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Our Education Foundation | COMMENTS Support Us! Participate in Bloomingdale's Love Where You LivThe Garden State Woman Education Foundation will participate in Bloomingdale's annual multi-charity event, Love Where You Live, on Wednesday, October 20 and Thursday, October 21, 2010. The event will take place at all four Bloomingdale's stores in New Jersey, including Bridgewater Commons, The Mall at Short Hills, The Shops at Riverside and Willowbrook Mall. Show your support for the Education Foundation with the purchase of a $10.00 ticket. We will receive 100% of the sales from the ticket price and you will receive a savings certificate entitling you to 15-20%* off almost every purchase you make. In addition, when the ticket is brought into any of the four New Jersey Bloomingdale's locations on October 20 and 21, Garden State Women Education Foundation will receive an additional $5.00 d... Read more |
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Our Education Foundation | COMMENTS Help Support our Scholarship Program"Studies show that when women are supported and empowered, all of society benefits. Their families are healthier, more children go to school and incomes increase. In short, communities become more resilient." Garden State Woman magazine has long been about supporting women to be who they want to be and to be able to do what they believe they need to do. We started the Garden State Woman Education Foundation in 2007 to insure that those exceptionally bright, young women we encountered in our urban areas were supported at that same level. The Foundation seeks out inner city, high school seniors who've been accepted into New Jersey four-year colleges and universities. Often these young women secure funding but more times than not the funding isn't adequate – that's where the Garden State Wo... Read more |
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Important Non-Profits | COMMENTS Gilda's Club Named Special State Project The New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs (NJSFWC) recently announced its selection of Gilda's Club as its special state project for 2010-2012 at its 116th Annual Convention in Atlantic City. NJSFWC is the largest volunteer women's service organization in New Jersey with 280 clubs statewide. The entire Federation votes to designate a specific charitable organization as the beneficiary of its fundraising, advocacy and volunteer efforts every two years. The organization provides opportunities for education, leadership training and community service through participation in local clubs, enabling members to make a difference in the lives of others. "We are honored and deeply grateful to be the NJSFWC's state project," said Dyane McMahon, director of development at Gilda's Club Norther... Read more |
Mary Robinson Founded Good Grief Garden State Woman caught up recently with Mary Robinson, Founder of Good Grief, to learn more about how the organization provides education, advocacy and year-round peer support group programs for grieving children, teens and adults. How long have you been working with Good Grief? Since our founding in December 2003. Have you worked in the non profit sector before? If so, in what capacity? While getting Good Grief up and running I worked as the Director of External Affairs and Development for Homefirst, Inc. and from 2000-2004 I was the Executive Director for the New Jersey State Chapter of Rainbows, Inc. From 1997 – 2000 I ran a consulting company, Robinson & Associates providing grant writing, development consulting and database development fo... Read more |
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