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Greenville, SC- Dining for Women will host the Everything Under the Sun Spectacular Tag Sale Saturday, October 23rd from 9 am to 3 pm at McAlister Square on S. Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville.
"Everything under the sun" includes home décor, holiday decorations, jewelry and books, as well as free haircuts, chair massage, live music and entertainment, and more. All proceeds for this second annual event will benefit Dining for Women.
Booth space (12 X12) will be sold to individuals, non-profits and local businesses at a cost of $50.00. Vendors may complete THIS FORM to participate.
The Fact Sheet and Food for Thought on this month's featured program, Somaly Mam, is avaiable HERE on the Somaly Mam Program Page. There you will find links to videos and more meeting resources.
The Mission of Somaly Mam is to give victims and survivors a voice in
their lives, liberate victims, end slavery, and empower survivors as
they create and sustain lives of dignity.
Don't miss the Fact Sheet on this month's featured program, BeadforLife, as well as Food for Thought, where you'll find recipes, fair trade shop
ping suggestions, discussion questions, book and video reviews, and a thorough discussion on this month's educational theme.
Throw your own BeadforLIfe party! Go HERE to sign up. Follow the steps to register for a BeadParty. When completing the BeadParty Registration form be sure to type DFW810 into the promo code box, and select Dining For Women for the type of BeadParty/Event.
VIDEOS:
A link to several videos about the beaders and the work BeadforLife does in Uganda: http://www.beadforlife.org/6videos.html
View BeadforLife's DVD, which
BFL says, “captures the beauty, energy, and passion of BFL members. In
the DVD you will meet the beaders, see where they live, watch them
dance, and hear their original songs. Uplifting and colorful, this 13
minute video invites you to get involved in creating a better world.” http://www.beadforlife.org/6DVD.html
For more information see: BeadforLife, Uganda 2009
The Web Site: www.beadforlife.org
We are very excited to introduce to you the work of the Quilt Divas who have collaborated with the Ithaca, NY, chapter of Dining For Women, to produce a dynamic work of fiber art.
This creative group of artists has transformed the DFW core belief of “empowering women” into a nine-panel piece of art, “Women Empowering Women.”
The Divas chose to create a multi-panel quilt with its panels depicting organizations supported by DFW. Each Diva researched her "favorite project" and used her talent and expertise with her panel to convey what she had learned about women in Mali, Kenya, Uganda, Thailand , Peru and more. (For more information about the women who worked on this quilt please go to their website) You may download DFW's new "Women Empowering Women" art quilt brochure HERE.
The fabric art piece creates a wall hanging 96" wide and 44" high and depicts eight organizations in Africa, Asia and South America, as well as one panel representing DFW.
The “Women Empowering Women” art piece will travel to other chapters and cities in th
e USA and will appear in quilting exhibitions and professional magazines. Please contact Miriam Bisk at miriam.dfw@gmail.com or 607-257-6929 if your chapter would like to host an event around this amazing Fabric Art piece.
For anyone that would like to have this wonderful piece of art we are selling ONLY 200 tickets for a drawing at $50 per a ticket. (Download the donation form by clicking here to download a pdf form ) You do not need to be a member to donate. Pass this information onto your friends and family so they have an opportunity to enjoy this beautiful piece of art.
Sincerely
The 2010 Fundraising Committee.
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Our featured program this month is Mohammed Bazar Backward Classes Development Society (MBBCDS)in partnership with Association for India’s Development (AID).
DFW's donati
ons will help support AID’s "Holistic Empowerment of Tribal Women through Group Development Initiatives" project. The project empowers women who live in Mohammed Bazar block’s impoverished villages, through AID’s West Bengal partner MBBCDS.
For details, read this month's Fact Sheet and Food For Thought.
Two new companies, The Pampered Chef and Grapevine Trading Company, will donate a portion of their sales to Dining for Women, contributing funds towards the annual operating costs for DFW. You can support these businesses (and DFW!) by clicking their respective links. More information and a complete list of companies is available on the DFW Marketplace page.
Chris Manion began the Miramar Beach, FL chapter of DFW in 2009. She is an independent National Executive Director for The Pampered Chef, the premiere direct seller of essential kitchen tools and a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of businesses. Chris is donating up to 100% of her commission from your purchase to DFW. Dining For Women will receive a 30% donation from your Pampered Chef purchase when you click on the website link here, www.pamperedchef.biz/chrismanion then follow these directions.
1. Click on SHOP ONLINE
2. Choose the #1 option to order
3. Type in DINING FOR WOMEN in the box requesting "(Co)Host's first name/Organization"
4. Click SEARCH FOR MATCHES
5. Click on the Dining for Women option and begin shopping.
CALIFORNIA HARVEST award-winning specialty foods are created by GRAPEVINE TRADING CO., in the heart of California's world renowned Wine Country. In these beautiful surroundings, it is easy to appreciate the simple pleasures of life - great food, fine wine and the company of friends. We are pleased to share the flavor of the Wine Country with you! Chapter leaders can purchase a basket for their meetings and display the product at a reduced cost - only $25! (normally $70).
