The Evoluer House

I have been a volunteer with Evoluer House for nineteen years. The Founder and Executive Director, Cheryl Wadlington, is committed to positively changing the lives of at-risk girls of color. When I read some of their reviews, I shed joyful tears.

I observe so many girls that started the program with low self-esteem, no direction, feeling voiceless and alienated, and the list is endless. I am elated to say that after the eight-week course they were reborn with a high level of self-esteem, feeling heard, finding an extended family that showed them love and respect, finding inner love of self, etc.

They were recharged with the confidences and tools needed to be our future change makers.

Delores F. Sapp, PN

I had the honor and privilege of serving as a board member of The Evoluer House (EH). I always tell my friend and EH founder Cheryl Wadlington that she is making a profound impact and to keep doing God's work. The lives of the young ladies who are served and supported by EH are completely transformed. They receive training, mentoring, and programs that enable them to shine, thrive, and rise to new heights. They increase their confidence and self-esteem so they can lead and achieve. Most go on to attend college or graduate school, have successful careers, and give back to their communities. EH is successful and effective in truly making a difference in the lives of at-risk girls of color.

The Evoluer House has been instrumental in changing the lives of teen girls. As a board member, I have witnessed first hand the challenges that come with delivering empowerment programs in the face of adverse situations, such as a global pandemic and limited resources. Nevertheless, we have graduated 19 classes of teen girls who left our house motivated, enlightened, ready to rock their lives and change the world. As we approach our twentieth year of service, I look forward to being a part of the work this organization does to help our girls create a future that’s bright, bold, and filled with possibilities.

The praises of alumni are not exaggerated. The Evoluer House certainly changed my life, especially as a low-income, first-generation student. Thanks to Evoluer House, I attend Temple University majoring in journalism and will be forever grateful for the wonderful, and truly extraordinary experience in the Evoluer program.

A well organized charity lead by a phenomenal group of caring, smart women. Glad to be a volunteer for this organization!

Finding The Evoluer House essentially was finding home, a home filled with love, admiration, care and most importantly sisterhood. The summer when I joined The Evoluer house will always be the most memorable and will hold so much gratitude within my heart. When I logged on, on the first day I had no idea what it meant to be an “Evoluer Girl.” However, by the time I ended the summer program I not only knew I am an Evoluer Girl but I learned who she is. An Evoluer girl is someone who holds confidence, power, and resilience. She doesn’t quit when life gets hard, she stands on her own two feet and fights for what she aspires in life. She empowers and inspires. Consistently I am grateful for having the opportunity of being a part of this program and I hope it continues to bring joy to other girls around the world the same way it was brought to me.

Cheryl Wadlington, the Founder and Executive Director of The Evoluer Housr is fervently committed to forging equitable opportunities that eradicate the social and emotional barriers to the success of at-risk teen girls. She feverishly continues to pave smooth paths for the advancement of young girls, ensuring that the tools, knowledge, and resources provided for the girls that attend her program set the stage for their present and future success.

When I chose to dedicate my time to something, I have to see the value in it. The Evoluer House never ceases to amaze me and show me that my time and service are not in vain. For 3 years now, I've been able to teach workshops to teen girls and attend graduation. Each year, the girls we serve express the impact the program has made on their lives. It enables them to see the value in themselves, and empowers them to dream big and reach high. Being a board member is an honor and a privilege.

I have the pleasure to serve as an Advisory Board member for the prestigious Evoluer House. It is an honor to be apart of something so great. As I have been working youth for over 20 years, the girls need a program such as this. They arrive some broken, some confused, some without goals and dreams. They depart as young women with hope for the future.
The Evoluer House works hard at keeping up their reputation, only having the most qualified professionals teaching and bringing forth inspiration for the girls. Just read all the testimonials of the lives of the teen girls and how they have been changed by this experience. A non-profit that is willing to work with teen girls across the nation, such as The Evoluer House could never be duplicated or replaced. It needs to become a well-known entity that every human values for our youth.

