REGISTER NOW for Women's Initiative Leadership Giving Circle June 10 Event at Trump National Golf Club. You CAN Make a Difference! You are cordially invited to the launch of the "Women's Initiative Leadership Giving Circle". Please join us for this special evening with author/philanthropist, Elizabeth Ziemba. Learn more about how you can make a difference in our community to improving the lives of women and their families. On June 10th, join like-minded women at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster from 5:30pm - 8:00pm to discover how you CAN make a difference and create a sustainable legacy by improving the well-being of women in our community. Enjoy an elegant wine and dinner reception with other "women building community and empowering lives."
Women Building Community and Empowering Lives
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Somerset County United Way launched its Women’s Initiative in 2000. Its intent was to explore what resources women can bring to bear, financial and non-financial, to influence issues in our community.
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The Mission: The mission of the initiative is empowering women to enable them to meet their basic needs.
The Women's Initiative furthers its mission through three focus areas:
- Volunteerism: Promote opportunities for women to volunteer together and with their families. Quarterly group projects are offered. Projects have included food collection drives, sorting of donated coats in preparation for distribution to needy families, landscaping at a women’s drug and alcohol treatment program, and painting at a health care agency serving low-income women. (click here for Upcoming Projects)
- Fundraising: The initiative’s seventh fundraising event was held in April 2009. Projects funded include: women's job seekers support project; saftey fence at a domestic violence safe house; educational and healthy recreational activities for women in recovery from addiction to drugs and/or alcohol; life skills and support for at-risk adolescent girls; purchase of personal care products and undergarments for low-income women in th ejob search process; parenting program for families at risk of substance abuse; and transportation to physical and mental health services for women in early recovery from alcoholism and drug abuse. For more details, click here.
SAVE THE DATE: Spring Fundraising Breakfast - April 16, 2010
- Special Events: Sponsorship of events throughout the year featuring topics of interest to women. These events also feature networking opportunities. For upcoming events, click here.
For more information please contact Lynn Weckworth at 908-253-6506 or email at lynn.weckworth@scuw.org.
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