WGC 2011 Annual Meeting:  This year's event will focus on "Voices of Empowerment" featuring keynote speaker Rachel Garbow Monroe, President of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest foundations in the country!  * Remember to get your business suit donations ready since we are collecting clothing for Success in Style.  Plan to join us:  Monday, March 7, 2011 from 4:30-6:30 pm! Register Here. 

The 2011 Circle Team is forming now!  Come and learn more about the Women's Giving Circle, the Circle Team and our signature Iron Girl event and fundraising ideas on Monday, February 28, 2011 from 7:00-9:00 pm.  RSVP to Megan Bruno  if you are interested.    For details on the WGC Circle Team.

In search of committee members! Looking for a way to get involved in the Women's Giving Circle? With the start of a new year, we invite new committee members with various talents including donor development, fundraising, and marketing/social media to come join a committee.  Learn more about WGC Committees here or contact the WGC Administrator  for more information.   

WGC's Girl Power-STEM Career Expo for Girls: With support from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Math Engineering Science Achievement, this free expo will be an introduction to careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Girls in elementary & middle school will enjoy vendor information, resource handouts, and hands-on experiments. 
Click for information & directions to the event at APL.
Sunday, March 6, 2011 from 3:00-5:00 pm!  

Promoting this community event on behalf of DVC, recipient organization of a WGC grant.

Family Communication Night: Mean Girls:  Expert Deborah West offers the keys to understanding Queen Bees, Gamma Girls, and surviving the female social hierarchy to teens and parents.  for girls ages 11-14 with an adult.  Registration required via www.hclibrary.org or by calling the noted phone number.  Co-sponsored by the Women's Giving Circle and the Horizon Councils.   Two different date choices & library locations: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 6:30-8:30 pm (East Columbia at 410-313-7700)
 or  Tuesday, March 29, 2011 from 6:30-8:30 pm (Elkridge Library at 410- 313-5088)

On January 9, 2011, 50 young women reconnected at the Journey Camp Reunion event hosted by the Women's Giving Circle.  Journey, started in 2006 by WGC, was created to foster a sense of identity, self-awareness and empowerment in young women. The reunion was sparked by the 5-year anniversary of Journey, which was originally launched with a "founders group" of 25 girls living in Howard County.  Since then, another 155 local girls have attended the week long, residential camp founded and supported by WGC and operated by Maryland Leadership Workshops.  Check out this press coverage!   

Journey 2011 is accepting applications now!  Journey 2011 will operate from June 26 - July 2, 2011 at Washington College and will serve 25 Howard County girls entering 8th - 9th grades in the fall of 2011.  Applications for Journey may be obtained from the WGC's website . Financial assistance is available.  The deadline for applications is March 31, 2011.

"Innovations, Collaboration Mark Women's Philanthropy"   

Great article on women's philanthropy, focusing on The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County - 

The Business Monthly, February 2011

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