Nydria Williams
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Great high-quality program! The Evoluer House program did more than build my confidence as a Black girl and teach me how to brand myself when I attended the program two years ago. Their whole approach to branding yourself, encouraged me to PUSH beyond myself, -- be more creative & think outside the box. Two years changes PLENTY! It was one of the best experiences I have ever had!!

I just recently started donating to the Evoluer House. I believe in their mission and I love the idea that they have life-changing programs for underserved teen girls nationwide. Most of my donation will actually go to fund these programs. I follow Evoluer House on Instagram and share their inspiring quotes and pictures of the girls they help.

I have had a great experience volunteering for the Evoluer House! The Summer Programming has provided many great resources to our girls and I have witnessed the confidence that these girls have portrayed through the programs and resources that have been designed for them over the past couple years. It has truly been inspiring to be part of an organization that does so much good for the community in a world where the odds are against us. The Evoluer House is here to help be a part of that change for the better.

The world needs to know the importance of the work of Evoluer House! Formerly having provided classroom space to this dynamic enterprise, it has become apparent the impact that this organization has on all of its students. Through my observations, joy and appreciation seems to permeate the lives of its students. Evoluer’s founder, staff and instructors are in a sense mentors, not meant to replace parents, guardians or teachers; or to play the role of disciplinarians. Rather, they become a part of a team of caring adults to young adult women, with a focus to encourage positive choices, promote high-esteem, support academic achievement, introduce new ideas and cultivate relationships. It is believed that Evoluer’s unspoken mission is for each student to “Enter to learn, depart to serve”. – Derek Rossi

It is an honor to serve as chairperson on the board of The Evoluer House. Cheryl Wadlington has created an educational program that is a boon to girls who find themselves in need of direction and encouragement to be the best version of themself. Year after year I have watched The Evoluer House nurture and teach it’s student to be the best and the brightest young ladies, ready to be citizens of the world who wholeheartedly embrace their position as future leaders and change-makers. It has also been so impressive how this organization took the difficult pandemic shutdown and used it as an opportunity to grow by creating an online program that has brought in students from as far away as Africa. I am so excited for the future of The Evoluer House and it’s continued investment in the future with its’ outreach to girls who need guidance to find their greatness so they can help make the world a better place.

This program is life-changing! My daughter’s confidence is contagious! She knows who she is. She loves the skin she is in, and she is dedicated to inspiring her peers to do the same! Thank you Evoluer House for saving my daughter and so many others girls through her. Your inspiration is reaching girls across the globe!

As a graduate of Villanova University with a major in global studies and Arab and Islamic interdisciplinary studies, Jamilah says, "The tools and values Evoluer House has instilled in me have only grown more apparent. And I am grateful to have been, and still be, an Evoluer Girl, as well as a 2019 Fulbright scholar.

I absolutely loved the Evouler House Program. It was such a supporting team of young women , teachers , and mentors. I loved how the program was versatile and provided useful information for black and brown girls. Not only the great ambience but the respect and encouragement was phenomenal.

The Evoluer House continues its evolution as a change-making organization whose scope now extends beyond Philadelphia. In the face of a global pandemic, this non-profit was able to retool its in person programming and deliver the same purposeful, powerful curriculum online. This enabled the organization to expand nationwide and in 2022, we graduated our first international student from Africa. Evoluer also provides a vehicle for the voices of its graduates in its podcast "Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through?". The podcast has an audience that spans six continents and 36 countries. It has topped the Apple Podcasts Non-Profit & Business charts in Albania, Angola, Ghana, Spain, Poland, Canada and the U.S. I count it a blessing and an honor to work with this amazing group of women dedicated to changing the lives of teen girls in Philadelphia and beyond!

I am so very gracious to you ALL at The Evoluer House. The mighty impact of value, knowledge, and personality vested upon my daughter and the other students was phenomenal. Thank God for women like you all. I am so super thrilled to know something about you all and Evoluer House. The courses for this summer program were didactic.
I will definitely reach out to see how I can get involved. Thanks!!!

