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| Wishing you nothing but good fortunes in 2010! |
| Help spread good fortune across Wyoming in 2010 |
Happy New Year!
The Wyoming Women's Foundation is diving head first into 2010 and we hope you will join us.
There are several up coming events giving you plenty of opportunities to spread good fortune around Wyoming.
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The Equality State Policy Center announces their 2010 Citizen Lobbyist Training on February 10th in Cheyenne.
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The bipartisan Wyoming Women's Legislative Caucus has announced the Leap into Leadership conference will be held April 22nd and 23rd in Casper. More details to follow.
- The Wyoming Women's Foundation is pleased to share our annual Friendraiser in Cheyenne will be hosted in conjunction with International Women's Day on March 8th.
In honor of our 10 year anniversary celebration, we will be highlighting different grantee partners from our distinguished 10 years of work. These grantees exemplify the great efforts people in Wyoming are making toward economic self-sufficiency for Wyoming women and opportunities for girls. This month we are featuring Womentoring, a program within Womentum.  This program is a great example of women mentoring women and fulfilling the Education and Training spoke on the wheel of economic self-sufficiency.
We salute you, Womentum, and all of you out there helping our communities prosper. |
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| 10 Year Anniversary |
 Celebrating 10 years of blazing trails for Wyoming's women and girls. |
| We Invite You to... |
| Give the Money to broaden the awareness to fuel the change to impact the future for women and girls in Wyoming |
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| Celebrating 10 Years - Education and Training |
 Grantee: Womentum Program: Womentoring Location: Jackson, WY Womentum is a group of inspired women in Jackson, Wyoming who practice "action philanthropy," and believe that this is best achieved through a network of enthusiastic, talented, committed women. Womentoring is an integrated, empowering, accountable, mentoring program that builds community by developing women's unique skills, confidence and local network. This year Womentoring, a program of Womentum, concluded its third year serving 11 pairs of women. More> |
| Wells Fargo Gifts WYWF for Wage Education |
Cody, Wyoming Wells Fargo has awarded the Wyoming Women's Foundation $10,000 to continue our gender wage gap education effort around the state.
The gender wage gap was recently listed as one of the state's top areas needing attention and resources in the 2009 Wyoming Family Photo: A report on the well being of our children and families. The Wyoming Women's Foundation (WYWF) is a leading advocate of this issue.
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| Equality State Policy Center Citizen Lobbyist Training February 10, 2010 |
| Cheyenne, WY The ESPC educates citizens about the legislative process in workshops held annually during the Wyoming Legislative session. The workshops provide training and mentoring for Wyoming citizens who seek to understand and participate in the Wyoming legislative process. More> |
| Women in the News |
WYWF board member Ann Redman receives Woman of Distinction award. More>
The number of working mothers who are the sole breadwinners in their families is at an all-time high (AP) More> Women-owned businesses are America's new job creation engine (Forbes) More> |
| Be Healthy |
Promise to Me Initiative: Cervical Cancer Screening for Women in Need
The Promise to Me initiative, introduced in October of 2009, is designed to empower women to make their health a priority and encourage them to pass the message on to other women in their lives. The initiative also has a charitable component - for every person who makes the promise to get tested and passes it on, Hologic, Inc. will donate funds to support preventative screening for underinsured and uninsured women. More>
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