Enjoy our products at your monthly meetings and encourage your guests to shop at our website (www.grapevinetrading.com) where they will receive a free logo tote, a 10% discount on their purchase and a 20% donation of proceeds to DFW when they use the coupon code: DFW.
Food for Thought and the Fact Sheet about Nest, our featured program this month, are educational materials available HERE on the Nest program page. Learn all about the project in Morocco we're supporting, along with fair trade shopping suggestions, recipes, book and video recommendations, and more.
The Columbia Star in South Carolina provided an extensive feature on Dining for Women May 21, interviewing DFW members Nancy Truluck and Susan Hendricks. Nancy and Susan talked about the DFW trip in March to Kenya and Uganda, and the impact it had on their lives. They also shared photographs from the trip.You can read the article, "Women Take Adventure of a Lifetime," here.
Nancy Truluck and Susan Hendricks with Rose in Umoja Village, Samburu Region, Kenya.
Dining for Women's 2009 Annual Report, posted on our Financial Information page, charts our tremendous growth, and includes details about the twelve programs we funded in 2009.
The Dining for Women Chapter in Ephrata, PA held its first Used Book Sale Fundraiser at the Muhlenberg Township Spring Flea Market on Saturday, May 15. Volunteers collected books for six months and were on hand to participate in the book sale. The chapter raised $275 to help support the operating costs of Dining for Women! The event was such a success the chapter volunteers scheduled it again for September 11.
San Francisco Bay Area Dining for Women chapters joined forces on April 20 for a potluck dinner event to feature Lending Promise’s Meg Taylor and to publicize DFW in the area. Karen Frederick and Jennifer Moyen-Logan, co-Chapter Leaders of the first San Jose chapter, managed the event with the organizing help of passionate DFW members and other area Chapter Leaders.
The event was a huge success, attended by over 80 people and raising over $1700 for Lending Promise as well as a generous $500 donation for the DFW organization. Featured DFW Chapter Leaders Polly Ferguson and Susan Negrin spoke briefly about their trips with Dining for Women to Kenya and Uganda. Camille Smith, co-founder of Global Women’s Leadership Network, shared the impact of networking and educating women to be leaders in opening remarks. The event sparked excitement in over 20 first time attendees—women who asked to either join existing chapters or start new ones.
San Francisco Bay Area chapters have multiplied in the past 18 months, with nine new chapters in San Jose, Castro Valley and Santa Cruz, including two "at work" chapters and DFW’s first couples’ chapter!
Not only are the chapters active, but members and chapter leaders are also involved at a national level in DFW!
Karen Frederick, Jennifer Moyen-Logan, Lauren Wilson, Laurie Flesher, Luc Moyen, Mary Force, Yvonne Ryan, Susan Negrin, Cari Class, Vicki Alexander, Joani Brown and Tamara Scanlon are enthusiastically involved in the following committees: Advisory Council, Program Selection Committee, DFW Website Design & Maintenance, Fundraising Committee, National Leadership Plan implementation, Western Region Management and Chapter Leader Training course.
Chapter Leaders pictured in photo,[ but not in order]: Polly Ferguson, San Jose; Nancy Takaichi, San Jose; Anna Pujol, Sharyl Iwata & Joani Brown, San Jose; Laura Albers, San Francisco; Susan Negrin, Castro Valley; Jennifer Moyen-Logan & Karen Frederick, San Jose; Connie Rice & Pat Joshi, San Jose. Also pictured: Meg Taylor, Lending Promise
GreatNonprofits and GuideStar are launching the 2010 Women's Empowerment Campaign to identify top-rated nonprofits focusing on women's issues, and you can help Dining for Women make the list. If DFW has at least 10 positive reviews on GreatNonprofits and GuideStar by May 31, we will make the GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Women's Empowerment Nonprofits list. To write a review of DFW, visit the Great Nonprofits Review Page.
Our Fact Sheet and Food for Thought materials have more information on Longitude and PROFESA, the project we're supporting this month. Longitude just received some good news last week: Ghana Education Services approved PROFESA as an officially licensed and accredited institution in Ghana!
On National Volunteer Week DFW had plenty of volunteers to thank! We're grateful for our members and our chapter leaders, and for all those who donate their time and talent to help Dining for Women change the world-- one woman, one dinner at a time!
Mir
iam Bisk, Chapter Leader of the Ithaca NY Chapter, reports the chapter celebrated National Volunteer Week by thanking women who volunteer to host, present, cook, donate to DFW's programs, work on a wall-hanging quilt, collect eye glasses for beaders in Uganda, continue to support the Haitian Health Foundation, and collect and donate for local needy families.
Kudos to Carolyn Mayer's Chapter in Onancock, VA, featured in this article in delmarvaNOW.com:
Onancock Chapter Article (PDF version)
Direct Link to online article: http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100327/ESN01/3270301/-1/ESN
Read about how they have become one of the leading donor chapters in the country!
