100 Women Who Care of Pinellas County presented Suncoast Voices for Children with a donation of $12,000 on Friday, July 8th. The mission of Suncoast Voices for Children is to provide for the unmet physical, psychological, educational and social needs of abused, abandoned and neglected children in Pinellas and Pasco counties. The group will also receive a $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Foundation. (Richard M. Schulze is the founder of Best Buy).
100 Women Who Care of Pinellas County is a philanthropic group that provides an avenue for women to join together to bring financial support to local, charitable organizations that have a 501(c)(3) status. Members commit to attending four meetings per year (one per quarter) and pledge to donate $100 to an elected charity at each meeting. The members have the opportunity to nominate any organization, three of the nominated organizations are then randomly selected to give a 5-minute presentation, a vote is taken, and then checks are written directly to the winning charity. Since February of 2013, we have given $367,675 to local charities. The next meeting is 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 18th at Cove Cay Golf Club at 2612 Cove Cay Drive in Clearwater. There is a social time from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Cove Cay restaurant, where drinks and snacks can be purchased.
For more information, contact Brenda George at 727-515-1868, on Facebook at 100+ Women Who Care- Pinellas County, or on our website at www.100womenpinellas.org.