February Agency Winner!

Congratulations to Meals on Wheels and to Kathy Romy, who successfully nominated this organization! The other two agencies considered were Cancer Support Community South Central Indiana, nominated by Theresa Claire, and St. Vincent de Paul Society, nominated by Debbie Zerr. We appreciate learning more about their important work.  Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 3, 2023! Want to join the 100+ Women Who Care Giving Circle? Contact Steering Committee member Kathleen McConahay at kmcconahay@yahoo.com with any questions you have.

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Welcome 2023!

Thank you for being a part of 100+ Women Who Care! We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 at the Bloomington Country Club (3000 S Rogers St, Bloomington, IN 47403). Registration and refreshments open at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. A display of appetizers and desserts will be provided on behalf of the Community Foundation. We appreciate the amazing work the 100+ Women Who Care giving circle provides to our community – thank you. While new Covid cases are decreasing in Monroe County, we still encourage you to mask to protect yourself and others. Masking is not required by the Bloomington Country Club. If you are not feeling well, or have been exposed to Covid, please stay home for the protection of everyone. To join or renew your membership, each member makes a $100 donation (or $50 donation for Young members) to the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County for the 100+ Women Who Care endowment fund to help meet future needs of our community. If you haven’t already joined or renewed, you can send a check to 100+ Women Who Care 100 South College Ave., Suite 240, Bloomington, IN 47404. You can also donate on the Community Foundation website. Under Fund, select “100+ Women Who Care Fund.” If you have any questions regarding membership, please contact Steering Committee member, Kathleen McConahay and Community Foundation point of contact, Emily Hannon by calling (812) 333-9016 or by emailing ehannon@cfbmc.org.

August 2022 Agency Winner

Congratulations to Teacher’s Warehouse and Sara Laughlin, who successfully nominated this organization! As soon as we have information about presenting our donations, we will send out an email message with details.

The other two agencies considered were Cancer Support Community South Central Indiana, nominated by Stephanie Shelton, and Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House, nominated by Kathleen McConahay. We appreciate learning more about their important work. 

Our next meeting is November 2!

Next Meeting: August 3, 2022

May 2022 Agency Winner

May 2022 Agency Winner: People & Animal Learning Services (PALS)! Congratulations to Melinda Doster, who successfully nominated this organization! As soon as we have information about presenting our donations, we will send out an email message with details.

The other two agencies considered were Indiana Limestone Symposium, nominated by Mary Ann Sterling, and St. Vincent de Paul, nominated by Deborah Zerr. We appreciate learning more about their important work.

Our next meeting is August 3! Check your email closer to August for more details on how this meeting will be conducted.

February 2022 Agency Winner

Congratulations to My Sister’s Closet and Maryanne Pelic, who successfully nominated this organization!

The other two agencies considered were Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, nominated by Donna Lafferty, and IU Bloomington Let’s Talk, nominated by Hannah (Laughlin) Armstrong. We appreciate learning more about their important work. 

Our next meeting is May 4! Check your email closer to May for more details on how this meeting will be conducted.

So much to love about this!

Today we had the great pleasure of meeting the students and the teacher behind the Hoosier Hills Career Center project that won our support at our November meeting. Several of the students spoke beautifully about what this project means to them and to our community. We are so happy and proud to support this extraordinary school, and the students and teachers who are part of it.

Back to the Future?

The very first agency that we chose to support, way back in 2011, was New Hope for Families, which at the time was a very newly established shelter for families that are experiencing homelessness. As you know, once an agency is chosen for our support, it is not eligible to be nominated again for two years. At our August meeting last week, member Emily Pike, the current executive director of New Hope, made an eloquent, informative, and stirring plea, and we once again voted to support New Hope with our quarterly donations. Congratulations, Emily! Donations to be presented on August 21st.

May selection: Community Kitchen

We first voted to support Community Kitchen with our donations back in February of 2013. After two years, an agency that has won is eligible for re-nomination. Congratulations to 100+ Women Who Care member Carol Dilks, who serves as a member of the board of Community Kitchen, and who successfully advocated on their behalf at our meeting on May 2, 2018!

Starting 2018 off right

We met on Feb. 7 and voted to support Hoosier Hills Food Bank. So many people renewed their commitment! It was truly heartening. Our February renewal donations and donations to HHFB brought our total giving to just above $688,000. Think of that – as an individual, if you have been a member from the first meeting back in 2011, you have given $3,100. Together, though, we have given so very much more. Next meeting: Wednesday, May 2, 2018. See you there.