Join the Challenge Party
to Support the Lesbian Fund
Friday, June 24, 2011 | 7:00 - 11:00 pm
At the residence of Mike Sanfelippo and Kyle Clements
Participation levels: $300, $500, and $1,000
RSVPs required, deadline is June 17, 2011
Click here to register.
The Lesbian Fund is honored to be one of three recipients for this year's Challenge Party. You are invited to join us!
We are grateful to philanthropist Joseph Pabst for his pledge to match gifts up to a total of $10,000 for all donations to the Lesbian Fund received through June 24. Any donation to the Lesbian Fund is appreciated. Even if you cannot attend, your gift will be doubled, making it twice as effective. Click here to make a donation.
Donations will be used for grantmaking in the areas of leadership development, reproductive justice, young women and adolescent girls, and intimate partner violence.
About the Challenge Party
The first Challenge Party was launched in 1988 with the intent of challenging members of the metro Milwaukee LGBT community and to support the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. It was also a way to recognize, honor, and support newly emerging LGBT organizations. Since that first Challenge Party, participants have raised more than half a million dollars to support the innovative and critical services and programs needed by the LGBT community.
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Join us November 2nd for our Annual Women & Public Policy Luncheon Health: Closing the Gap on Health Disparities in the United States
Wednesday. November 2, 2011 | 11:30am - 1:30pm Italian Conference Center To become a sponsor, purchase an individual ticket, or learn more, visit our website. Guest Speaker: Tonya Lewis Lee Ms. Lee is a tireless advocate for healthy babies and healthy women - issues of critical importance to the Women's Fund and Milwaukee. She is also an accomplished writer and filmmaker, and the wife of Spike Lee. Come early for our Social Change Exchange, an engaging discussion with key community informants, grant partners and donors about an issue important to the Women's Fund community.
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Her Scholarships Awarded at Reception
Eleven women were awarded scholarships at the annual Her Scholar reception on June 7. Congratulations!
2011/ 2012 Her Scholarship Recipients
Kari Andrews | UW-Milwaukee | Education
Marie Bartolotta | Alverno College | Management Accounting
Teresa Cameron | Alverno College | Psychology
Julia Doyle | UW-Milwaukee | Community Leadership and Development
Sakuri Fears | UW-Milwaukee | Community Education
Irina Korolkow | Alverno College | Nursing
Elizabeth Kamara | Mount Mary College | Fashion Design
Pam Mazza-Mueller | Mount Mary College | Interior Design
Patricia Porter | UW-Milwaukee | Social Work
Nancy Robinson | UW-Milwaukee | Health Care Administration
Marsha Thrall | Mount Mary College | Theology and English Professional Writing
Her Scholarship was created for low-income women over 35, who are returning to school, by donors who believe that education is critical to economic independence and financial security for women and their families. Since the program started, more than fifty-five women have received $134,000 in scholarships.
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Our mission is social change through women and girls. Our vision is simple: a world that is just and fair. We support women-led solutions to critical community issues by engaging women in the power of collective philanthropy, and by supporting robust organizations that address issues that impact women and girls. We have been supporting the Milwaukee community for 25 years, and are proud to be a member of a network of 166 women's funds worldwide.
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