New & Returning Members
Deborah Bosley
Laura Burt
Andrea Buschur
Anne Brady Carlson
Lisa Cashion
Bearle Chamblee
Caroline Dudley
Shirley Cress Dudley
Christiane Felts
Jennifer Green
Laura Furman Grice
Melissa James, MD
Kathy McDonough
Kimbrel Morris
Christina O'Dell
Emily Skidmore
Bridget Warren
Jennifer Weaver
Allison Copeland Williams
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Referring Members
Dianne Bailey
Christy Bostic
Madelyn Caple
Anne Essaye
Nancy Falls
Sharon Harrington
Pearl Houck
Kelly Katterhagen
Karen Keatley
Mary Scott Kennedy
Deborah Majewski
Jean Miller
Angela Oliver
Alane Paraison
Sarah Schweppe
Octavia Seawell
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Planning Your Calendar?
Make sure you check out the WIF "Master Calendar" for dates of all our events. It is also a great tool to understand the many moving pieces of WIF. See things such as our Board meeting dates, when sWIFt will be in your Inbox, and many other items. It can be found in the password accessed Members Room on the website.
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Have you included Women's Impact Fund in your estate plan?
If so, thank you! If not, we would be grateful if you would complete the new planned gift intention form and return it to Jessica Klasinski in the WIF office.
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The 2017 Annual Meeting:
Celebrating $5 Million in Cumulative Giving!
by Kirsten Pittman
"Be brave, not perfect," was the motto of the year for outgoing Women's Impact Fund (WIF) Board Chair Anne Essaye and a fitting theme for our 2017 Annual Meeting. A packed audience gathered on the evening of May 9 at the Foundation For The Carolinas to celebrate a series of milestones.
Nearly 500 members. Five local nonprofits granted a combined $440,000 this year - marking the first time WIF has fully funded grant requests across all categories. And, as the crowd of WIF members and guests acknowledged with a champagne toast, more than $5 million in collective giving to organizations serving critical needs in the community since the WIF was launched in 2003.
According to Essaye, that impact is a driving force behind all we do within WIF.
"We are able to spread our net wider in the community," Essaye added. "To me, that's the 'why.'"
This year's grantees were selected from more than 130 entries thoroughly vetted by the Grants Committee and then voted on by the full WIF membership. They include:
- Arts & Culture: ourBRIDGE for KIDS, which received $100,000 to support its After School Creative Arts Learning Program, incorporating arts initiatives and cultural experiences into summer language programs for immigrant and refugee children.
- Education: WINGS for Kids, Inc., which received $100,000 to advance its social-emotional education programs supporting K-5 students by providing daily after-school mentoring and instruction in select Title I schools.
- Environment: Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, which received $100,000 to expand its technical program staff to enhance its ability to patrol waterways, investigate reports of pollution and expand education programs in area elementary schools.
- Health: Matthews Free Medical Clinic, which received $80,000 to support its mission of providing free, quality healthcare to low-income and uninsured residents.
- Human Services: Supportive Housing Communities, which received $60,000 to provide housing and support for men, women and families, especially veterans and those with mental illness.
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Getting to Know Sheila Mullen
by Taryn Sims
A Women's Impact Fund (WIF) member since March 2016, Sheila Mullen, the former Director of the Innovation Institute, is now perhaps best known for her
Blue Skies: Stories That Heal podcasts, sponsored by OrthoCarolina, which share unique stories of healing from the point of view of patients and their caregivers. For Sheila, health and well-being have always been important, but a life-changing running injury made them her priorities. Chronic pain from that injury and the challenges that pain presented for mental health began a journey that led Sheila to Blue Skies.
Blue Skies is not just podcasts. It's intended to inspire patients in the medical system and their caregivers as they navigate uncharted waters. Sheila is in the process of writing a book to go along with the podcast teaching patients how to advocate for themselves and how to negotiate a new normal which may be very different form where they were before injury or illness. Sheila also provides coaching and speaks to larger groups, raising awareness for those who have not yet had the experiences which she, and, unfortunately, many patients have had. Blue Skies' and Sheila's goal is to empower patients with a better understanding of how to tap into the resources of the healthcare system, and to understand its limitations.
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WIF Member News
Congratulations
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Debra Foster, one of WIF's founding members, a member of our first Board of Directors and a practicing attorney, has been recognized professionally statewide with two separate recognitions. Business North Carolina designated her as 2017's top estate planning attorney in North Carolina (selected by vote of her colleagues throughout the state), and North Carolina Super Lawyers designated her as one of the top 50 female attorneys in North Carolina and a top estate planning attorney.
The Arts & Science Council has named Toni Freeman, another WIF founding member, member of our first Board of Directors and a former WIF Board Chair, as its Executive Vice President, Community Engagement, a role in which she will lead ASC's strategic change initiatives, including advocacy, public sector investments, donor stewardship, and branding. She will transition from her current role as Chief Operating Officer of the Mint Museum to the ASC effective July 2017.
WIF members, we want to hear from you! WIF Member News depends totally on you! Please send us news of a new job, new volunteer leadership role, a new addition to your family, a big move or anything else you'd like to share with your family of WIF friends. Email:
[email protected]
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UPCOMING EVENTS
New Member OnBoarding Event
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ednesday, May 24, 2017
6-7:30pm
Dilworth Neighborhood Grille
911 E. Morehead Street
Charlotte, NC 28204
New Member Monday
Monday, June 5, 2017
5:30-7:30pm
Corkbuzz
4905 Ashley Park Lane, Suite J
Charlotte, NC 28210
All Members Welcome!
Register Now!
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