new year, new opportunities. Read the full eNewsletter here Happy New Year! We are excited for the year ahead and the opportunities we have to bring us all together to learn, share, connect, and pool our dollars to support women and girls in our community. Here's 3 ways to get involved in the WGC today: 1. WGC's March 6, 2024 Annual Celebration - We are excited to host our 2024 Annual Celebration & Pink Party on Wednesday, March 6 from 5:30 - 7:30 at Howard Community College. Join us to discuss "How Philanthropy Can Support Women's Rights" and to hear about the latest WGC efforts. Learn more and sponsor and/or buy tickets here 2. WGC's 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities - It takes a special individual, organization or business to understand the value of investing in women and girls by sponsoring the WGC throughout 2024! Sponsorship includes tickets to our signature event: WGC's Annual Celebration & Pink Party on March 6, 2024 and recognition at other WGC events throughout the year. Learn more and sponsor here 3. WGC's 2024 Big Give - The Big Give 2024 is designed for women who want to learn more about grantmaking to women and girls in our community and will be a fun, fast-paced, "pop-up" giving circle learning and giving experience. Learn more and sign-up here And, we have multiple ongoing opportunities to get involved in the WGC this year including the WGC's Feminine Hygiene Product Drive, the WGC Emergency Response Network, and the WGC's "Our Giving, Our Stories" profile series. These opportunities to get involved in the Women's Giving Circle all support women and girls in Howard County. Learn more below. This, is the power of a giving circle. Please contact WGC Executive Director Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz with any questions and sign up to join us below. See you soon! Jennifer Bodensiek WGC Advisory Board Chair wgcchair@wgchowardcounty.org www.wgchowardcounty.org
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It takes a special individual, organization or business to understand the value of investing in women and girls by sponsoring the WGC throughout 2024! Sponsorship includes tickets to our signature event: WGC's Annual Celebration & Pink Party on March 6, 2024 - during Women's History Month, and recognition at other WGC events throughout the year. Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors to date! WGC 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities
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WGC Executive Director Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz joined the Board of Directors of Maryland Philanthropy Network (MPN) for a funders' reception at the Community Foundation of Howard County to welcome new President and CEO, Danista E. Hunte. Danista joined the MPN team in October 2023 bringing with her a wealth of experience spanning over three decades in the philanthropic and non-profit sector. WGC is a member of MPN and a fund of the Community Foundation of Howard County, and we were excited to meet and build relationships with other MPN funder members, and to welcome Danista and hear her vision for MPN.
The National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a nationwide effort to transform the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. into a day of community service that help solve social problems. This is something the WGC believes in! WGC Executive Director Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz delivered feminine hygiene products to the Howard County Food Bank for MLK Day of Service - from the WGC Advisory Board and our amazing partners at CA, The 3rd, and WKD Karate4Girls Thank you to all of our donors and partners for giving and volunteering today, and thank you Officer Harry Dunn for your help and support today, and every day. #mlkday2024 #MLKDayofService The Women's Giving Circle is proud to amplify the voices and stories of women givers in our community through our regular series "Our Giving, Our Stories". This month we are profiling Claudia Marion Allen in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: When did you start giving to issues that are important to you? "In Middle School I started volunteering at nursing homes, homeless shelters, clothing drives, and even volunteered bagging groceries and carrying them out for the elderly at a local grocery store. I have never stopped volunteering since!" Claudia's current philanthropic focus is on: Maryland Humanities, ADRA, and Adventist Peace Fellowship. Read Claudia's full profile here. Learn more about the WGC's "Our Giving, Our Stories", WGC's ongoing series of giving profiles designed to celebrate women's philanthropy and amplify the voices of women and girls in Howard County. Nominate a woman today! We are always accepting the names of women throughout the year who may be profiled for their inspiring philanthropic leadership.
The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County's 2023-2024 Advisory Board met this week for our End-of-Year Celebration, where we welcomed new Advisory Board members, said thank you to those members departing, celebrated a successful 2023, and discussed all that we have before us for a meaningful 2024, together.
Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County Announces New Leadership The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County is very pleased to announce the addition of four new members to its Advisory Board, as well as the full slate of Executive Committee and Advisory Board members for 2024. The newly elected Advisory Board members are Mary Jordan, Kim Lightfoot, Jessica Moreno, and Paula Seabright. “We are thrilled to welcome these talented women, each of whom bring diverse experience and unique backgrounds to the Women’s Giving Circle” said WGC Advisory Board Chair Jennifer Bodensiek.
