We had a wonderful night on June 8 celebrating our partnership with Howard Community College and our newly named room in the Science, Engineering and Technology building.

WGC hosted a Pre-Event Reception for donors and friends before the Community Foundation of Howard County’s Spring Party at Howard Community College.

We are proud to have partnered with HCC for over a decade to provide scholarships to women.

As part of this important relationship, we held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for our newly named Women’s Giving Circle classroom at HCC during the reception!

We had a lovely night celebrating our funding partnership!
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Stay tuned for official photos of the evening – great to see so many donors and supporters as well as some of our current, future, and past WGC chairs!

WGC Annual Celebration, October 15 – Save the Date!

Keynote Speaker: Rayna DuBose, “Strength, Power & Engagement: Growing and Giving in Our Community”
Location: Howard Community College
Date: Monday, October 15, 2018
Time: 5:00 -7:00 pm

Keynote Speaker Rayna DuBose was a star athlete from Howard County, who earned a full scholarship to play basketball at Virginia Tech. But after contracting bacterial meningitis, she woke up from a 3-week long coma to discover her limbs had been amputated.

Now a motivational speaker, Rayna will discuss how she overcame adversity and found her purpose through strength, power and engagement, and her thoughts on growing and giving in our community.
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We’ll provide registration information soon, but in the meantime, please Save the Date and plan to join the Women’s Giving Circle at our Annual Celebration!

WGC Happy Hour at Sub-Zero & Wolf Showroom by Fretz- July 17
Please join the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County for Happy Hour!
Location: Sub-Zero & Wolf Showroom by Fretz, 9204 Berger Road, Suite H, Columbia, MD 21046
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Time: 5:00 -7:00 pm
Cost: $35 /includes 2 glasses of wine and appetizers

Register here

Join us for great food, drink, company and conversation! Hear a brief overview of WGC’s recent accomplishments, continued plans for 2018 including our newly enhanced Emergency Response Network, and why and how you can participate! We are looking forward to a warm, inviting and personal group conversation – we expect to sell out so don’t delay in purchasing your tickets!

The charitable portion of this event is $15. This event is a fundraiser – the net proceeds will go toward WGC grants in 2018. We’ll be doing a happy hour series this year so we can give our current donors and those who may wish to become donors an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about the WGC.
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We look forward to seeing you!

​Wow – what a night!

We so enjoyed spending time with each of you who attended the WGC Happy Hour at Seasons 52 on March 6. It was a great night of learning and laughter with old and new friends and donors.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to learn more about the Women’s Giving Circle, our grantmaking, our programs and events, and opportunities to get involved.

If you like what you heard, ​we invite you to invest in the WGC today – you can DONATE HERE.

W​e also welcome your participation on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, and we hope to see you soon at an upcoming event.

Thanks very much for your support. Together we are having on impact on women and girls in our county, our home.

Sincerely,

Alison Canning, WGC Chair​
Barb Van Winkle, Vice Chair

Please join the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County for Happy Hour!

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Time: 5:00 -7:00 pm
Cost: $35 /includes 2 glasses of wine and appetizers
Register here
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Join us for great food, drink, company and conversation! And, hear a brief overview of WGC’s recent accomplishments, plans for 2018, and why and how you can participate. We are looking forward to a warm, inviting and personal group conversation – we expect to sell out so don’t delay in purchasing your tickets!

The charitable portion of this event is $15

This event is a fundraiser – the net proceeds will go toward WGC grants in 2018
We’ll be doing a happy hour series this year so we can give our current donors and those who may wish to become donors an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about the WGC.

We look forward to seeing you!

​WGC had a great 2017 and are looking forward to an impactful 2018, together. So much good work, so many reasons to give. Take a look at what we’ve accomplished this past year. Thanks to all our donors for your support!

In 2002, a group of sixteen women decided to start the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County. Now fifteen years later, with over 1,000 individual donors, and over $1 million in donations, the WGC has become a wonderful community of women with a shared purpose: to improve lives of women and girls through collective giving and grassroots action. Together, we have inspired each other to learn about the needs in the community, and have invested more than $300,000 in local community organizations that address the needs and improve the lives of women and girls.

The Women’s Giving Circle, one of the oldest giving circles in the country, is proud to celebrate the accomplishments that we have achieved together over the past 15 years, and we are looking toward fulfilling larger goals in the future!