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100 Women Who Care donated $2,050 to Dickerson Advocacy Center last Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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At Terra\u2019s restaurant\u00a0in West Columbia, a dining room on Thursday, Sept. 27 was\u00a0filled with conversation, the clinking of wine glasses, laughter and women waiting to pull out\u00a0their checkbooks to give money to a\u00a0non-profit organization in the Midlands.<\/p>\n
100 Women Who Care is made up of local women who want\u00a0to make a difference in their communities. Leslie Clark, creator of the 100 Women Who Care Midlands\u00a0started the organization\u00a0in January by sharing word-of-mouth with her friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a random group of folks, it\u2019s all walks and races and it\u2019s just giving back, but we try to make it as simple as possible,\u201d said Clark.<\/p>\n
100 Women Who Care\u00a0has contributed donations to two organizations, Serve and Connect and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Butler, board president of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention said receiving the check from 100 Women Who Care felt like Christmas in July. It’s\u00a0mission for using the funds is to advocate preventative measures to those who are contemplating suicide.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know when you might be next to somebody else\u2019s loved one and because you picked up on something that person said and you might have led that person to help,\u201d said Helen Pridgen, South Carolina area director of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.<\/p>\n
Dewana Looper, mother of two young children and\u00a0attorney with Atkins Law Firm sees 100 Women Who Care as a great networking opportunity for women. \u201cIt\u2019s a good way without spending a tremendous amount of time to make a big impact and it shows how much of a difference an even small action can make,\u201d said Looper.<\/p>\n
Each woman can fill out a nomination form and write in any non-profit of their choosing. Then,\u00a0three organizations will be chosen by random selection and voted on. Once the non-profit is selected, each woman writes a check directly to the non-profit.<\/p>\n
This quarter 100 Women Who Care chose the Dickerson Advocacy Center to receive their donation. Dickerson Advocacy Center provides assessments and treatments to physically and sexually abused children from ages zero through 18.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis provides the opportunity for women to gather, for us to be powerful by numbers and support local non-profit charities that need our help,\u201d said Lynn Murray, a lobbyist with McNair Law Firm.<\/p>\n
Murray believes it\u2019s truly impressive what the power of numbers can do and how each woman is able to promote advocacy, knowing each charity is worthy of being chosen.<\/p>\n
100 Women Who Care began as a national organization in 2006 with Karen Dunigan who wanted a smart, yet simple way to raise money quickly for local charities. Dunigan grouped together 100 women and each woman wrote a check for $100, raising $10,000 to buy 300 new baby cribs for Center for Family Health in Michigan.<\/p>\n
There are over 750 active and developing chapters\u00a0across the United States.<\/p>\n
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Helen Pridgen and Jennifer Butler from America Foundation for Suicide Prevention emphasized the importance of bringing hope to those affected by suicide.<\/p>\n
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Each woman in the organization will nominate three non-profit organizations, vote and the majority wins on which non-profit will receive the donation.<\/p>\n
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America Foundation for Suicide Prevention was chosen for the second quarter and each woman learns more about how they help with those who suffer from loss of suicide or are suicidal.<\/p>\n
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