I cannot thank the Evoluer House enough for the awesome work you all did in my child's Life. It is like I received back a brand-new baby that is no longer feeling like she was born with any limitations at all. Everyone can notice the difference even in church. Never took the program that seriously until I started noticing the change. In a nutshell God works in mysterious ways and in this case He did it with Evoluer House. Thank you and thank you again!!!

With the Evoluer house helping me grow into the outgoing young lady I am today, I am proud to say that I am an Evoluer Girl. The Evoluer house has improved my leadership skills, become a stronger student, and build my confidence. I have met lifelong friends, that I can truly say are my sisters.

The Evoluer House shaped me into the young African American woman that I am today. They taught me about self love, independency, and that I can accomplish anything that I desire to in life. I now go to the #1 performing arts school in the country. The evoluer house made me feel more secure with myself to go on and to do better things in life.

Being apart of the Evoluer House had made me appreciate my black women-hood more than ever. Without being a part of such a loving community a big chunck of myself love and growth wouldn’t even be there. I am forever grateful to Ms Cheryl and all my other mentors that have been apart of my experience there!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I have volunteered at Evoluer House for 5 years and to see the excitement on students’ faces on graduation day is priceless. Evoluer House is an excellence program for our teen girls. I wish a program like this was around when I was a teen. Kudos to Evoluer House!

At the Evoluer House program, I really enjoyed a presentation about leadership skills and how people work differently in the work place. I gained so many useful tools that I have incorporate in my personal and professional life.

Under the leadership of L'Oreal Woman of Worth, Cheryl Ann Wadlington, The Evoluer House continues to live up to its name - evolving and re-inventing itself to ensure the delivery of much needed services to girls of color. Girls from across the nation were able to experience the full summer program virtually for the first time in the history of the organization, and the impact is still reverberating. Lives were changed. Connections were made. Strangers became sisters, friends, & accountability partners. Each girl grew into a better version of herself with the understanding that she still and will always have room and opportunity to grow even the more. In spite of a global pandemic, this organization continues deliver impactful services in a meaningful way.

This organization has such an impact on young black girls. It has help get to know my worth and ability as a black girl. It helped me learn the aspects of the work force, self confidence, self love, and respect.

The Evoluer House has given me a gift…a very cherished endowment, which is confidence. The Evoluer House has given me something that can’t be bought or learned in a $40,000 a year school. It starts within. And The Evoluer House has ignited the flame of having self-confidence. A type of confidence that doesn’t depend on my surroundings or who is surrounding me. And I will never let that flame go dim.

I have nothing but praise for Cheryl Wadlington and the Evoluer House. I’ve been a donor and a presenter in the summer program for many years. I have seen first hand the confidence and shine that the Evoluer House instills in their young ladies. And I applaud the program’s inclusion of self care and sisterhood. Two things often neglected in the quest for success. Miss Cheryl strives for excellence in all that she does and she has created a program that not just inspires, but offers tools to young at risk teen girls so they too have the ability to create a happy, successful and meaningful life.

The Evoluer House is truly groundbreaking in the work that it does. I graduated from the Evoluer House five years ago and still value the lessons and experiences I had during the summer I was involved with the organization. The Evoluer House engages with the community in a way unlike other local organizations and works to provide safe spaces, sisterhood, and community to underrepresented black girls in urban environments. With workshops on professionalism, self-love and self-care, building your brand, how to be the best version of self, and so many more, the Evoluer House works to strengthen and give young black girls important life skills needed to succeed. The Evoluer House is an organization that I would definitely continue to support and hope others begin to do the same. Thank you for my amazing experience! -Asiyah Ball

In 2018, I had the opportunity to be part of this beautiful summer program. I learned to be confident, to be strong, and to develop skills that I never imagined I had. I came from Puerto Rico at the age of 13 because of hurricane Maria. I didn’t know the language, culture, or people in the United States; and that just made me anxious. However, in the graduation I earned the Power Girl Award and the Class Representative Award; which I couldn’t believe. One year later, my instructor from the Workforce Development (Ms. Eva Blackwell), and the Executive Director (Cheryl Wadlington) gave me the opportunity to be part of the staff as a personal assistant. Not being a student made me see through the souls of each one of the girls, I could see how bad they wanted to have freedom to express themselves; and they were just in the right place!This whole journey made me realize how valuable is my voice and how many wonderful things I could be able to do in this world. Nowadays, I’m a co-host in the podcast “Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through” which is a production by Evoluer House. In this project I’ve learned how to make my voice be heard; but also learn about other people’s stories. I feel blessed that my mom found Evoluer House. It literally made me feel at home. I truly recommend it for all the Black, Brown, Latina, Asian, White, and any kind of girls out there. I’m Jennielee Hilario and here’s my story������������������

