Wilderness Heals Pledge Hike

To benefit the Elizabeth Stone House on July 16-18, 2010. Registration Opens March 1st, 2010.

When it comes to helping women heal from the effects of violence, we can move mountains!

The three-day Wilderness Heals annual pledge hike is one of New England’s most challenging all-female fundraising hikes.  Join fellow women July 16-18, for a hike through New Hampshire’s White Mountains and help raise money for the Elizabeth Stone House in Boston, Mass.  The Stone House serves women and their children who have experienced domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse and other forms of trauma.

Registration opens March 1st.  Hikers can choose from seven trail options including a front country option, which offers more manageable trails for those who are new to hiking.  Six trail options offer hikers overnight accommodations in AMC huts and hikers who participate in the back country option sleep in tents.  Each team will include an experienced team leader.  Round-trip transportation from Boston to New Hampshire provided.  The fundraising minimum is $1,200.  Hiker registration fee is $50 and the registration deadline is June 14.  For more information or to register, visit www.elizabethstone.org or call 617-427-9801, ext. 415.

NSWIB’s 4th Annual Taste of Success Fundraiser

Title: NSWIB’s 4th Annual Taste of Success Fundraiser
Location: Turner Hill – Ipswich, MA
Description: North Shore Women in Business (NSWIB) presents the 4th Annual Taste of Success Fundraiser at Turner Hill – 3 Manor House Lane, Ipswich, MA – on May 21st, 2009 from 6pm-9pm.

This year the event will feature food from ten of the North Shore’s finest restaurants and caterers. The raffle baskets and silent auction items are even more extravagant and individually raffled baskets means the chances of getting the basket you want are higher.

The Annual Taste of Success is always an exquisite and eclectic evening of networking, socializing and food tasting with some of the North Shore’s finest business men and women.

Ticket are: $55 if purchased early before May 7th, or $65 up until the event.

If you have a raffle item you would like to donate (a great way to advertise your business), please contact Kerri L. Moses, CFP® at: kerri@cf-network.net

For more information, please contact Ipswich Clambake Company’s Functions Coordinator at: ipswichclambake@verizon.net

Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2009-05-21
End Time: 21:00

Women’s Economic Summit

Title: Women’s Economic Summit
Location: Umass Lowell
Link out: Click here
Description: A unique event designed to provide focus where women have been, where we are now, and the new realities of women in the world of tomorrow.

Explore the evolution of women in the business and economic worlds – from invisible – to visible – to the actual control of wealth. Chart the progress and influence women have on the world today, and illuminate the economic power of women of the future.

For more information, or to register online, please visit: www.mvvf.org

Date: 2009-04-06

11th Annual Women Honoring Women Luncheon

Title: 11th Annual Women Honoring Women Luncheon
Location: Sheraton Ferncroft – Danvers, MA
Description: For over 27 years, Wellspring House, a North Shore non-profit, has been a leader in social change with a unique approach for obtaining economic stability for all families.
The Wellspring House is an advocate for affordable housing and provides
shelter to families in need, providing education and job training to help families move out of poverty, and supporting whole families, parents, and children with mentoring, parental support, education and nurturing programs.

This year, there is an anticipated 800 women to be in attendance at the Woman Honoring Woman Luncheon, including special guest, and keynote speaker Attorney General Martha Coakley.

For more information, please visit: www.wellspringhouse.org

Date: 2009-05-04

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