COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- The Coach Eby Youth and Family Center in Coldwater is the latest recipient of a major funding boost from Women Who Care of Branch County. At their most recent meeting, the group voted to donate $9,400 to the Center, putting their donation total to the community at $57,100. The Coach Eby Center plans to use the money for programming and food for the students who attend after school events and Friday Night Alive.
Women Who Care of Branch County is an alliance of busy women who want to make a difference and can commit a small amount of time and resources to streamline fundraising for local charities and organizations. The group has four short meetings a year with members giving $100 for each session. They can nominate the charity of their choice at the beginning of the sessions. Three nominations are pulled out of a box, and those three nominating members have 10 minutes to speak to the group on why the charity is in need of the funds. After all three have spoken, the members vote on who should get the money raised that evening. Those who are unable to attend still commit their quarterly donation for the chosen charity.
Other community organizations the group has contributed to includes the Bridges out of Poverty program, Backpack Buddy Progam, the Girlz Club, Family Promise, the Branch Area Rescue Coalition, Girls on the Run, and the Altrusa Happy Feet Program. Hors d’oeuvres for the meetings have been donated by the Branch County Community Foundation.
