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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Fifth Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Local Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

The Fund for Women and Girls
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
... and Girls hosted its fifth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at The Farmhouse Bistro ... video detailing her dedication to her work, community and family. Dr. Reifsnyder highlighted the commitment to care ... up, every day. These are people who are taking care of families of their own, often without very much support. They ...
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CCFWG’S 4th Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

2020 COC Collage
Thursday, November 12, 2020
... Girls (CCFWG) hosted its fourth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, in a virtual format. ... are times in our lives when we all need a lighthouse. My family is my lighthouse. Many of us are blessed with people ... the pandemic’s impact on local women, girls, and their families. In these uncertain and unprecedented times, CCFWG ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
WEST CHESTER, PA (October 6, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls launched its highly anticipated 2022 ... to address pressing needs in Chester County.    The event kicked off with a welcome from The Fund’s new ... from bringing the Report information back to their own family members, friends, and communities, to crafting or ...
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Chester County Women’s Commission and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Partner on County-wide Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Thursday, November 15, 2018
... County Women's Commission and the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to develop a confidential 10-minute ... Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, looks forward to engaging in community conversations and strategies to ... survey link to your female and male coworkers, colleagues, family members, friends and neighbors, and help spread the ...
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Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
Families in Chester County are working harder than ever. ... health crisis, but it has exposed the existing crisis for quality and affordable child care as well. Parents have ... while the average housing cost is $1,285 for that same family. COVID-19 has particularly exposed the disparities in ...

The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Fredda Maddox and WSFS Bank at Sixth Annual Champions of Change Event

Fredda Maddox
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
WEST CHESTER, PA (September 19, 2022) - The Fund for Women and Girls will host its sixth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, from 7:30-8:45am at The ... a law student who was struggling financially without family support. Thanks to Fredda, that mentee went on to ...
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Health Department Announces Significant Contributions to the Philly Joy Bank from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners

Monday, March 20, 2023
... funding will help provide a monthly guaranteed income for approximately 250 pregnant Philadelphians with the aim of ... relieve one of the most significant sources of stress for pregnant people by providing direct financial assistance. ... and launch the program in early 2024. To be eligible for the Philly Joy Bank pilot, residents must be pregnant, ...
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The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report

The Status of Women in Montgomery County, PA
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04/2019
... study, conducted by the West Chester University Center for Social and Economic Policy Research, to provide a valuable tool for individuals and organizations interested in improving the ... the lives of women: employment and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; ...
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A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Reposted from Medium with permission. sanchez family.JPG The Sanchez family at home, at work, and at school ... have imagined. My “third shift” job has been preparing for the start of this school year and worrying about how to ... Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) , hosted the virtual event “Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends ...

CCFWG Unites Women and Girls in Chester County for Virtual Conveings to Raise Awareness About Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Women and Girls

CCFWG 2020 Making a Difference Luncheon
Friday, May 8, 2020
... about the deep and varied needs in their communities while engaging in strategic grantmaking.   As a Summit ... by the morning of May 18 th .   Thank you to our generous event sponsors: Chester County Women’s Commission | ... role in minimizing barriers to care and connecting families to much needed resources. Downingtown native and ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Advisory Board
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Press release via The Fund for Women and Girls WEST CHESTER, PA (June 23, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls has awarded $239,680 in grants to 30 ... Health Services which received $8,750 to support bilingual family planning, prenatal care, and health education to ...
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Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... has become the new hospital staffed by millions of unpaid family caregivers doing medical jobs, a majority of whom are ... benefits — more than 30 million Americans  have applied for unemployment benefits — the care workforce at home will ... child care for low-income partners is particularly steep. Families with incomes below the poverty level spend 36 ...

Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... Luncheon on Friday, May 1, 2020 , at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Malvern. CCFWG established the Kitchen ... nurse home visiting services for pregnant women and families with young children, with a focus on health ... now include both a more intensive and long-term Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program for vulnerable first-time ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA—(June 17, 2021)— The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia has announced 16 ... public-school projects that will receive grant funding for programming  aimed at introducing Black, Latinx and ... will bring the study of matter to life, through fun and engaging experiments. Eliza B. Kirkbride School Climate ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
WEST CHESTER, PA (July 8, 2019) – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has awarded $217,000 in grants to ... received $4,500 to launch a local grief support group for family members of victims lost to acts of violence; Black ... Legaspi Sánchez, Executive Director, in response to the event’s theme of “Be Brave.” To date, CCFWG has ...
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The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Reposted with permission from the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls CCFWG_COVIDBlog.jpg   A juggling act In ... walker went viral. Three years later, for many of us, this family’s now public moment is our new normal.  This new ... what about single moms who already struggle to keep their families afloat? In Chester County, 2 out of 5 single moms ...

Enthusiastic Crowd Gathers at CCFWG Summit to Raise Awareness of Workplace Sexual Harassment

Chesco Knows Summit
Monday, October 21, 2019
Posted By:  Mark Hostutler   for VISTA Today As a direct response to survey findings on ... County Women’s Commission and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls recently hosted a public #ChescoKnows ... cultures. ChescoKnows-2.jpg Image via Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Chester County Commissioners Michelle ...

The Fund for Women and Girls‘ Inaugural Champions of Change Summit Inspires Local Business Community to Embrace Inclusive Leadership and Elevate Women in the Workplace

Presentation by Dr. Katrina Sawyer
Thursday, April 8, 2021
WEST CHESTER, PA (April 8, 2021) - The Fund for Women and Girls hosted its first Champions of Change ... virtual format. Inspired by the annual Champions of Change Event recognizing an individual and company for their ... the pandemic’s impact on local women, girls, and their families. In these uncertain and unprecedented times, The ...
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Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
... as part of their joint relief and recovery support effort for Philadelphia arts and culture organizations. Last March, ... The necessity of immediate, no-strings-attached funds for individual artists was clear to us– particularly for the women, trans, and gender nonconforming artists and ...

The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
Press release Alliance for Health Equity.png   Coatesville, Pennsylvania - The ... Big Sisters Independence. “We are thrilled to be partnering with both The Alliance for Health Equity and the ... keeps her legacy alive." Judy was known to her friends, family, and community as a changemaker, advocate, and leader ...

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