"We look forward to utilizing Mary, Kim, Jessica, and Paula's immense talents to support our efforts in 2024" said April Force Pardoe, WGC Governance Committee Chair. "We have a wonderful group of leaders joining our talented Advisory Board who will continue to guide our efforts to support women and girls in Howard County now and in the future." We are very grateful to Melissa Curtin, Judy Smith, and Mary Thompson, whose terms are ending on the WGC Advisory Board after four years of dedicated leadership and service. “Melissa, Judy, and Mary have deep community knowledge and a true passion for philanthropy” said Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, WGC Executive Director. “We have been fortunate to have them by our side as we work to shape the future for women and girls in Howard County through the power of collective giving”. The WGC is honoring Melissa, Judy, and Mary for all that they have done and will continue to do for the WGC through the WGC’s Barb Van Winkle Leadership Fund. This is a fund honoring former WGC Chair Barb Van Winkle and all WGC leaders, and we invite gifts in honor of WGC women's philanthropic leadership the last 22 years with a gift in her/their honor. The WGC 2024 Advisory Board: Executive Committee
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The Women’s Giving Circle is building a community of philanthropists to address the needs of women and girls in Howard County. We bring women together to learn about issues impacting women and girls in our community, and pool our dollars to fund programs that address those issues so we can have a greater impact together than we might otherwise have alone. WGC's leadership looks forward to partnering in the community with donors, nonprofits, businesses, government, and the broader community to support women and girls in Howard County. www.womensgivingcircle.org. We are excited to support our partners at Girls on the Run of Central Maryland and their recent 5k Celebration! WGC was excited to provide marketing pieces in the awesome swag bags. Thanks GOTR ED Morgan Meneses-Sheets and team! Go girls! We are so proud of our partnership with The Columbia Association on the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County's Feminine Hygiene Product Drive! Many thanks to Columbia Association's Robin Stimson and team who collected four bins full of products that filled a full container for our partners at the Community Action Council of Howard County's Howard County Food Bank. Thank you to everyone who donated products and to CA for your partnership! Learn more about the WGC's Feminine Hygiene Product Drive here, and how you can give products and/or donate money to support women and girls in our community - thank you!
We had a wonderful night celebrating the first “elevate” cohort at The 3rd. "elevate" is a Leadership Development Program for Women of Color in Howard County. The program is a 10-week effort focused on preparing women to take an assertive approach to leadership in the community socially, politically and economically. The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County is honored to have partnered with The 3rd to envision and implement "elevate". Congratulations to all!
After 14 months of planning, we just finished up the Philanos PowerUP! Baltimore National Women's Collective Giving Conference that brought together over 300 women to learn, share, network, and connect about the power of women's philanthropy, giving circles, and giving together. The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County was proud to co-Host this incredible event and WGC Executive Director Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz served as co-Chair, who also serves on the Philanos Board of Directors along with Barb Van Winkle. WGC leaders helped plan the conference, worked with our sponsors, spoke on panels, served as DEI advocates, and took the time to attend this important gathering - huge thanks to Barb Van Winkle, Jennifer Bodensiek, Laura Bacon, Nette Stokes, Kashonna Marrow, Cheryl Gray, Faith Wachter, Mary Ann Scully, Lynne Schaefer, Jade McDuffie McClary, Esq., and Malynda Madzel - who was honored with the Willoughby Award for women who are changemakers in philanthropy! We shared information on how we are using data from The WGC's State of Women and Girls in Howard County, we provided information on fundraising strategies, we provided expertise on creating a social media roadmap, we told our story about how we elevate the voices and stories of our members to highlight philanthropy, and we listened and learned from so many others. Our leadership had the opportunity to work with other giving circle leaders and philanthropic networks that we've partnered with for years. We laughed, we learned, we connected with Philanos Board members, affiliates, partners and sponsors, and we left energized and inspired to continue to try and make a difference where we live. Women's collective giving is investing millions of dollars in our local communities each year - we are stronger together. Many thanks to the countless amazing women who rolled up their sleeves to make PowerUP! Baltimore 2023 a huge success! Friends, Have you wanted to learn more about giving circles and the power of women's collective giving? I hope you will consider joining us at the Philanos PowerUP! Baltimore National Conference November 5-7 at The Four Seasons in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. You can come for the whole conference, for a day, or join us virtually - there are many options and you won't want to miss being with hundreds of other women leaders in philanthropy. I am very proud that the WGC is a co-Host of PowerUP! Baltimore. We are honored to partner with Philanos and a number of our local giving circles to lead this important national conference. Philanos is the leading national women's giving circle network. And, we are thrilled to announce that WGC's Malynda Madzel will be honored with the prestigious Willoughby Award in Baltimore on Monday, November 7 at the Four Seasons! The Willoughby Award honors visionary women leaders in philanthropy whose experience and affiliation with her collective giving organization has empowered her to become a visionary leader among women in philanthropy. Shhh - it's a surprise to the rest of the country, but we're telling our closest friends so you can plan to join us to celebrate Malynda and the WGC! Learn more and register for PowerUP! Baltimore here The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County has been a national leader in the women's collective giving movement for the last 20+ years, and we are honored to bring PowerUP! Baltimore to our members, and hundreds of women around the country. I hope you will join us! Sincerely, Jennifer Bodensiek WGC Advisory Board Chair wgcchair@wgchowardcounty.org www.wgchowardcounty.org
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