We have lots of options to make an impact, and 1 final day to give to the WGC in 2024. Thank you for your generosity!
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 thank you. As we celebrate the holiday season I want to thank all of you - our WGC community. Read the full eNewsletter here I am grateful to our Advisory Board, our Executive Director, our past leadership, and all of you - our growing community of donors, grantees, partners, and all those who are making a bigger difference together than we might otherwise make alone through collective giving. One way many women are doing this is through an end-of-year gift to the WGC. There are numerous ways to support the WGC - from donating to WGC's Break the Cycle Period Product Drive, to supporting a woman in need through WGC's Emergency Response Network, to becoming a WGC 2025 Sponsor, to joining the WGC 2025 Big Give, to leaving a Legacy Gift to the WGC ... and more. Any gift, of any size, is valued and appreciated! This, is the power of our giving circle. Thank you for your consideration of a year-end gift. Please contact WGC Executive Director Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz with any questions. Happy Holidays! Jennifer Bodensiek WGC Advisory Board Chair [email protected] www.womensgivingcircle.org  What a night celebrating philanthropy with the Community Foundation of Howard County! The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County was in the house as two of our visionary longtime leaders were honored. Congratulations Jean F. Moon and Alison Canning for all you do for our community, for all you’ve done to grow philanthropy, and in particular, for all you have done and continue to do for The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County! WGC's Advisory Board got together for an end-of-year gathering, where we toasted a meaningful year supporting women and girls in Howard County. WGC’s Advisory Board = true leadership! Thank you to everyone who stopped by Howard Community College to drop off period products for our "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive! We collected enough products today to support HCC's Food Pantry for students for a few months - we appreciate all of the support! Please click here if you are interested in donating and learning more about WGC's Break the Cycle Period Product Drive and the amazing work of our student interns! On Saturday, December 7 our WGC Break the Cycle Leadership and Student Interns represented the WGC at the Girls on the Run 5K, and collected period products from participants. Many thanks to all who donated! We are so proud of our partners at GOTR and all of the amazing girls who ran the 5K! Since 2022, the WGC has supported women’s health and highlighted period poverty in Howard County through the WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Period Product Drive, an effort to highlight period poverty through education, donations, fundraising, and grantmaking to support women and girls in Howard County. The WGC has chosen to continue our focus on this important issue because it's a need that is easily and often overlooked and we believe it is time to break the cycle of period poverty”. This year we are excited to host 7 “Break the Cycle” Student Interns throughout the 2024-2025 school year, who are focusing on women’s philanthropy, the continuum of women’s health, and in particular period poverty. On Wednesday, December 4 we hosted our monthly, virtual WGC Break the Cycle Student Intern meeting, where we discussed the state of women's healthcare with Guest Speaker Jennifer Holland, Director of Policy and Community Engagement at The Horizon Foundation. Jennifer discussed the Horizon's focus on women's health, and in particular Maternal and Infant Health, Mental Health, and Health Coverage and Care. Jennifer also discussed how we all can take action to fight for the things we care about, including:
WGC's "Break the Cycle" Student Interns appreciate learning about women's health from a local advocate and will continuing learning and engaging each month on these issues that they care deeply about. Learn more about WGC's "Break the Cycle" effort here. 
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"Women’s philanthropy shapes the future for women and girls through the power of collective giving." - Jennifer Woods, Chair
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