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Your Chance to Win
Purchase a $10 raffle ticket for your chance to win a Legally Blonde handbag filled with thousands of dollars in prizes. All proceeds go to the Norton Women’s Pavilion Champions 4 Her Walk, Run & Festival. The custom purse, designed by Missy DeGroot, will be available at Rodes for Her beginning April 12. Raffle includes a gift certificate to Rodes for Her, overnight stay at the Galt House Hotel, dinner at the Bristol Bar & Grille, monthly bouquet for a year from Blooms by Essential Details, and season tickets to the Kentucky Center. Stop by Rodes for Her or visit HerScene.com to purchase your raffle ticket.
Also, PNC Broadway Across America will donate $10 from each ticket sold for Legally Blonde: The Musical when purchased through a special online ticketing link. Donations will go toward the Norton Women’s Pavilion Champions 4 Her Walk, Run & Festival event. Gather a friend or friends to go see Legally Blonde, purchase your tickets through the link below, and spread the word to your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers. The show is running at the Kentucky Center June 8-13.
To purchase your tickets now, go to: www.EventUsher.com,
and enter the password: champions
Women in Kentucky are still in the RED!!!
On Tuesday, April 20, 2010 thousands of women from across the United States will join in a national day of action against unfair pay called Equal Pay Day. On a national level, women are paid only .77cents* for every dollar a man is paid. In Kentucky, women are paid just .74 cents. (*According to the U.S. Census Bureau.)
The wage gap isn’t just a women’s issue. Equal pay for women raises family income and the whole family benefits. Nationwide, working families lose $200 billion of income annually to the wage gap. Pay inequity penalizes families especially during times of economic hardship so we must address it while trying to boost the economy.
Men, women and children are invited to join us by wearing red on Tuesday, April 20 to symbolize that women are still in the red on pay equity. For a list on how to get more involved view this PDF or visit www.women.ky.gov to learn more about pay equity.
Strategic Planning Kick-Off
W4W Board Members, Nikki Jackson, Meredith Loeb, Lopa Mehrotra, Sharell Sandvoss, and Shirley Willihnganz have joined the W4W Strategic Planning Committee along with community leaders Gabriela Alcalde, Carolyn Gatz and Doug Stegner to help guide W4W’s mission and set priorities for the next five years. The strategic planning process has been divided into three phases including:
Phase I – (Research and Root Causes) Update Benchmark 2000 statistics on local women, conduct a trend analysis, and explore root causes. Phase II – (Alignment and Community Engagement) Refine our focus based on the research conducted, revisit the W4W vision, mission, belief statement and guiding principles based on findings, and develop goals and key objectives. Phase III – (Implementation) The W4W Board of Directors will develop strategies to measure goals and evaluate future benchmarks as well as develop an operation plan that is inspirational and actionable.
We are inviting the W4W network to help us create a plan of progress for our community. If you would like to share any thoughts, ideas or advice, please contact Ann L. Coffey at 561-8060 ext. 217 or ann@w4w.org.
Become a Champion 4 Her
Join the Champions 4 Her annual giving club through the “Give It or Get It” Campaign. You can become a Champion 4 Her Club member if you “Give” a gift of $1,000 or more, or if you “Get” $1,000 or more by raising funds through the Norton Women’s Pavilion Champions 4 Her Walk, Run & Festival and designating 100% of the funds raised to Women 4 Women. Register now online to participate in the Walk, Run and help raise funds at champions4her.com.
It's easy to raise $1,000: Ask 10 co-workers for $10; ask 20 friends, neighbors and people from your church or temple for $20; ask 10 family members for $50 and altogether you’ve raised $1,000. And don’t forget your employer’s matching gift program!
Bulldogs in the Bluegrass
This June W4W will welcome our summer intern, Eun Bi Lee. Eun Bi is a sophomore at Yale University where she is majoring in History and Latin American Studies. She is a participant of the Internship Program called Bulldogs Across America. Since its inception, the program has brought over 330 Yale students to Louisville. The Bulldogs have come from over 48 states and 19 foreign countries.
While at Women 4 Women this summer, Eun Bi will serve as our Coordinator of Volunteers for the Norton Women’s Pavilion Champions 4 Her Walk, Run & Festival as well as Project Assistant for the Finance 4 Her™ and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Fit 4 Me programs.
Join us for Repair Affair-June 12
Women 4 Women is partnering with New Directions Housing Corporation to paint our 34th home. Volunteers are needed again this year to improve the safety, security and weather efficiency of a home for an elderly or disabled woman. If you would like to join us on Saturday, June 12, please contact Joyce Seymour at 502.561.8060 x226 or joyce@w4w.org.
12th Annual Women 4 Women Repair Affair
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 7:30am - 3:00pm
New Directions Housing Corporation, Louisville, KY |
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