10 for 10 Challenge Match grows the WLC Endowment Fund

“I believe the time has come for women to become independently involved in raising and directing their philanthropic monies.  I do hope in time we will create our own project that will benefit the women in the community that need assistance in creating a life for themselves and children that is financially and emotionally self-supporting.”

Paige Romig
2010 Ten for Ten, WLC Board

Ten women giving $10,000

Building an endowment fund from the ground up is our unique strategy that mobilizes women to become powerful philanthropists through leadership giving.  The WLC Endowment Fund was created to provide a legacy of continuous support for programs that serve the needs of disadvantaged women and their families. To accomplish that goal, the Ten Women Giving $10,000 initiative or “10 for 10” was begun.  Now in our 6^th year, this distinctive group of sixty women has collectively contributed $600,000 toward the WLC Endowment Fund.  At today’s luncheon, please congratulate and honor those women who’ve demonstrated an exceptional commitment to philanthropy.

As a WLC member, you also have the opportunity to participate in this ground-breaking effort.  Each year, WLC members are eligible to designate up to 50% of our pledges to the Endowment Fund, thereby joining the ranks of the 10 for 10 philanthropists in creating a legacy through your giving.  Because our pledges and gifts to United Way are annual gifts, each year we must renew our support for the WLC Endowment Fund. Please remember to check the box as you make your pledge today!

10 for 10 Challenge Match

What is the challenge match*?  Ten local women philanthropists have provided the WLC with a $100,000 Challenge Match to encourage women to give at the Beacon Society Level ($2,500) and the Tocqueville Society Level ($10,000). 

How does it work?  When you join the WLC and increase your gift to the Beacon or Tocqueville levels, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar.  For those currently giving at the Beacon or Tocqueville levels, an increase of $1,000 or more above your current gift will also be matched dollar for dollar.

How does it work? 
When you join the WLC and increase your gift to the Beacon or Tocqueville levels, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar.  For those currently giving at the Beacon or Tocqueville levels, an increase of $1,000 or more above your current gift will also be matched dollar for dollar.

For example, Susan Jones currently gives $1,000 through payroll deduction. Susan increases her pledge to $2,500, and her gift becomes eligible for a matching donation of $2,500.

Another example, Mary Brown increases her pledge from $10,000 to $11,000, activating the match for an additional $1,000 contribution to the WLC campaign.

*Only contributions of $2,500 or more to the 2011/12 WLC/United Way Campaign are eligible for the challenge match.  For more information please contact:

Michele Anderson
Director, Major and Principal Gifts
757.853.8500 ext 225

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Past 10 for 10 Women

2010

Shirley Baldwin
Stephanie Adler Calliott        
Carol Everett
Jodi Gidley
April Koleszar
Joan Lyons
Jacqueline Napolitano
Suzanne Puryear
Paige Romig
Deborah Wyld

2009

Carolyn Barry
Terry Blevins
Carol Cohen
Susan Colpitts
Dr. Deborah DiCroce
Vicky Gray
Linda Kamarek
Sandra Lewis
Cindy McWaters
Leah Waitzer

2008

Dr. Debra Aleck
Deborah Butler
Polly Decker
Martha Glasser
Susan Hirschbiel
Debra Mervis Keeling
Angela Loving
Robin Ray
Sunny Barlow Sonner
Susan Wynne

2007

Darleen Mastin
Nancy Arias
Stephie Broadwater
Pat Creech
Betty Darden
Sandee Ferebee
Mary Sue Jones
Darlene R. Mellott
Betty Murden
Barbara Wolcott

2006

Jackie Amato
Susan Barker
Jane Batten
Joan Brock
Marianne Dickerson
Joyce Fain
Lynne Farrell
Susan Goode
Deborah Stearns
Priscilla Trinder-Roady

 

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