February 10, 2012


Network of women supporting women

Laura Ely DiabetesSisters connects and educates women with diabetes so they can tackle more successfully the unique concerns they face in managing the disease.

Women's Voices

Book celebrating women published

Sales of the book, which features stories and poems by and about local women, will benefit the programs of the Women’s Resource Center in Hickory.

Women Givers

Women lagging in political giving

While women cast more votes than men during the 2008 election cycle, they contributed only about a third of all political donations.


Women's Causes

Women’s center to host gala

The Women’s Resource Center in Hickory will hold its annual gala May 7 with the theme 'Women Taking the Lead in Saving Our Planet.'

Giving Well

Women’s group focuses on recession

The Women’s Network – Connecting for Change will host its spring education lunch in Raleigh on March 25.


Women and Giving features news and information about women givers, effective giving, and causes women support.

Women and Giving News: In Brief

  • Andrea Bazán, president of the Triangle Community Foundation and chair of National Council of La Raza, named to Department of Homeland Security's Southwest Border Taskforce.
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Charlotte Alumni Chapter, awarded total of $18,575 to 18 local nonprofits, and 23 college scholarships totaling $30,402.
  • Ten Thousand Villages, Raleigh, hosting World Fair Trade Day Celebration, including free samples, door prizes, chance to win discounts, May 9.
  • Robin Hudson, North Carolina Supreme Court justice, elected board president, Women's Forum of North Carolina, Raleigh; Paula A. Wolf elected VP and president elect.
  • Over past five years, Women's Impact Fund, program of Foundation for the Carolinas, has awarded total of $1.4M in grants to 19 nonprofits in Charlotte-Mecklenberg area; plans to award $400,000 in 2009.
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