Giving Back to the Community Committee

We bet you got at least one thing during the holiday season that you are dying to RE-GIFT! We have the time and place for you to do just that! During our Carnivale Game Night Fund Raiser on Tuesday, July 19th, we will have a RE-GIFTING SILENT AUCTION. As "One woman's trash is another woman's treasure," we ask that you bring those unwanted gift items to the January dinner meeting as your donation to our fund raiser. It's a win-win-win! You get rid of something you don't want; someone else gets something terrific in her eyes; the Chapter makes some money for its scholarship fund. If you can't get to the meeting, call Arlene Schragger at 609-882-4586 or Kathy Morolda at 609-91-0434 to arrange drop off. And we thank you in advance!

Please click here for more information on the Canivale Game Night.

This year the Mercer Chapter is offering a scholarship to Conference or to classes at the Women Business Center sponsored by the Community Give Back Committee. To find out about this scholarship and to apply, please refer to the scholarship application found in this newsletter website.

Please click here to view the application.

During the past several months, an interested group of NJAWBO women got together to create the Mercer Chapter's Community Give Back Program. At the request of our President, Lisa Snyder, Committee members Eileen Entin, Suzanne Rosenblum, Grazina Crisman, Lynn McDougall and Arlene Schragger were guided by Community Give Back Committee Chair Linda Richter in discussing the goals, guidelines and plans to move this project forward. The following structure has been designed to do just that:

Goals - The objectives for the Program are:

• To help enhance community spirit in the Mercer Chapter
• To give back to the community
• To support women-related issues and activities

• Non-political
• Non-religious
• Support women's issues or support women-sponsored initiatives

Activities will be planned for each fiscal year (June1 through May 31). The Committee hopes to hold up to three different types of activities per year under the umbrellas of:

1. a "walk" to individually raise funds for an outside organization
2. a donation drive-- of goods such as clothing, cell phones, food, school supplies, etc.
3. a Chapter sponsored fund raiser with these funds designated to provide several different types of scholarships to Mercer Chapter members

Some suggestions for fund raising events include a miniature golf night, a game night, a special dinner/cocktail party, a progressive dinner, a night or afternoon at the Grounds for Sculpture, a goods and services auction.

Visit our web site and check future newsletters for updates on the Committee's initiatives. Committee Chair Linda Richter welcomes comments and suggestions at our new email address: mercernjawbogiveback@yahoo.com