100+ Women Who Care of Chittenden County awards Planned Parenthood of New England $5200 at its second quarterly meeting.
100+ Women Who Care of Chittenden County steering committee members from left to right Tina Gallagher, Barbara Keller, Deb Caulo and Emilie Donath-Crawford present a $5,200 check to Planned Parenthood of New England on November 3, 2020. Photo courtesy of Robert Crawford.
BURLINGTON, Vermont, November 11, 2020 - 100+ Women Who Care (100+ WWC), a worldwide charitable organization with a new chapter in Chittenden County, Vermont, awarded Planned Parenthood of New England (PPNNE) $5200 with additional $1000 form other enthusiastic individuals and members at its second virtual meeting on October 28, 2020. PPNNE also confirmed that the 100+ WWC donation of $6200 was matched 2-1 as part of their special $350,000 Fall Challenge, resulting in triple the impact.
Meagan Gallagher, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England said, “Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is so grateful to 100+WWC Chittenden County for their generous gift to support our work. PPNNE is proud to provide expert and trusted care during the pandemic, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. In 2019, PPNNE served nearly 8,000 patients in Chittenden County and provided $340,000 of free and reduced care. In these extraordinary times, and with the help of 100+WWC Chittenden County, we can be there for our patients, no matter what.”
South Burlington resident, Barbara Keller, helped launch the Chittenden County Chapter of 100+WWC in January. “Once I heard about this incredible organization I just had to get involved,” she said. “I made the decision to start a local chapter because I wanted to see the power of like-minded women who care deeply about their community.”
The charitable giving group’s goal is to gather 100+ women who will donate $100 four times a year (or a team of two women who donate $50 four times a year) for a quarterly total donation of $10,000 that would support local community-based non-profit organizations.
“We have 60 members right now,” Keller informed. “We’d like to recruit 40 more members for the next quarter in order to grow our pool to collectively donate $10,000+, our ultimate goal. We are thrilled to see this small but mighty group grow.”
100+ Women Who Care members meet four times a year. Prior to the meeting, each individual member can nominate their choice of a single non-profit organization to be the recipient of the collected donations. Once all the nominations are in, three organizations are randomly selected from a hat. At the short quarterly meeting (this time via Zoom) these three organizations make their presentations. After the presentations, the members vote, and the selected non-profit is awarded the donation.
“Watching us grow from 25 to 60 members in 3 months is heartwarming & energizing,” mentioned steering committee member Emilie Donath-Crawford of Burlington. “The pandemic is not stopping people from joining & committing to giving, to ensure the non-profits who need us now more than ever can count on us. ”
Runner up charities, Let’s Grow Kids and Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, also received $100 each from 100+ Women Who Care.
The next scheduled meeting is January 27, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. To join 100+ Women Who Care or for more information visit https://www.100wwcvt.com/ or email 100wwcvt@gmail.com.
