or beautiful!

3. Hug your mom, grandmother, aunt or special woman in your life and tell them that they are powerful, smart and bold. They are! Women are much more than just pretty or beautiful!

Did you get a great big smile right back at you? Happy International Women’s Day!

Photo credit: thenewstribe.com

In honor of MLK Day, play the MLK Day Game with us! It’s easy. All you do is choose 3 of the 10 things below and take a picture of what you did. By Monday of next week, every girl who posts 3 pictures of these 3 things will get a chance to win an I Have a Dream Journal, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 

Ready? Just choose 3 of these 10 things, take a picture of what you do, and post the pictures right on your profile page!

1. Write a thank you note to the police department near you. Take a picture of your note.

2. Shovel snow for your neighbor. Take a picture of the clean sidewalk.

3. Bake a cake and write I Have a Dream on the top of it. Take a picture of the cake.

4. Write a poem for your teacher and thank her or him for teaching you about Martin Luther King Jr. Take a picture of your poem.

5. Donate a stack of books to your local library. Take a picture of the stack of books.

6. Find a bag of clothing and shoes from your family’s closets to donate to your local Salvation Army. Take a picture of the bagful of items you found.

7. Volunteer at your school to organize a book drive. Take a picture of the letter you write for your teacher to consider.

8. Make a coin collection jar out of an old coffee tin or container and collect spare change to donate to the United Way. Take a picture of the coin collection jar you make.

9. Create a poster for an upcoming 5K or event of your choosing to help encourage your friends to participate. Take a picture of the poster.

10. Write a short story about how someone in your life inspires you to be a better citizen. Post it on your blog! No need to send in a picture of it!

Happy MLK Day, girls! Here’s to changing your world and honoring MLK with this very special Day of Service.

Photo by the United Way of San Antonio