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WGC Emergency Response Network Request – $1,000 – We Did It!

2/28/2019

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WGC Emergency Response Network Request – We Did It! Many thanks to everyone who took action today and donated to help a woman in need in our community. We asked, and you, our network of women philanthropists, responded – and we quickly raised $1,000! Thank you all! #WGCERN

EARLIER REQUEST:

The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County has received the following request to help with an immediate need in the community through our Emergency Response Network (ERN) – can you lend a hand?

Our partners at the Howard County Autism Society are requesting $1,000 in assistance for a client in need of respite supports. She is a single mother with a disability who has three children with disabilities (one of them with autism).

On behalf of our partners at the Howard County Autism Society we are asking for $1,000 from the Emergency Response Network to help support this mother in need. Can you lend a hand?
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WGC will pool your contributions and send the funds directly to the nonprofit. We will only accept enough funds to cover this request.

The WGC Emergency Response Network was created to provide an opportunity for WGC donors to directly help women in need. When our nonprofit partners are working with a woman or girl with an immediate need, they submit a request to the WGC.

Emergency Response Network Requests:
  • Come from one of our pre-determined nonprofit partners.
  • Are for immediate needs up to $1,000.
  • Provide assistance to women and girls in Howard County.

Thank you for your support of women and girls in our community through the WGC’s Emergency Response Network (ERN). We are making a bigger difference together than we might otherwise be able to alone – the reason for our giving circle!
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If you have any questions about the WGC or our Emergency Response Network, please email [email protected].

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GIRL POWER – March 10, 2019!

2/17/2019

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WGC is proud to fund this amazing program again this year: JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) hosts Girl Power, a STEM expo for middle and high school girls, with support from the Maryland Space Business Roundtable and Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County.

The event features hands-on activities, cool demonstrations, and take-home material for the girls to encourage an interest in STEM careers. Girls have the opportunity to talk to professional women in STEM careers such as aerospace, computer science, electrical engineering, geology, information technology, and space mission engineering. 

There is no registration required. Girl Power is scheduled for March 10, 2019, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. 

Mark your calendars and help spread the word! More information will be available soon.
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This event attracted over 700 elementary and middle school students for a crowd of 1,000+ We appreciate all the work you have done in the past to celebrate and highlight women in STEM!

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WGC eNewsletter – February 2019

2/12/2019

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Dear WGC Donors and Friends,

We’ve had a great start to the year so far – thanks to all our donors, partners, and friends who have supported our efforts in so many ways.

READ THE FULL FEBRUARY ENEWSLETTER HERE

And, we’ve got some great things planned the next few months. We are proud to be a funder of Girl Power! on March 10 – please plan to take your children or grandchildren, and help us spread the word! We are also proud to fund Journey Camp for Girls, which is now accepting applications for another amazing week of leadership and empowerment for rising 7th, 8th, and 9th grade girls. Applications are due April 30 – please help us spread the word! And, mark your calendars for our Pre-Party Toast on May 30th, in advance of the Community Foundation of Howard County’s Spring Party – more information to come.

Finally, please make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – we post information consistently about our work, events, grants, and topics of interest to our donors, partners, and the community.

I look forward to seeing many of you soon!

Sincerely,
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Barb Van Winkle, WGC Chair
[email protected]
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Grants Update: Emergency Response Network

2/11/2019

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The WGC Emergency Response Network was created to provide an opportunity for WGC donors to help women in need. When our nonprofit partners are working with a woman with an immediate need, they submit a request to the WGC ERN.

We enhanced the ERN in the Summer of 2018. Since that time have sent 7 WGC ERN requests to our donor base, and have received donations totaling $5,500. 

Emergency Response Network Requests:
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  • Come from one of our pre-determined nonprofit partners.
  • Are for immediate needs up to $1,000.
  • Provide assistance to women and girls in Howard County.

Thank you for your support of women and girls in our community through the WGC’s Emergency Response Network (ERN). We are making a bigger difference together than we might otherwise be able to alone – the reason for the success of our giving circle!

If you have any questions about the WGC or our Emergency Response Network, please email [email protected].

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