COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – All women in the community are invited to join Women Who Care of Branch County. The next meeting is on Wednesday, August 19. The doors of the Coldwater Eagles open at 5 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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 (four short meetings per year) and resources ($100 four times per year) to streamline fundraising for local charities and organizations. Meetings occur once per quarter. Members may nominate the charity of their choice at the beginning of each meeting. 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 to donating $100 per quarter to the charity chosen at the meeting. Members are not required to nominate and speak; many members simply come to the meeting, hear a short presentation about three charities, vote, and then write their $100 check directly to the winning charity. Checks are collected and delivered to the charity all at once.
This is the seventh meeting for the group since the initial meeting in early 2014. To date the group has given over $38,400 to various community organizations including the Bridges out of Poverty program, Backpack Buddy progam, the Girlz Club, Family Promise, the Branch Area Rescue Coalition, and Girls on the Run. Hors d’oeuvres for the meetings have been generously donated by the Branch County Community Foundation. For more information, go to their Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/WomenWhoCareBC or call Diana Butler at 517-617-9069.
