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With our recent website upgrade to a new version of Joomla, the menu dropdowns for our website are no longer functional on the iPad. We are working to fix this, but it will take some time to correct. Please bear with us!

Technology plays an increasingly important part in all our lives, and if you are interested in joining a new Technology Task Force to help keep the Women's Impact Fund in tip-top technology shape, send an email to Incoming Chair Mary Gallivan ( mgallivan@fftc.org).

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New Members

Erica Fenlon
Kailey Izard

Member Referrals
Kathy Izard

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Growing More Than Food

Bonnie Mabe, Garinger family advocate; Henry Owen, Friendship Gardens director; Marcus Gibson, Career Pathways intern; Jennifer Gayer, MeckEd Career Pathways advisor

When Marcus Gibson signed up for an internship at the urban garden behind Garinger High School, he knew he would be growing vegetables. What Marcus did not realize was how much he would grow. "I have more confidence than before," he says, "and I know how to move objects out of my way to succeed."

Marcus' internship resulted from the great work of two WIF grantees: MeckEd's Career Pathways Program and Slow Food Charlotte's Friendship Trays Community Garden Initiative. With our $90,000 grant, MeckEd expanded a program offering internships and work-based learning to students at Garinger. The school already had a Friendship Garden, one of many that have blossomed across Charlotte because of our $40,000 grant. And so a fruitful partnership was begun.

During 2013 more than 4,000 pounds of food - much of it grown by students - went to Friendship Trays, which delivers meals to disabled and elderly persons.

Enjoy Nature While Doing Good!

Looking for a great way to spend a Saturday morning? Join WIF in helping make the Carolina Thread Trail (a 2012 grantee!) even more beautiful and accessible.

What: Trail maintenance, clean-up and strengthening pathways.

When: Saturday, October 18 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Where: Pharr Family Preserve Trail, 9111 Mt. Pleasant Rd. South, Midland, NC.

Why: The Thread Trail preserves some of our region's most scenic natural areas. You can be part of creating a conservation legacy!

Please join our fall community service project!

For more details contact Sara Holderness.

Save The Date!

Social Hour for Social Issues

Featured Speaker: Dr. Heath Morrison,
Superintendent Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Monday, October 27, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Cocktail Reception: 5:30 PM- 6:30 PM
Dr. Morrison's speech: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Discovery Place, 3rd Floor
301 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte