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News
August 2009
WMD to VISIT LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK DURING HUNGER ACTION MONTH
Members and guests are invited to join us
as we explore the Lowcountry Food Bank and learn more on September
16. [click]
ATTENTION CURRENT MEMBERS!
The Grants
Committee needs your input on this year's applicants. Please
cruise over the the grants section of our website and review the
applicants. We welcome your feedback! [click]
February 2009
JOIN Event Members and guests gathered February 18th
at The Creek Club at I'On to kick off WMD's 2009 membership
campaign. Louis Yuhasz of Louie's Kids gave an update on his
organization's quest to end childhood obesity and shed some light on
how a grant from WMD helping to pave the way.
Our sincere thanks goes out to Eliza Lacey
and her staff for their
help with the event. Her generous donation helps ensure that your
dues
are submitted in total to the grantee donation pool and not to our
events. Thanks also goes to Other Brother Entertainment, Costco
&
Harris Teeter for their donations.
New Executive
Committee Announced for 2009
Women Making a
Difference is proud to announce the 2009-2010 Executive Committee (*
indicates new committee members):
Katie Dukes*, Chair
and Founding Member
Kenton Morrison, Membership
Brantlee de Brux*, Membership
Jennifer Snowden,
Events
Mabry Morrison, Events
Marcie Jacobs, Grants
Committee Chair
Jodie Cochran,
Grantee Liaison & Volunteers
Wallis Gandy*, Grantee
Liaison & Volunteers
Sara Corbett,
Marketing & Public Relations
Sarah Nielsen, Member
Communications
We welcome those new
members and look forward to working with you this year!
Grantee Spotlight
Pattison's Academy improves the quality
of life for
children with multiple disabilities by providing a comprehensive
education and rehabilitation program.
In 2008, Pattison's Academy was able to
provide 44 children with
the opportunity to receive daily therapy and to actually participate in
summer activities in the surrounding community thanks to
the funding
from WMD. The WMD Grant provided
transportation for field trips during the summer camp
program in 2008
and again for 2009. Enabling 25 disabled children
to participate at
water parks, in horseback riding, swimming & ice skating gives
them something they would otherwise never have experienced.
December 2008
Founder and 2009 Executive Committee Chair Katie Dukes talks about WMD
with Moxie...[click]
November
2006
Welcome to a recap of
our watershed year.
Last summer, when the executive committee met to discuss the goals and
activities for the coming year, a common thread emerged: raising
awareness. We talked about The Tipping Point, and its notion
that small actions can manifest a magnificent change if given the right
environment and support. We set forth to undertake as many thoughtful
actions as possible to spread the word of our grassroots effort to
improve the quality of life for our fellow women and children living in
the Lowcountry, our neighbors and our community. Read more...
[click]
November
2006
Women
Making a Difference Surpasses $200,000
Giving Mark; Grants Celebration Attracts Hundreds
Several hundred people cheered as Women Making a Difference awarded
$53,000 to 15 local charities at a party held at Lowndes Grove
Plantation on Wednesday, November 15. Since 2002, Women Making a
Difference has generated over $200,000 to fund grants that seek to
enhance the quality of life for women and children in the Lowcountry. Read more... [click]
November
2006
Weesie Newton, co-founder of Women
Making a Difference, was featured as the High Profile in the November
18th edition of the Post and Courier. Read how she started
this amazing army of women who are sparking ripples of hope and
compassion! [click]
November
2006
Local
Giving Circle Marks Fifth Anniversary
by Awarding $50,000 to Local Charities
Women Making a
Difference, a 150 member giving circle, will award over $50,000 in
grants to 15 local organizations at its fifth annual grants celebration
on Wednesday, November 15. The grants dispersal, one of Charleston
Philanthropy Week's most anticipated events, will take place from 7 - 9
p.m. at Lowdnes Grove Plantation with drinks and hors d'oeuvres
courtesy of Whole Foods. Read more... [click]
November
2006
Just in time for the
holidays, Women Making a Difference has launched a CafePress store full
of iteams featuring the logo. Our favorite item: the postage stamps,
which bear our web address. Stock up now for all of your written
correspondence. Check it out! [click]
October
2006
For the past four years, Women Making a Difference's mission has spread
mostly through word of mouth. No longer! Over the next year, hundreds
of thousands of people will be introduced to Women Making a Difference
via a billboard that will move to various locations along I-26 thanks
new member Heather Jones and her employer Adams Outdoor. Our first
location is westbound headed toward I-526, near the exit to the new
outlet mall. Check it out!
May
2006
Business Owners Sponsor Employee Memberships
in Women Making a Difference
Terms like "return on investment" and
"leveraging dollars" are familiar concepts in the business world;
however, a few savvy entrepreneurs in the Lowcountry are applying those
terms to their corporate philanthropy by underwriting memberships in
Women Making a Difference, a Charleston-based giving circle. Read
more... [click]
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