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A monthly overview of WGC news and information 
February 2008
WGC Calendar of Events
 
Check out our Calendar of Events to learn more about upcoming programs like "How Do I Look: A Mother-Daughter Workshop on Body Image and the Pressure to be Thin, 'Hot' and Perfect," and the "Money Matters Club: Young Energetic Savvy."
 
Also, learn about several terrific programs we just held, including our STEM Career Expo which attracted  375 participants, and "The Supergirl Dilemna: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," which had 40 in attendance.
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Dear WGC Donors & Friends, 

It's that time of year ... the WGC's Journey Camp is accepting applications! 
 
The WGC has expanded its residential summer camp, Journey, to include two groups of Howard County students: 25 girls entering eighth and ninth grade in the fall of 2008 and 25 girls entering tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade in the fall of 2008. Maryland Leadership Workshops, Inc. (MLW) will operate Journey, as it has for the past two years.
 
Applications are due March 14, 2008. 
 
Please pass this information along to anyone who may be interested in attending.  Learn more and download the application.
WGC in the News: "Expo Goal: Bring Girls Into Science"

The STEM expo, believed to be the first of its kind in Howard County, was organized by Diana Bailey of the Women's Giving Circle, who is a work-force development coordinator for the State Department of Education - The Baltimore Sun, February 13, 2008 

 
 
The WGC's Response Network
Many thanks to those of you who responded to a woman in need this week.  You collectively donated $500 in a matter of hours to assist a woman in need.   Thank you!

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This eNewsletter is an ongoing source of news and information on the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County (WGC) and on women's philanthropy news in general.

Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, Editor