100 Women Who Care of Pinellas County presented $12,100 to Showered and Empowered on September 30, 2021. Showered and Empowered provides the access of mobile shower and laundry facilities to the homeless community of the Tampa Bay area. The group will also receive a $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Foundation.
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. For each meeting, the members have the opportunity to nominate a charity, three of the nominated charities 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 $330,950 to local charities. The next quarterly meeting (with options of both Zoom and live) will be 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 18, 2021, 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 may be purchased. Contact Brenda George at 727-515-1868 for more information or visit our web site at www.100womenpinellas.org.
Pictured left to right: Craig Wills, Facilities Manager of St. Pete First United Methodist Church; Mary Munoz, Volunteer; Carol Spencer, guest; Pat Ballance, 100 Women Who Care; Sarita Lastrapes, 100 Women Who Care; Rosalie DiBello, 100 Women Who Care; Pam Griffiths, 100 Women Who Care; Connie Robinson, 100 Women Who Care; Sheelagh Wallis, 100 Women Who Care; Chrissy Jenkins, Executive Director, Showered and Empowered; Jean Campbell, 100 Women Who Care; Brenda George, 100 Women Who Care Co-founder; and Julie Webster, 100 Women Who Care Co-founder.