COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Officials for the Branch County United Way have announced the tenth annual Power of the Purse event will take place on March 2, 2024 at the Dearth Community Center in Coldwater.
Ticket sales will be announced at a later date. The 2023 event raised $67,500 for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The Power of the Purse funds the Branch County United Way effort to supply free books to area children from birth to age five. Almost 100 purses were donated to the 2023 event which was once again divided into a lunch and dinner.
Numerous local businesses get involved as sponsors or have their employees serve as volunteers. Only woman are allowed to attend the event which is well attended every year.
Funds from this event stay local. Two women from the community are honored every year during the Branch County United Way’s Power of the Purse event for their service and community involvement.
The honorees this past year were Angie Marsh from Southern Marsh Realty who was selected as the Woman of the Year in Business and Marilyn Ostrander who was named the Woman of the Year in Service.
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