Charlotte, North Carolina
Est. 2001
A non-profit for women, children, at-risk youth and families in under-served communities — empowering them through education, inspiration and transformation.
“Purposeful Living”
A Daily Celebration of Me!!!
01Who we are
Women of Strength Resources, Development and Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that focuses upon the needs of women, children, at-risk youth and families in low-income and underserved communities.
02The total woman
Money habits, earning power and long-term stability — taught as skills, not secrets.
Naming what you actually want, then building the plan that makes it reachable.
Walking stress-free in liberty, supported by a sisterhood that knows your name.
Health and wellness, healing and wholeness, and the daily routines that hold them up.
03Community growth projects
Self-image, confidence and personal presentation — the inside work first, then how a woman carries it into a room.
Applications, financial aid and scholarship placement for women and youth taking the next academic step.
Practical strategies for the challenging circumstances of daily living, delivered in a group that has been there.
A steady place for teenage girls — mentorship, decision-making and someone in their corner.
Leadership training for at-risk youth, building the next set of shoulders the community will stand on.
04Purposeful Living — A Daily Celebration of Me!!!
Your first year includes the Purposeful Living Scholarship package, valued at $199.00 — free.
05The founder
Founder & Executive Director
Margaretta Young is a leader in her own right. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Women of Strength Resources, Development and Foundation, Inc., and of the Ready For Success Institutes and Ready For Success, Inc. She is Chief Executive Officer of Garden of Eden Creations International, and serves on the advisory board for the Black Women's Breast Feeding Alliance and Project Beautiful.
She is a former Advisory Board Member of the Italian American Civil Rights League and a former President of The Business and Professional Women of the Gold Coast District of The Church of God in Christ. She is also the founder of Fountain of Hope Life Center Ministries, Inc., and an ordained Elder at Rhema Covenant Worship Center in Harrisburg, NC.
Margaretta has conducted parental workshops, business conferences and grant-writing seminars, carrying her message of hope across the city and speaking on platforms to more than 5,000 community leaders. She has written curricula for women, children and at-risk youth, as well as the Ready For Success After School and Summer Day Camp programs.
She has developed over 30 businesses and 15 new organizations. She is a wife, a mother and a proud grandmother.
Her book
Maximize your potential for creating streaming income — it's in your DNA!!!
Margaretta Young has spent three decades building organizations, curricula and businesses from the ground up. This is the book where she sets down how it is done — leadership as a role you can redefine, and income as something you can build rather than wait for.
“Our endeavor is to empower women from all over the world to maximize their fullest potential and achieve optimum performance in every area of their lives through education, inspiration and transformation — while becoming the total woman.”
06Community outreach
Blue StarD & D EnterprisesHome DepotLajoi & FriendsTargetWestern Beef