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🌟 AmPowering Youth Council Kick Off Meeting!

The AmPowering Youth Council is meeting and we'd love for YOU to be a part of it!

📅 Date: Sunday, May 17th, 2026
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
📍 Location: Sammamish Library
🍪 Snacks provided!

✨ Meet fellow changemakers
✨ Learn about youth initiatives
✨ Share YOUR ideas

Parents & siblings welcome! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🔗🩷 REGISTER/RSVP HERE:
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Team AmPowering at the Global Beauty Awards!! ✨🏆

Yet another successful year for our team at the "Oscars of Pageantry": The Global Beauty Awards!

Our President & Founder, Menka Soni was honored and humbled to receive the Best Non-Profit Award, celebrating AmPowering's efforts feeding over 2500 homeless a week, providing interim shelters to those in need, and supporting & uplifting communities 🫶🏽🙏🏽

Our team was also awarded the People's Choice Awards: Ashish Keshwani, Gunjan Desai, Divya Hajari, and Saanvi Bhatia. thank you to those that voted for them & supported team AmPowering!

Lastly, congratulations to our Ms Senior Universe America, Cherie Kidd for being awarded Most Photogenic in the 45+ category!

We would like to extend our gratitude to the entire GBA's team and Maureen and David Francisco for all their incredible work hosting a grand scale event!

City of Redmond’s: State of the City Event! 🩷

We are so proud to be members of , where we are able to work with and be a part of the Redmond community!

Thank you to and Mayor Angela Birney for putting together this amazing event, and for bringing grassroots organizations together!

AmPowering’s Volunteer Appreciation Party! 💚🌎

This night was all about honoring the incredible individuals who dedicate their time, energy, and passion to our mission. To every volunteer: You are the backbone of this organization. Thank you for leading with empathy and being the change makers our community deserves!!

Thank you to our incredible donors, sponsors, and silent supporters that fund AmPowering’s missions!

And thank you to our pageant family for being not just titleholders, but role models who are positive representations of queen leaders! 👑💫

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AmPowering is grateful to have supported refugees through our recent donation drive - because compassion has no borders. Every contribution was a step toward dignity, hope, and healing for families starting over.

A heartfelt thank you to Ayesha Khan for doing the heavy lifting and leading this drive with tireless dedication, coordination, and heart.

This is what community looks like - showing up, lifting each other, and standing for humanity.

Together, we AmPower.

When our communities are facing food insecurity, we don’t look away - we step in at the grass root level.💛

AmPowering was honored to support a family with five children, ensuring they could safely pick up their groceries and head home with dignity and nourishment. What may seem like a simple grocery run can feel overwhelming for families already carrying the weight of uncertainty.

At AmPowering, we believe no parent should have to choose between feeding their children and meeting other basic needs, and no child should go to bed hungry. Sometimes, support looks like food on the table. Sometimes, it looks like showing up, lending a hand, and reminding families that they are not alone.

Together, with compassion and community, we are turning kindness into action- one family, one meal, one moment at a time.

💛 This is what AmPowering stands for

Ms Empowering Universe: a symbol of strength, power, and resilience 💜💫

We are so proud and honored to have as one of our current Ms Empowering Universe Queens! A title that’s given to individuals who have shown resilience and overcome their own life challenges and inspired others. She is the proud state coordinator for the Ms Wheelchair Washington and attended the 2026 crowning ceremony!

She, and our many other Ms Empowering Universe Queens serve as a reminder that a true queen is one that overcomes challenges with grace and humility 👏🏽

AmPowering at the India Republic Day celebrations at

AmPowering Winter Donation Drive!! ❄️🧣

Let’s keep our neighbors warm, join us and help donate new or lightly used winter items such as blankets, jackets, socks, hand warmers, etc! We will be donating these items to various shelter homes, tent cities, and other people in need!

ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM NOW TILL JAN 31st! MESSAGE US FOR DROP-OFF INFORMATION! 📦🧤

AmPowering Winter Donation Drive!! ❄️🧣

Let’s keep our neighbors warm, join us and help donate new or lightly used winter items such as blankets, jackets, socks, hand warmers, etc! We will be donating these items to various shelter homes, tent cities, and other people in need!

ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM NOW TILL JAN 31st! MESSAGE US FOR DROP-OFF INFORMATION! 📦🧤