My sister was a part of this program and the Evoluer House is a place of love and sisterhood and through this foundation it changed lives and hearts for anyone who attends. I have encountered people who have been in this program and they have distinguish poise and confidence about them. The Evoluer house is truly a wonderful place.

I was honored to have the opportunity to do a presentation for the young ladies of the Evoluer House. It was a pleasure to be able to share some knowledge with them to help increase their confidence in themselves. I admire the mission of The Evoluer House. Empowering and mentoring girls of black and brown skin is truly necessary in these times. The organization is professional, resourceful and innovative. It's an incredible organization for the community.

When I was in elementary school, I was told that I was never going to be good enough, because I was not a boy. It was such a simple statement, yet with a lasting impact; it is a message that is continuously reiterated to young girls as we grow up and manifests itself in many forms of inequality – some deplorable and some in the form of subtle micro-aggressions.

As a volunteer and now board member for The Evoluer House (TEH), I now have the opportunity to be part of the solution and focus on delivering empowerment programs to teen girls of color in my local community.

The Evoluer House does this through leadership training, community service opportunities, internships, career and educational support, and free eight (8) and twelve (12) week summer programs focused on Personal and Workforce Development for marginalized girls of color in Philadelphia. Our curriculum is designed to promote emotional, mental, and social well-being, to equip girls with the tools they need to become college-bound and career-ready, and break the cycle of inter-generational poverty. It is phenomenal the transformation our girls go through in 2-3 months; I have never left a TEH graduation ceremony with a dry eye. It is phenomenal how our girls shine and radiate with confidence when given the platform, the tools and the sisterhood to succeed and believe in their worth.

Our groundbreaking podcast, “Girl Truth: What lens are you looking through?”, further provides a tool for our girls of color to create their own narratives, tell their stories and have their voices echo across the world! The listener landscape for the podcast has reached five countries and is a top-charter on the Apple’s Non-Profit Podcast chart.

I am tremendously proud of our impact at the grassroots level and continuous perseverance towards gender and racial equality in the US.

There was a young school-girl – about my age of 7 or 8 - whose desk sat across from mine in a North Philadelphia school with the saddest and most hopeless eyes. I always wondered why she would stare at me. I would sometimes smile at her and she would smile back. She had a gorgeous smile that hid the most beautiful dimples I had ever seen. But I could only see them when she would muster enough energy to pull her thumb that she was sucking from in front of her face to reveal it. She wore her hair in these tiny cornrows which she would twist and twist and twist with her other hand until a braid would eventually fall out. I always wondered, what was she thinking that would cause her to twist her hair in such a way that would cause the braid to loosen from her scalp. Many years later, I found out that she was being sexually abused by her uncles almost every day. That abuse went on throughout her teenage years. I could only imagine how terrified she must have been at that age. She probably wondered what my life was like because my mom was a teacher in the school; and I wondered what her life was like as I watched her twist her hair, suck her thumb and stare at me all day.

The Evoluer House is powering through these uncertain times with more fervency, passion, and drive. Why? There are so many young girls like my former classmate. The executive director made a sincere commitment that black and brown girls would know their worth; possess the right to be safe; and to live a life free of sexual violence and exploitation. The Board and staff will continue to accelerate her mission. However, we can’t do it alone.

In the weeks and months ahead, nonprofits like The Evoluer House will need a major infusion of cash to sustain itself. We need a national spokesperson to amplify the message that young girl’s matter. And, until we find that monetary gift to enhance our operations – we will keep doing whatever we can for our black and brown girls; we can, we will, we must.

