Events

WGC's "Leadership & Legacy" Happy Hour - November 19, 2025, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

WGC's Leadership & Legacy Happy Hour
Our Leadership. Our Legacy. Our Future.
November 19, 2025, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Kahlert Foundation Complex, 5500 Dragon Place, Howard Community College
$25 per person

Please join us as we celebrate our leadership, our donors, our partners, and we share a special announcement about the exciting next chapter for the WGC. Learn what we have planned in the coming year, and how you can get involved!

Your $25 donation will support WGC's "Break the Cycle Period Product Drive. Register here today:

WGC's "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive Up & Drop Off - December 13, 2025, 9:00 - 11:00 am

Plan to join us on Saturday, December 13, 2025 between 9:00 - 11:00 am as we collect period products to support women and girls in Howard County.

It's easy!

Just drive up and drop off products and we'll deliver them to our nonprofit partners in Howard County.

Too many people in Howard County lack consistent access to the menstrual products they need and we are working to ensure that no one misses school, work, or daily life because of their period. Please Join the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County and our Young Women’s Giving Circle as we work to help break the cycle of period poverty in our community.

Learn more about WGC's Break the Cycle Period Product Drive here - thanks for your support!

WGC's 2026 Annual Celebration & Pink Party - March 4, 2026 - Save the Date!

WGC's 2026 Annual Celebration & Pink Party
"The Power of We: Courageous Philanthropy for Complex Times"
March 4, 2026, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Kahlert Foundation Complex, 5500 Dragon Place, Howard Community College

With Keynote Speaker Hali Lee, Author of "The Big We" How Giving Circles Unlock Generosity, Strengthen Community, and Make Change

Tickets: $100 - All Participants Will Receive a Copy of "The Big We"
Purchase tickets and/or sponsor here!

In 2025, Hali Lee was named to the inaugural Time100 Philanthropy in recognition of her work building collective giving. In 2021, she was named to Forbes’ 50 Over 50: Impact in recognition of her work as a founder of the Donors of Color Network, Philanthropy Together, a national collective giving support organization, and the Asian Women Giving Circle. Today, she leads a boutique consulting practice, Radiant Strategies, whose clients include Fidelity Charitable, the Bill Gates Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

WGC's "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive - Ongoing

The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County hosts our ongoing "Break the Cycle" Period Product Drive throughout the year. We are focusing on this issue because it's a need that is easily and often overlooked.

Did you know ...

29% of girls miss school due to lack of supplies needed.
39% cannot provide period products for themselves.
Some are forced to use towels and plastic instead of proper supplies.

We are collecting donated products on a regular basis at all 6 Howard County Library Branches, Howard Community College, several local businesses, the Columbia Association, and more. And, we are collecting funds to purchase products - all are distributed to the Community Action Council/Howard County Food bank, and Columbia Community Care to provide to women and girls in our community. Learn more and give here!

WGC’s events support our mission of creating a community of philanthropists and are designed for women around the issues we focus on through our membership and development. 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.

The WGC hosts events that fall under four categories:

Giving: We engage women, and at times their families, in opportunities to give to the community in a variety of ways.
Learning: We engage women in events to learn about philanthropy and the various issues and nonprofits that we fund.
Networking: We bring our members and others together to learn about the WGC and how to get involved, or further engaged in our work.
Celebrating: We bring our members and others together to celebrate women’s philanthropy and our collective giving.

We look forward to getting together again in person as we can. Please follow WGC efforts through the WGC's eNewsletter and by following the WGC on social media to stay connected - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also read the latest on what WGC is doing on our website, and specifically our blog.

We are proud to be Sobar Certified, where we offer a variety of non-alcoholic drinks at our public events.

Photo, Audio and Video Notification

By participating in an event, effort or program of the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, there will most likely be pictures taken and/or audio and video recording taking place. By attending you agree to be photographed, recorded, and filmed. And, you agree to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any photos, recording or filming of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose by the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, including for use on websites, social media, news and promotion.