Columbia resident Betty Shepherd led a two-part workshop, “Get Control of Your Money,” for members of A Woman’s Journey Group at the North Laurel-Savage Multipurpose Center. 

The group is sponsored by the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County

The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County (WGC) sponsored a two-part personal money management workshop for a woman’s group at the North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center in December of 2008.  

The workshop, “Get Control of Your Money,” was led by Betty Shepherd, a Columbia resident and long time financial literacy volunteer.  

A Woman’s Journey Group was started a year ago with a grant from WGC.  The mission of the group is to strengthen local women to become leaders in their home and communities.  The group’s coordinators are Reservoir High School English Language Learners ParaEducator Gisela Cooke, Multiservice Center Outreach Coordinator Vidia Dhanraj and journalist Lisa Kawata of Patuxent Publishing Company.  

Women in the group are provided practical resources, information, and the opportunity to meet other women in the community and are helped in overcoming barriers to services that support self-sufficiency and/or from achievement of their personal life goals.  

WGC is an organization of women philanthropists dedicated to addressing the needs of women and girls in Howard County. Among its initiatives is financial aid for women taking job-related courses at Howard Community College, emergency funding for non-profits serving women and girls, a summer leadership camp, Money Matters Club and STEM Career Expo for middle and high school girls, and a variety of other programs to advance its mission throughout the year.  

For information, visit www.womensgivingcircle.org