100 Women Who Care of Pinellas County presented Women With Purpose with a donation of $11,200 in December. The charity will also receive a $5,000 matching gift from the Richard M. Schulze Foundation. The mission of Women With Purpose is to help families in the community who have cancer, by providing non-medical financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgages, utilities, car payments, insurance, gas, and food cards.
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, the group has given$206,000 to local charities. The next meeting is 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19th at Cove Cay Golf Club, located 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.
Pictured left to right back row: Brenda George, 100 Women Who Care Co-Leader; Phyllis Schaefer, 100 Women Who Care; Joanne Gilch, 100 Women Who Care; Julie Webster, 100 Women Who Care Co-Leader; Vicki Hano, Women With Purpose; Evelyn Nakelski, Women With Purpose; Jane Morse-Swett, Women With Purpose Founder; Elizabeth Vander Ploeg, Women With Purpose; Kelly McLaughlin, Women With Purpose Secretary; Dawn Laine, Women With Purpose, and Mary Pat McClain, 100 Women Who Care. For more information, contact Brenda George at 727-515-1868 or on Facebook at 100+ Women Who Care- Pinellas County.