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Scholarships for Non-Traditional Students

Harriet Terry, 2012-13 President

 

Join Business Women of Central MN Today!  Business Women of Central Minnesota (BWCM) fosters the success of workingwomen by providing career advancement resources, worklife strategies, and personal and professional networking connections.  Most of our current members are working in business, and include fields of legal, printing, marketing, finance, social services, and entrepreneurship.


We create social opportunities that help develop friendships and networks, which are created at our monthly meetings, Coffee Club gatherings, and other events that take place throughout the year. 

 

Are you looking for a way to enhance your leadership skills?  Opportunities in leadership positions help our members increase their professional skills. Monthly speakers focus on personal, professional development, and educational topics. 

 

Our Annual Fundraiser held in August at Fairview Gardens, "An Evening in the Chef's Kitchen", provides funding for our Scholarship Program.  Each year, Academic Scholarships are awarded from our Scholarship Fund to non-traditional female students in the Central Minnesota area who are pursuing post secondary certificates or degrees in a business or professional field.  

 

Please join us at our next meeting!

 

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BWCM News

JOIN US FOR OUR MAY MEETING

May 14, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Topic:  Installation of Officers

 

Please RSVP to Harriet Terry at terrycloth@charter.net, by May 13.

 

Join us as we welcome the new Officers for 2013-2014 during our Installation of Officers ceremony.

BROWN BAG LUNCH WITH WOMEN LEADERS - Luncheon in January

 

"It's a child's job to explore their world.  It's a grown-up's job to keep children safe"  Alison Feigh


Business Women of Central Minnesota hosted the Brown Bag Lunch with Women Leaders on January 8.   Speaker Alison Feigh, Program Coordinator, with the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, talked about how we can protect our children and youth from exploitation.   Alison is a subject matter expert on the topic of child and teen safety.  She is assisting Dr. Mary Clifford on creating a textbook about sexual violence prevention for Oxford Publishing.   See the list of Suggested Books for Children, Middle School and Teens and Adults.

BWCM SUPPORTS DEPLOYED SOLDIERS
Each year Becky Carlson, VFW 428 Auxiliary, organizes fundraisers to help pay for care packages for our deployed soldiers and gifts for families at Christmastime.   Her efforts enable her to send more than 80 care packages overseas in December.  Everything in the packages is usable, including the bags of jolly ranchers, tootsie rolls, etc. she uses as packaging materials.
Donations are always appreciated.   As part of our annual Tradition of Giving, Business Women of Central Minnesota members donated more than $450 this year to purchase items for the soldiers' care packages.  Cards with personal messages from our members for the soldiers were also included with the packages.
Photo:  Becky Carlson, VFW 428 Auxiliary, and Marie Gerads, Business Women of Central Minnesota, standing in front of care packages to be sent overseas to our soldiers.



FUNDRAISER "ON THE PATIO" NETS OVER $3,000

Business Women of Central Minnesota hosted our 4th Annual "Evening in the Chef's Kitchen" at Fairview Gardens in August.   We are excited to report that we raised over $3,000 with this event.  

 

Thank you to Chanda Gebhart, at Fairview Gardens, for hosting our event, and to our sponsors and guests for your support these past four (4) years!

 

Funds will be earmarked for our Scholarship Program and other orgranizations who help women and children.