The Evoluer House rises to the occasion and seizes an opportunity during these challenging times! While our world suffers a pandemic and their in-person summer programs were canceled this year, the opportunity to expand the program globally was seized utilizing an online platform to offer culturally relevant workshops that include gender responsiveness, digital tools and resources, tips about higher education, professional development, and emotional wellness. I am so grateful for this organization especially during this pandemic. It has been difficult for my daughter spending so much time in the house and being away from her friends. These workshops offered her the opportunity to learn and have fun while socializing with her peers.

The programming and mentoring that The Evoluer House offers to teen girls of color is both unique and impactful. As a volunteer turned Board Member I have been able to see from multiple lenses how The Evoluer House is able to provide education to girls who need it in a way that meets their needs. From the topics to the hand-picked instructors for each class, the programming is well-thought out to ensure that it can reach its audience. At graduation, I have seen the program graduates give tearful speeches about the impact the program had on them and as a result they feel empowered to do great things. I am proud to be a part of an organization that is able to provide such a value into my Philadelphia community.

Evoluer House is a monumental program for girls of color. This program has given me the confidence to purse a career in performing arts and most importantly to pursue a loving relation with myself. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to crossed paths with the Evoluer house it truly has saved my life and my creative drive.


Thank you for all you have done!!!!!!!!!!

The Evoluer House is such an amazing organization. They empower young ladies to be strong and confident leaders. Their success rate speaks for itself! I feel very fortunate to be part of such an inspirational culture.

Evoluer House exceeds your typical non-profit. The success is seen in 100 percent of all graduates, girls of color from Philadelphia, going on to pursue higher education. They are leaders who are driven to help and serve their community. A great recent success story is a graduate becoming a Fulbright scholar. She also helps the organization by serving on its board. Our girls leave knowing that they must share their talents and the gifts given to them with others.

I began at The Evoluer House in 2011, as a freshman in high school. As a graduating senior from Villanova University, I reflect on all the influences in my life that have worked to get me to where I am today, and The Evoluer House is the biggest one. Through classes, mentorship and sisterhood, Evoluer push me to evolve. I attribute so much of my current successes, qualities and aspirations to the confidence, elegance and steadfast work ethic to my experiences here. I continue to be involved today, and I am delighted to see that their mission only grows stronger and brighter-shining on more and more young ladies each year.

The Evoluer house program is one that needs to be replicated throughout the tri-state area. Girls are an underserved and critically important sector of our community. Thanks to Ms. Waddlington and the volunteers that she works with, girls are exposed to the skills and people who are dedicated to truly supporting their future success. More of our girls need to be able to access this excellent program!

It is a privilege and an honor to serve on the Board The Evoluer House. I have been affiliated with this organization for many years in a variety of capacities. I have witnessed firsthand astounding transformations of young ladies who have gone through the Personal Development and Workforce Development programs. Cheryl Ann Wadlington and her dedicated staff do a phenomenal job in developing this young ladies into strong, confident and productive members of society, and do so with a minimal budget. I have never witnessed the quality of the program suffer for lack of funding. The Evoluer House staff makes the necessary sacrifices to insure every girl gets exactly what she needs to evolve into the woman that she was born to be.

With a dedicated Director and a strong staff of Volunteers working tirelessly, The Evoluer House has been successful in providing young girls of color in the Philadelphia area with the skills to access the vast reservoirs of potential they possess. Going above and beyond to truly reach at risk girls, this organization's goals and resulting impact are invaluable. Very proud to be a part of such an amazing cause.

Evoluer House really reaches out passionately and gets the most dedicated volunteers and workers to really lift young girls up. I am truly blessed to be apart of such an amazing organization and I am very proud of the success from the program.

The Evoluer house is an amazing non profit organization, dedicated to empowering teens girls from all different walks of life. Helping them find themselves and build that confidence to chase any dream in life knowing that it's achievable. I recommend everyone to send their daughters here. The program is outstanding.

