Happy May WGA!
P.L.E.A.S.E.
Play. Love. Eat. Appreciate. Sleep. Exercise.
On May 1, May day, at the last education event before summer for WGA, this was the valuable takeaway from Dr. Ellen Williams and Dr. Kristen Kelley’s session on holistic health.
This is such a fitting message for the women of WGA…you…who always take care of others and over achieve in every way!
Need an example? We’re not even halfway through the year yet, and we have already reached more than 91% of our growth goal with 467 members! With 79 new, 24 4Sight and 54 legacy members, we are breaking records and making history together.
We’ve already hosted 15 events. We invited friends.
In less than 2 weeks from the announcement of the Delores Barr Weaver challenge gift, we not only met the challenge gift, but more than quadrupled it, with close to $76,000 being added to this year’s grants pool! Some of those dollars came in from non-members, including men.
Influence and ripple effects abound!
You also made a plea on social media to consider contributing dollars we’d spend on holiday flowers toward our grants pool instead, and voila! More than $6,000 came in! With new members, renewals and these efforts combined, we have achieved our goal for the largest grant pool ever to lift more women and children out of poverty this year!!
Our larger collective voice helped impact our state in having the most protective child laws in the country, too!
There’s so much more, but not enough space here. Mark your calendars for our annual meeting on 10/31/18 and invite your friends for the most comprehensive update and reward of ratifying this year’s grantees toward our focus on breaking the cycle of female poverty. We have so much to celebrate together!
But for now, let’s take our usual e-news break for summer and do as the doctors say, “P.L.E.A.S.E.” And, let’s do it each day. We’ll have more energy in the fall if we make time now for play!!
Grateful to serve with all of you in WGA,
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