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March 2009

Wyoming Women's Foundation Enews

  Happy Women's History Month!   Why do you celebrate? 

Wyoming Women's Foundation: Helping women create their futures so they can celebrate their past.

March is Women's History Month and we would like to share with you the history of the Wyoming Women's Foundation and why we celebrate its past, present, and future.  

Our past: The Wyoming Women's Foundation was established in 1999 with a challenge grant from the Chambers Family Fund to the Wyoming Community Foundation.  Merle Chambers' priority was to build a permanent resource for women and girls in Wyoming, addressing economic self-sufficiency and access to opportunities.  Since the year 2000, the Wyoming Women's Foundation has granted over half a million dollars to over 80 different projects throughout the state.  

Our present:  In 2008 we granted over $75,000 to 15 different organizations.  We supported an innovative mentoring program in Teton County, programs that help single mothers gain needed employment skills, a program that helps women help themselves by learning lobbying skills, among others (go to our website for a full list of grantees and their projects).  This month we feature an article about the recent success of one of our grantees, the Wyoming Family Home Ownership Project.  We also include a feature about a couple invested in Wyoming, the Stone family.    

Our Future:  The Wyoming Women's Foundation is looking forward to our next request for grant proposals; our RFP will be available July 1st.  Everyday we work toward providing opportunities for women and girls to thrive and prosper.   Richelle

Richelle Keinath

Executive Director, WYWF

In This Issue

Celebrating Women in Style

Stone Family Fund

Grantee Spotlight: Wyoming Family Home Ownership Project

WyWF Celebrates in Style

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Stone Family: Investing in Wyoming's Future one home at a time

The Wyoming Women's Foundation recognizes the unique contribution of the Stone Family Fund. The fund was first created from donations made by friends and family members on Julie and Jon's wedding day, Nov. 25, 2006. "Having a charitable wedding made the event all the more meaningful," Julie said.  Read more...

Grantee Spotlight: Wyoming Family Home Ownership Project celebrates success!

March has been a busy month for the Cheyenne based Wyoming Family Home Ownership Project.  The organization has selected Riana Perez to intern with them through November.  The group also presented a check to its first home owner family.  Read more...

Wyoming Women's Foundation celebrates women in style

LARAMIE - The Wyoming Women's Foundation hosted their first annual Women's Day Coffee, in conjunction with International Women's Day,  the morning of March 9th, in order to celebrate women in the Laramie community!  Read more...

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  Want to help make the newsletter better?  Send your feedback to Katie@wycf.org.  We want to celebrate women across the state, so don't be shy!  Send us your story.

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