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Co-written by Josh Maxwell, Vice Chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, and Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls
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Co-written by Josh Maxwell, Vice Chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, and Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls
The Fund for Women and Girls says goodbye to current Executive Director, Michelle Legaspi Sánchez, and announces Mary Beth Morrissey as Interim Executive Director effective September 20, 2021.
The report is an in-depth baseline needs assessment of women in Montgomery County, PA and explores eight major areas affecting the lives of women: employment and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; reproductive rights and infant health; violence and safety; political participation; and women veterans.
For the second year in a row, The Fund awarded two-year sustained funding to local nonprofit partners. Additional funding was awarded through ‘Moving Her Forward’ Impact Grants, a grantmaking program established to focus on swift responses to pressing needs in the community
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) will honor Patricia Yoder – a passionate advocate for women and children in Chester County – with their Kitchen Table Award at the 15th Annual Making a Difference Luncheon on Friday, May 1, 2020.
A new mural unveiled days before the 2020 election honors the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted many women the right to vote, and serves as an inspiration for the community to get out and vote.
In the new reality spurred by the COVID-19, women are on the frontlines of the pandemic which puts them at increased risk of infection, economic hardship and gender-based violence.
One member of the 2019-2020 class of CCFWG's Girls Advisory Board (GAB) reflects on her experience with this program that educates and empowers girls to make a difference through philanthropy.
Nearly 75 business leaders, community supporters and elected officials gathered for the annual event that raised over $45,000 in support of local women and girls.
With the deep and ever-widening economic inequities exposed by the COVID-19 crisis, it's time we come together to invest in strategies and policies that decrease and eventually eliminate the gender and racial wealth gap.
This year's GAB class dedicated resources to dismantling systemic racism, providing access to healthcare and reproductive rights for low-income women and girls, and supporting women and girls experiencing violence.
Funding will address needs exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants to two local organizations – Cheyney University and Mighty Writers El Futuro Kennett – for projects that advance women and girls in Chester County.
In response to the continuing financial impacts on the arts and culture community, Leeway Foundation is launching the WOO Community Care Fund in 2021.