100 Women Who Care Elkhart County awards $10,000 to Women’s Care Center
The 100 Women Who Care Elkhart County giving circle held their first gathering of the year on Tuesday, January 10 at the Matterhorn Conference Center. The group again collected $10,000 to award to a worthy nonprofit organization serving Elkhart County. The recipient for this quarter is the Women’s Care Center, an organization that provides free, confidential counseling, support and education to women facing unplanned pregnancies.
The 100 Women Who Care group presented the $10,000 check to the Women’s Care Center on Tuesday, January 31st.
The Process: Efficient and Impactful
100 Women Who Care Elkhart County gather four times a year for an hour-long meeting. Each woman or team of women will write a check for $100 and write down a local charity. Each charity will be put into a pool for consideration. Three will be drawn and the attendees will vote on which of the top three they think should receive that meeting’s funds.
This combined donation of $10,000 quarterly makes a real impact, without time-consuming fundraising events and planning. The hope is to provide for those in greatest need in Elkhart County by supporting the nonprofit organizations who are doing such good work.
How to Join
New members are always welcome! To become a member of 100 Women Who Care Elkhart County, a membership form can be completed online at 100WomenWhoCareElkhart.com or at the next meeting.
About 100 Women Who Care Elkhart County
In the summer of 2014, Jenny Welch and Sheila Terlep organized the 100 Women Who Care Elkhart County chapter, a gathering of local women who care deeply about Elkhart County and give generously to see their communities thrive. Throughout the last two and a half years over 200 women have given to the Elkhart County chapter to support local causes and the group has awarded $130,000 to local organizations serving Elkhart County residents, including: Church Community Services, Crossing Educational Center, Bashor Children’s Home, CAPS (toward CASA Program), Elkhart County Suicide Prevention Coalition, Ryan’s Place, Guidance Ministries, Elkhart County Clubhouse, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Humane Society of Elkhart County, Ronald McDonald House Charities Michiana, and most recently, the Women’s Care Center.
The 100 Women Who Care is a component fund of the Community Foundation of Elkhart County. The Community Foundation partners with donors to leverage their philanthropy in ways that transform lives. Since 1989, Community Foundation has connected the generosity of donors with community needs by providing scholarship opportunities to local students and making grants to nonprofit organizations working to improve the quality of life in Elkhart County.
To learn more about the 100 Women Who Care Elkhart County giving circle, visit 100WomenWhoCareElkhart.com.