Ms. Wadlington and The Evoluer House provide such a wonderful service to girls that are so vulnerable to the negative influences of their environment. For these girls, the Evoluer House is most definitely a beacon of hope where hope can be hard to come by. I have seen the difference her programs help to make, and the majority of these girls leave and become wonderful and productive citizens that everyone could be proud of.

The Evoluer House is an outstanding organization dedicated to helping young girls from urban communities reach their full potential. Highly recommend.

Prior to attending the Evoluer House, my niece was very shy and lacked self-confidence. When she graduated from the Personal Development Program she was gleaming with confidence. The support and encouragement that she received will not only benefit her, but will allow her to inspire other girls as well!

Working with Cheryl has always been a pleasure. I love what the Evoluer House represents. The program is what every teenage girl needs to experience to help them evolve into a young woman personally and professionally. I love how they encourage and empower the teenage girls to conquer their fears, to dream and to help them realize their full potentials.

The Evoluer House Rules !!! Go Girl Power!!!

I am so thankful that my daughter was able to participate in The Evoluer House camp for Girls. Charisma has become more confident in valuing her uniqueness and being herself. I see she is also more willing to appreciate the value of positive friends.

I am a Social Work Supervisor, I have been working in the Children and Youth field for 16 years. While working with other families, I have a family who also needs my attention, a very helpful therapist informed me that there was a program that may be a good fit for my teen aged daughter, she provided me with only a name Evoluer House. I remember like it was yesterday, I Googled Evoluer House at 7:30 pm. I completed and submitted the registration form for the 2015 Youth Workforce Development Program by 7:50pm. My telephone rang at 7:55pm, to my surprise, it was Ms. Cheryl telling me that my timing is perfect and my daughter would be the last person accepted into the program. I am a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason". As of this date, my daughter has expanded her once narrow minded approach in dealing with inner city challenges, she continues to strengthen the bond with her "evoluergirl” peers and they network and encourage each other to find employment and seek independence etc. As I watch the growth of these young ladies, I wish more of our families in the community could experience what Evoluer House has to offer. In my opinion, with the proper funding, Evoluer House can show young ladies that not only does everything happen for a reason but there is a reason everything happens. So many girls have inner strength but are unaware how to reach for it; Evoluer House empowers them to reach for their reason. I will continue to support Evoluer House and look forward to seeing young successful ladies highlighting their reason for being alive.

I am proud to say that my daughter is a graduate of The Evoluer House Personal Development Program and currently a college senior at a top university. It would not fair to deny that Evoluer House influenced her academic achievements. And at a time when girls of color are overwhelming suspended and expelled from schools for subjective behavior, The Evoluer House is a treasure in the Philadelphia region.

I had the honor to attend the 2015 Evoluer House Graduation Day, and to say that the girls were bursting with joy is an understatement. In their own words, the Evoluer girls felt transformed, as if they had undergone a personal metamorphosis. Their speeches rendered me speechless, as they talked about the sisterhood they created, the life lessons they learned, and the newly found confidence they now harbor within their hearts. Last but not least, to see how proud their family members were was the defining moment - it shows how effective The Evoluer House is in impacting the lives of these girls. Their genuine smiles and tears of joy were a testament that Evoluer girls leave the program more confident, self-assured, wiser, and more prepared to take on the world.

Whenever Cheryl Wadlington pours her heart into something, it comes out with a good rhythm, a natural beat, a great vibe. That is why Evoluer House sings to the souls of young girls. It's a safe haven for them to share their fears, tears, and dreams without judgement. I saw it as a volunteer and I still see it now as I read about its progression. Girls are at risk more today than ever before. Evoluer House takes them and loves them right where they are. That is SO vital. Cheryl and her team teach young girls, through their amazing programs, about loving the skin they are in. I can’t wait to see the next chapter for Evoluer House!

The Evoluer House is an awesome organization and I have seen the positive transformation of several girls who participated in their program.

I would definitely recommend this program to any teenage girl who is looking to reach her fullest potential and be a leader.

The Evoluer House and it's commitment to changing the lives of Philadelphia's at-risk teens is commendable. As a repeat summer program self-development presenter and volunteer, I'm honored to be a part of the mentorship team. The transformations of these young ladies are simply incredible.

