Middlesex United Way Women’s Initiative to Hold First Annual Meeting & Valentine’s Social

From Jill Davoll, Communications Director, United Way of Middlesex County.
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The Middlesex United Way Women’s Initiative is holding its first Annual Meeting & Valentine’s Social at The Village at South Farms at 5:30 p.m. Anyone is welcome to attend this free event where you can connect with other women professionals and volunteers.

Women’s Initiative (WI) chair Elizabeth Morin of Morin & Associates will share highlights of the group’s accomplishments, volunteer activities, and grants that were approved in 2011. Representatives from several nonprofit organizations that received WI grants will be on-hand to present how the funds helped including the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Even Start Family Literacy, and Hallie House.

The WI celebrates the power of women to bring about positive change in our community through philanthropy and volunteer service. The group provides opportunities for women of all ages and backgrounds to invest their time, talents, and treasures in ways that strengthen the lives of women and children in Middlesex County.

Some of the WI’s ongoing activities include a bi-monthly women’s networking breakfast, an annual free financial literacy workshop, annual drives for books, toiletries, and “gently used” purses that are provided to local programs working with women and children, and the distribution of small, one-time grants to programs that meet one or more of the group’s focus areas: early childhood development, empowering young women, and financial stability.

The Village at South Farms is located at 645 Saybrook Road in Middletown. To RSVP for the event, please call Middlesex United Way at 860.346.8695.