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WIF to Host National Conference

By Paula Broadwell

Charlotte - already on the map as one of the fastest-growing cities and home to one of the most successful women's collective giving groups - will be in the spotlight again in October.

That's when WIF hosts the fifth annual national Women's Collective Giving Network National Leadership Forum. WCGN represents 44 collective giving groups with a combined membership of 10,000 women in 23 states and grants totaling almost $70 million.

This year's conference theme: Doing. Being. Leading.

Darla Moore, former Vice President of Rainwater, Inc., a private investment company, will serve as keynote speaker. Moore is founder and chair of the Palmetto Institute, a nonprofit think tank aimed at bolstering per capita income in South Carolina, and founder and chair of The Charleston Parks Conservancy, a foundation focused on enhancing the parks and public spaces of the City of Charleston, Moore has invested or donated about $130 million into projects that benefit her home state of South Carolina.

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In anticipation of the WCGN National Leadership Forum being held here October 15 - 17, 2015, the WCGN board held their annual meeting in the Queen City in mid-June. Below are some pictures from that meeting featuring some familiar WIF members and members of the WCGN Board who will become familiar faces when you attend the Forum!

Sue Priester, Sonja Nichols, Mary Gallivan & Pam Johnson (L-R)

Mary Lou Babb, Colleen Willoughby & Claire Tate (L-R)

Calling all WIF Members: Volunteer!

Are you thinking about participating in the October 2015 WCGN National Leadership Forum here in Charlotte, but you're not quite sure how to plug in?

Look no further!

As the WIF Volunteer Chairs for the WCGN conference, Mary Sherrill Ware and Amy Lovett invite you to be a special part of this exciting event. Join their team of volunteers to help showcase WIF and Queen City Charlotte to our many colleagues attending the conference.

Multiple volunteer opportunities and times have been established for the event, in 4-hour shifts. Pre-event training will be conducted via conference calls and onsite reviews.

All that is needed is your willingness to volunteer and the foresight to know that this will bean extraordinary and powerful opportunity to see and hear many like-minded women in action all for the good of national philanthropy.

Be a WIF insider! Sign-up today to volunteer at the WCGN National Leadership Forum, October 15-17, 2015.

Please join us! To sign-up to volunteer, click here.

For more information, contact Amy Lovett (amylovett@aol.com) or Mary Sherrill Ware (mary.sherrill8@gmail.com).

REGISTER NOW!

September 10, 2015

Fall Social Event:
"Farm to Table"
C3 Lab

$35 per person

Cassie Parsons, co-owner of Harvest Moon Grille, will create a unique sit down tasting menu from local foods. A panel discussion will follow to include past grantees, Friendship Gardens and Friendship Trays. Less than 30 tickets available at press time. Sign up now!

October 15-17, 2015

WCGN National Leadership Forum
Ballantyne Hotel

SPECIAL EARLY BIRD PRICING AVAILABLE THROUGH JULY 31!

Registration info here

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