Women’s Fund Raises Over $114,000 at annual Power of the Purse Event
Last Updated Oct 2011
GREEN BAY, Wis. – October 18, 2011 - The Women’s Fund of Greater Green Bay hosted its 7th Annual Power of the Purse event on Wednesday, September 28, 2011. The luncheon raised over $114,000 and proceeds will benefit the Women’s Fund mission of assisting programs for women and girls that support leadership and self-esteem initiatives here in the greater Green Bay area. The Women’s Fund hosts this annual luncheon to celebrate and bring together the women, men, and girls in the Green Bay area that support one another every day.
At the event, the Women’s Fund congratulated the 2011 grant recipients including the Boys and Girls Club of Green Bay, Freedom House Ministries, the Greater Green Bay YMCA, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, Literacy Green Bay, NWTC Educational Foundation, Preble High School, Washington Middle School, Wisconsin Women’s Network and Wise Women Gathering Place.
So far, the Women’s Fund has raised an endowment of almost $1.0 million dollars and has granted more than $140,000 in partnership with donors to programs that are making a difference – helping women return to school, raising the literacy rate of women and girls in poverty, guiding homeless women through self-esteem initiatives and more.
The Women’s Fund will host their annual Girlfriends event on Wednesday, April 25th at the Meyer Theatre.