A brand new approach to giving back is coming to Chatham-Kent.
The goal of 100 Women Who Care Chatham-Kent is to get local women together for one hour, four times a year, to donate $100 each to a local charity. The charities are nominated by the members.
"At each meeting we'll draw three of those charities out of a hat," says chapter co-leader Rachel Raspburg. "We'll listen to three presentations about each one and the award recipient is declared by majority vote. So that means everybody will write their cheque directly to the organization, and it will turn into a $10,000 donation to make a large immediate impact in the community."
"For women who don't have a lot of time to give, it's an opportunity for women to network, and engage and to socialize with very little time commitment, there's no fundraising," says Raspburg. "We're just asking for a cheque and a caring heart."
Raspburg says it can also be very personal, "since members have to opportunity to nominate the charity or non-profit, we're really looking to reach out to people who run organizations and ask them to join us, and to nominate their own organization."
Their inaugural meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 24 at Retro Suites Hotel at 6pm.
The deadline to nominate charities and non-profit groups is Monday, August 22.
For more on 100 Women Who Care Chatham-Kent, and to nominate a charity, click here.
