Women's Giving Circle: Winter Newsletter January 201 4
A Message from the Chair... Happy New Y ear!!! I hope all of y ou had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends and returned to y our daily routines refreshed and reinv igorated. 201 4 looks to be another ex citing y ear for the Women's Giv ing Circle. We look forward to the establishment of our Corporate Membership Lev el that will be kicked off with our Power Lunch with Kristen Hadeed on January 1 5 at Embers. Please tell the businesses that y ou support about this wonderful opportunity av ailable to all businesses, not just those owned by women. We are also ex cited that our Membership Committee will offer our first Membership 1 01 session to educate new members about the Circle and how we operate. Whether y ou are new to the Circle or just want an opportunity for a refresher, we welcome y ou to this ev ent as well. Our A nnual A ppeal is still in full force and if y ou hav e not already responded we hope to hear from y ou before the January 31 deadline. Collectiv ely , we can continue to make a difference in the liv es of women and girls in our community . Kudos to our Grants Committee for their tireless efforts to ensure funds are indeed being used effectiv ely . Their meetings with agency reps for mid-term reports were v ery informativ e and demonstrated how our dollars are improv ing the liv es of so many in our community . We were ex tremely impressed with the success of the Meridian Women in the Workplace Program -- in just six months they hav e serv ed 48 women and 1 6 hav e found jobs! Quite a remarkable outcome for a new program. Thanks to all of y ou who responded to our Member Surv ey . We are constantly looking for way s to better serv e y ou and keep y ou engaged. Please see the results elsewhere in the newsletter. The Ex ecutiv e Committee has been working the past sev eral months to update the By laws for the Giv ing Circle which y ou will be receiv ing in the near future.
The Ex ecutiv e Committee is looking forward to serv ing y ou
In This Issue Community Impact Power Luncheon Member Spotlight Holiday Social Surv ey Results Like Our Facebook
in 201 4. Thanks for all y ou do to help make our community one of the best places to liv e in Florida! Y ours in Serv ice,
Ester Tibbs
Community Impact The Women's Giv ing Circle continually makes strides in our community and region to change the liv es of women and girls in need. To get a closer look at the history of our impact click HERE.
The Women's Power Luncheon January 1 5th 1 1 :30 - 1 :00 pm Come join the Women's Giv ing Circle at Embers Wood Grill nex t Wednesday for the first ev er Women's Power Luncheon! The Giv ing Circle will unv eil their first ev er Corporate Sponsorship Lev el of membership. Kristen Hadeed, co-founder of Student Maid, will be speaking about topics inv olv ing business, women and philanthropy . It will be a great ev ent to network and make new friends. Lunch is $25 a person. Please RSV P by January 1 2th to the Foundation office at (352) 367 -0060 or
[email protected].
Guests are welcome to join us!
Marilyn Tubb
Fam ily My family is small but precious: George and I will celebrate 42 y ears of marriage in February . Our daughter Tracy and her husband Brian are ex pecting our first grandchild in May . My mother celebrated her 1 00th birthday at Thanksgiv ing.
Career I'v e enjoy ed a long and fulfilling career, working as an ex ecutiv e in marketing and public relations, all in Gainesv ille, all for wonderful organizations: Santa Fe College, Shands HealthCare, A v Med Health Plan/Santa Fe HealthCare, North Florida Regional Medical Center, Chamber of Commerce, UF Bureau of Economic and Business Research. It just happened that at the time I joined these organizations, each was in the midst of significant growth or name change or ex pansion of role - so it was great fun to be part of those positiv e changes. In these roles I was also able to participate in a wide v ariety of community activ ities, indeed, my title at Shands was V ice President for Community Affairs. A s a Gainesv ille nativ e, this lev el of community inv olv ement, play ing a small role in the growth and dev elopment of our community , has been deeply satisfy ing and enriching. Now that I am "retired," it has been fun to ex plore new dimensions of activ ities, from being a docent at the Harn Museum to helping a community group restore Glen Springs as a nature park.
A ctually , as much time as I'v e spent inside, at the office and in meetings all through my career, now I really enjoy just "being outside." Hobbies I'm part of a women's hiking group and we trav el once a y ear to some interesting part of the world to hike. Last y ear we were in the Asturias region of Spain, west of the Py renees. This y ear we will trav el to Slov enia and Croatia. Past hikes hav e taken us to Bhutan, Panama, Turkey , Italy , Switzerland, France and ev en Iceland. This has been great fun - and it's forced me to try and stay in shape y ear round. I also enjoy play ing golf, kay aking, walking, bird watching, bicy cling, puttering around the y ard ... and we hav e a small place in the mountains where we hike and canoe. Giv ing Circle Ex perience From the beginning, the Women's Giv ing Circle seemed like such a good idea: pool our money and make a bigger difference with our gifts! I was part of the group who got this started and it has been gratify ing to watch it grow. Our goal, from the outset, has been to help women and girls become more economically self sufficient. We hav e done that. But, there is more to be done. A s the membership continues to grow, as the amount of money we raise increases and as our focus becomes more targeted, I am confident that the Women's Giv ing Circle will continue to be a v ital part of this community 's wellbeing. I am v ery proud of what the women of the Women's Giv ing Circle hav e accomplished and I am grateful to hav e been a member.
Holiday Social Success This December the Giv ing Circle held a Holiday Social at Keith Watson's Showroom in Tioga Town Center. Our members and their guests were able to shop the showroom while enjoy ing champagne cranberry punch, chocolates, and cheeses. Keith Watson was kind enough to donate $1 25 of sales to the Giv ing Circle after the ev ent!
Survey Results Thank y ou v ery much for participating in our Membership Interest Surv ey last month! We receiv ed some v ery important and positiv e feedback about the direction of the Giv ing Circle. A s per the results we will not be hosting a Bus Tour this y ear, but we will start looking towards hosting a community forum in the future. A lso, for those of y ou who said they would like to participate on a committee please send an email to m.kirby @cfncf.org and we will find a place for y ou to serv e in the Giv ing Circle.
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