Adrian Phair, board member of Camp to Belong, accepts the $10,000 check last year at Waterville Area Women’s Club “100 Women Who Give” event. This year’s nonprofit organizations on the voting ballot include Hardy Girls, Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area, and Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center. To purchase a ticket, visit watervilleareawomensclub.org. (contributed photo)
Waterville Area Women’s Club will host its third annual “100 Women Who Give” event Wednesday, April 8, at 6 p.m., at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, in Sidney, where attendees will cast live voting to select one local nonprofit to receive a $10,000 unrestricted gift.
The event invites women interested in supporting their community by contributing together as a group to increase impact. One hundred women will purchase a ticket for $100 each to raise $10,000. The evening includes food, presentations by selected nonprofits, music, in-person voting, followed by the awarding of the $10,000 gift to the selected organization, and new this year, a $2,000 runner-up gift sponsored by Kennebec Savings Bank will be awarded. The evening concludes with an event celebration.
Waterville Area Women’s Club President Alisa Johnson said the club’s members started the event as an opportunity for women who wish to collectively have a greater impact on nonprofits that support women and children.
“As one person, it’s often difficult to make a large financial impact alone, but as a group, we have the ability to make an immediate, direct, and positive impact in our communities,” Johnson said. “The more women who get involved, the greater our impact will be on our friends and neighbors.”
Last year’s “100 Women Who Give” event awarded $10,000 to Camp to Belong Maine, a local nonprofit dedicated to reuniting brothers and sisters who have become separated from adoption/foster care or other out-of-home placement through a week of summer camp and other events. Thanks to the generosity of more than 100 women in attendance, additional donations were presented to Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund and the South End Teen Center.
The three nonprofit organizations on the voting ballot this year include Hardy Girls, Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area, and Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center.
To learn more and purchase a ticket to attend and/or vote on April 8, or to make a gift in support of 100 Women Who Give, visit Waterville Area Women’s Club Facebook page or watervilleareawomensclub.org.
Waterville Area Women’s Club and its volunteer members support numerous local charities and service agencies in the greater Waterville area, with a focus on those that benefit women and children. The Club welcomes new female members. For more information, contact Alisa Johnson at 207-629-8317.
From left, Doug Andrews, Renee Murray and Adrian Phair share the mission of local nonprofit Camp to Belong after receiving last year’s $10,000 gift from Waterville Area Women’s Club’s “100 Women Who Give” award. (contributed photo)
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