Discover Who We Are

Katrina Glen and Chantelle Adams are two dedicated moms who have been uniting and inspiring women for years on their own, but have now brought their strengths together to form a partnership and live their dreams. 

Chantelle Adams has been motivating a variety of audiences for more than 10 years. Her most recent speaking engagements include: Final Presenter at School District No.23 Care and Make it Fair Forum, Facilitator for the "9 Ways to Bring out the Best in you and your Child," parenting course and Presenter at the Parenting with Pizzaz Conference 2008 and 2009 speaking to parents on "The Gift of Giving," how to get children wanting less and giving more.  Katrina Glen also presented the workshop, “Dare to Be in the Moment,” at the Parenting with Pizzaz Conference.  Chantelle was a guest presenter for the OUC Summerland Certified Education Assistant Program of which she is a graduate and currently employed with School District No. 23.  She spoke on overcoming obstacles and effective communication. Chantelle just gave a full-day workshop on Overcoming Bullying at a Native village close to the Alaskan border.  The audience ranged in age from 11to 80 years old and Chantelle was able to keep the whole audience captivated for the full day.  Chantelle and business partner Katrina Glen have spoken at a variety of events, including a keynote address at the Kelowna Women’s Art Festival, presentation for Kelowna Business Ambassadors, workshops for The Lady of the Lake Ambassadors and contestants, and other speaking engagements at a variety of local charity events and fundraisers.  They will also be presenting a workshop at the British Columbia Student Leadership Conference in October 2009.  They are both instructors at the Okanagan College and will be offering full day Dare To Be Retreats for women.  They will be doing workshops for tweens, ages 8-11 in the Fall at the Johnson Bentley Recreation Centre.  Katrina and Chantelle founded the local business Dare To Be which empowers others to discover who they are, dream big, live in the moment and be the change.

“This workshop helped me to realize that I need to keep my eyes and ears open to people that are being bullied and helped me to understand why some people may turn to bullying and how to deal with these situations in a reasonable manner.”

“Lots of fun, very well explained, very interesting.

“It was a very good workshop, we need more like it, very good.”

"Great power points. Really motivating for the students to realize that change is needed. Making an action plan was a great idea."

"The students were very moved by the presentation.  This is when I saw the most emotion from the group of students that I took to the conference.  The slide show was incredibly powerful and I know that the students felt inspired to make a difference in some way, no matter how small or big.  They had many ideas to share in our planning time and they were actually disappointed when we had to stop.  All of the students that I took with me to the conference are on our social justice team and they have already shared the message of the 'injustice' in the world and the need for change with classmates and other social justice team members.  The presentation and planning time definitely had an impact on them.  The students came away from this feeling hopeful and determined."

Our Mission
 
We invite tweens, teens and women to discover who they are and to live their lives with purpose and joy. We support our mission through empowering workshops and events and our eco-friendly, fair trade products which all share a positive message of hope.  We believe there is a real need for products that motivate individuals to be their best selves and live their best life.

We believe in this life we give back to find joy. Dare to Be is dedicated to making change happen by helping others and our planet through our renewable, sweatshop free products and by donating a percentage of all profits to women in impoverished countries through Kiva.org

What Inspired Dare To Be: Dare To Be was created because we believe there is unlimited potential within each of us if only we take the time to discover it. 

We believe all children are individuals and have the power within them to make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of others when they are given the tools to discover who they are, dream big, live today for the choices of tomorrow, and be the change.