100 Women Who Care meeting

100 women. $100 each.

$10,000 to a single charity in a single
hour.

That’s the concept of 100 Women Who
Care.

On
October 9, 2013, at least 100 women from the Rochester area will meet for one
hour and award $10,000 to a local charity that is yet to be named. This will be
the second time the group will make a sizable, surprise, swift donation to meet
urgent needs.

Although
there are dozens of 100 Women Who Care groups throughout the state, the Greater
Rochester group was newly formed this year and met for the first time in June.
They all follow the same efficient formula to bring immediate financial support
to local charities. Here’s how it works.

One
hundred women (or more) come to an hour-long meeting, committed to writing a
$100 check before they leave. Each woman is allowed to submit the name of her
favorite charity (usually one to which she is somehow personally connected) and
if chosen, is prepared to “pitch” that charity to the group. Three slips are
randomly selected each meeting and those three women give a five-minute
presentation about what their charity needs. Within the hour, a vote is taken,
a single charity is selected, and 100+ women each write a $100 check directly
to the chosen charity. Just like that, the $100 checks add up to a $10,000+
donation that provides an immediate windfall to local people in need—that very
day!

“It
does a lot for needy organizations, but it also does a lot for the women who
are giving,” said Barbara Donohoe, one of the founding members of the Greater
Rochester group of 100 Women Who Care. “It is eye-opening. It is heartfelt. It
is empowering.”

The next meeting of the 100 Women Who
Care-Greater Rochester Area will be Wednesday,
Oct. 9, 2013, from 7-8 p.m.,
at St. John Fisher Chapel in Auburn Hills. (Located at 3665 E. Walton Blvd)