I have been a financial supporter of the Evoluer House for many years. I continue to support them because I see the impact they are having in the lives of so many young and disadvantaged girls in the Philadelphia area with their outreach, mentorship, summer enrichment programs and so much more.
Evoluer House has also proven to be good stewards of the money and donation they receive from others. I feel that every dollar that I have contributed goes directly to building, developing and creating opportunities for the young women they serve.
I am proud to be associated with such an outstanding Community Organization.
Linda Robertson, Executive Director
WE CAN HELP-MOMS & BABIES
A Maternal Infant Health Program

Evoluer House is truly making a difference with at-risk young girls. They are given valuable personal development tools to help them for years to come.

My experiance at the Evoluer house was wonderful and I graduated with so much knowledge about how to prepare myself for the work world and even about myself.I highly recommend this program ..it's worth it!

I attended a event "A Night with the Wilsons"recently presented as a fund raiser for The Evoluer House. Two of their former students spoke. The girls were very fluent and described how The Evoluer House helped them from being shy and awkward teens and changing them into confident articulate women. This program would benefit more teens

Many programs address the needs of girls. Evoluer House makes a difference. It is a non-profit with results.

The Evoluer House has been apart of my life for 11 years now and every moment has been amazing. Being one of the first gield to graduate from the Evoluer House, I was taught at an early age how to love myself to the fullest and build my self esteem. Evoluer has helped me in so many ways, there is not enough room to write it all down! I have gained personal and professional development and have made long lasting relationships. Ms. Cheryl is one of the most amazing women I know because she is selfless in her duty to serve. There is no other program that caters to minority girls like Evoluer. So many lives have been changed by Ms. Cheryl and all of those who have volunteered over the years to help young women like myself. Now that I am older, I do not hesitate to give back and change the lives of young minority girls because I was once in their shoes.

What so special about Evoluer House is that. way more then half of the girls who have graduated go on to have productive lives and come back to volunteer'

I have served as a volunteer and as a guest speaker for The Evoluer House. Each time, the experience is phenomenal. While I am there to inspire and motivate Evoluer participants, they always end up inspiring and motivating me. The girls are so well-guided through every step of their programs. I find it hard to believe that many of them hail from difficult socioeconomic backgrounds, because by the time they complete the programs, I see girls who are polished, inquisitive, bold, self-assured ladies. They truly evolve. This is a fantastic, globally focused nonprofit, and I look forward to seeing what it's going to do next!

Since 2004, Evoluer House has served over 800 girls from the city of Philadelphia and Delaware Valley region in its researched-based multi-week Personal Development and Workforce Development programs. The Evoluer House programs boast a100% high school graduation rate – a success that was recently led Black Enterprise magazine to proclaim
program The Evoluer House an “everyday hero” (along side the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls). This is a necassary organization that is making a difference in the lives of Philly girls, their families and, ultimately, our communites.

When you donate to The Evoluer House, it might just be money in your hands. But in the hands of the Evoluer program, it is a young woman's golden ticket to a brighter future...and in my case, to change the world!

I have witnessed first hand the greatness that The Evoluer House has done & continues to do. The spirit that the ladies have after the program is Amazing!

I enrolled in the Evoluer Workforce program the summer before my junior year of high school. Through this program, I have learned vital career skills, such as networking, that I still utilize today as an undergraduate student.

The first time that I had ever heard of the Evoluer House was in July of 2012. My daughter and I attended the beautiful book launch of The Diva Girl’s Guide to Style and Self-Respect! The book launch was a “Girly Gala” atmosphere filled with girl empowerment! During the trivia, my daughter won a book by answering a question and gave it to her cousin, who as a result has attended and thoroughly enjoyed the program! After we left the book signing that evening, in just that short time, my daughter was able to walk away with a renewed sense of confidence, accepting who she is and wanting to be the best Diva Girl that she can be!

Needless to say, when the opportunity for volunteering became available, I didn't hesitate. It is very rewarding to be able to be a part of the empowering girlhood culture that Ms. Cheryl Ann Wadlington has created