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Our 15th year celebration on February 20th was a big success! Thanks to all who came, and a special thanks to Liz Clist and her committee for all the planning and work they put in to make this the success that it was. Looking forward, we are now planning for our Spring Luncheon. Please put May 16th on your calendars now and register early. At this luncheon we award our new grants and hear from the past recipients about how they have used this past year's grants. This is also our annual business meeting, where we elect the board for the next year. It's an important luncheon and we hope you all can make it. See more details below.
Our grants committee has been hard at work. Our new theme, Women's Health, Wellness and Justice, has garnered many proposals. The committee has done a thorough job of reviewing them. Many thanks to Elizabeth Loda and her grants committee.
Hope to see you all at the Spring Luncheon. Thankfully spring has finally arrived!
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Spring Luncheon and Annual Meeting May 9th
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Spring is here and it will soon be time for our Spring Luncheon on May 16 at Colleton River Clubhouse, at 11:30 a.m. Grants based on this year's theme, "Women's Health, Wellness and Justice," will be presented and new board members will be elected. The highlight of the day will be reports from the six organizations receiving grants last year based on the theme
"Strengthening Options for the Elderly."
- Second Helpings --- Healthy Food Initiative ($5,000) to provide fresh produce for distribution to senior sites at Burton Wells Senior Center-Beaufort, Leroy Brown Senior Center-Beaufort and the Bluffton Senior Center.
- Sandalwood Community Food Pantry --- Totes for Love for Seniors ($7,000) to provide toiletries and necessities and healthy foods recommended for seniors.
- YMCA of Beaufort County --- Senior Shape Up ($8,500) to promote positive health, nutritional wellness and safe exercise to develop strength and balance in seniors. The grant was to allow them to grow their program to 75 senior members.
- Lowcountry Legal Volunteers --- Senior Legal Assistance ($9,000) to assist older adults with important issues, including power of attorney for health, general power of attorney, estate planning, simple wills and simple probate.
- HELP of Beaufort --- Mobile Meals ($10,800) to serve 100+ senior clients referred from hospice, hospitals, social workers and therapists.
- Meals on Wheels --- Bluffton/Hilton Head ($15,700) to deliver meals five days a week, 52 weeks a year to the elderly, allowing them to remain in their homes. These meals are heart healthy and suitable for diabetics.
Since it is easier to more fully understand our purpose and goals when you see real life examples of how WIP is helping our community, we encourage you to bring a prospective member to the May meeting.
The cost of the luncheon is $35 for RSVPs received by April 30, and $45 if you register May 1 - May 8. NO registrations will be accepted after May 8. NO exceptions.
We want you to be able to enjoy the fellowship and food and hear about all the wonderful programs and projects funded by WIP grants, so plan now to join us. I know most of us procrastinate about making reservations, but look at the prices again, and sign up now.
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Spring Luncheon and Annual Meeting
May 16th * 11:30-1 PM
Colleton River Plantation
Please note: There is an incentive for
Early Registration by April 30th.
$35 per person until April 30th
$45 between May 1st and May 8th
Sorry, but NO registrations
accepted after May 8th
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Anniversary News
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Our 15th Anniversary Celebration
We celebrated our 15th anniversary in style. It was a wonderful evening! The Sea Pines Country Club was a beautiful setting with the light of sunset reflecting over the marshlands. Seating tables were adorned with gorgeous centerpieces from May River Orchids in Bluffton. Serving tables laden with delicacies like shrimp shooters, crab cakes and beef tenderloin were refilled throughout the evening. Everything anyone wanted was available at the bar, so it was a truly festive evening enjoyed by over 100 members and guests.
A continuous loop historical presentation with photos from events and grant presentations over the years ran all evening. Groups of people stopped to watch our story unfold, to "oohs" and "aahs," as they recognized themselves and others. We do change over 15 years! It was fun to see how much we have accomplished as it played out on the screen.
Margaret asked six of the original seven founders of our organization to join her on stage to thank them for getting us started. It was an honor that Liz Clist, Trish Heichel, Susan Ketchum, Beryl LaMotte, Helen Payne, and Mary Noonan were all able to attend.
Margaret also asked all 100 founding members to stand. Each of these women had the vision to invest in what Women in Philanthropy would become. All of them contributed $1,000 a year for three years to grow the endowment to $300,000 before the first grant was given. That was quite a commitment and an investment in our future! And look how far we have come since then. THAT is the power of women when we combine vision with long-term commitment to sustained giving.
Please thank Liz Clist and her terrific committee: Clara Stevens, Marcia Collett, Elizabeth Loda, Laurie Liscomb, Margaret McManus, Martha Ann McDonald, Mary Jo Etter and Pat Bennett for their diligent work in making this event such a fitting celebration.
 
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WIP in the News
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Hilton Head Monthly Magazine celebrated WIP's 15 years of collective giving in its January edition. Click here to read the article.
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Welcome New Member
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One new member has joined since our January newsletter. We wish a warm welcome to:
- Sandra Woodward of Sea Pines Plantation
We currently have 137 active members.
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Updated Member Directory
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An updated copy of our new membership directory is available in PDF format and
 will print just like the "hard copy" paper directory. To access the directory, click
here.
If you need to update your contact information, please notify
Bailey Schorr at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry (843.681.9100).
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Sincerely,
Susan
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Marcia
Susan Hooker and Marcia Collett
WIP Communications Co-Chairs
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