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Anne Arundel Women Giving Together is committed to learning about, and helping ameliorate, racial inequities in our community. Our Racial Equity Study Group (RESG), now in its third year, worked with our Grants Committee to establish a new 2021 grant category to address the causes, not just the effects, of racial discrimination. It has created a resource library for members and brought in a consultant on unconscious bias to work with grant reviewers and other members of our leadership. Members who would like to join RESG, please contact resg@givingtogether.org.

AAWGT is a women’s giving circle with 200+ members. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for women and families in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Since our founding in 2006, AAWGT has raised and invested over $1.2 million in local nonprofit organizations!





What is a Giving Circle?

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Our Impact: Invest, Inform, Inspire

We INVEST— pooling our annual contributions for “collective philanthropy,” thus multiplying the power of one by many. Grants focus on health and welfare, education and the prevention and treatment for violence and abuse.

We INFORM — holding in-depth education sessions highlighting issues in our county that require active attention and support.

We INSPIRE — encouraging our members to engage as leaders and philanthropists in our local community.



RECENT EVENTS

February Education Program

THE PERFORMING ARTS DURING COVID

The first 2021 education session offered by AAWGT via Zoom highlighted three organizations: The Annapolis Shakespeare Company, The Maryland Hall Outreach Program and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Academy. Each has effectively reinvented how and where they deliver their arts offerings, thereby helping to ensure the continuance of a vibrant arts community in Maryland’s capital.

Our creative speakers presented ways the local arts community is using the power of the arts to positively impact youth in Anne Arundel County. Sally Boyett spoke about the Shakespeare Company and its online performances for AACPS classes. She also described extensive outreach partnerships and internships with local performing and visual arts programs. Laura Brino included videos of students, powerfully demonstrating Maryland Hall’s efforts to provide local youth with a safe environment for self-expression, confidence building and the motivation to stay in school. Netanel Draiblate described how ASO professionals teach and mentor music students regardless of income level, with full and partial scholarships offered on a financial needs basis. He also showed touching videos highlighting student performers and what this program means to them.

You can watch the entire program, including the video of Mary Spencer of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, HERE.


AAWGT Is Celebrating Its 15th Anniversary This Year!

2021 marks the 15th year of collective giving for Anne Arundel Women Giving Together. Beginning with a small group of women in 2006, AAWGT has grown into a vibrant organization of 225 women who have raised and awarded $1.2 mil to local nonprofits working every day to improve the quality of life for women and families in our community.

We started off the year on January 13 by hosting a virtual celebratory event for members that featured a video of several of our founders and gave us an opportunity to join small break-out rooms for informal conversation. We’ve just completed the first of three education programs to be held this year (see article above) and are beginning the very intensive process of reviewing grant applications which will result in a new set of grant awards to be voted on by the membership in May.

Despite the challenges we all continue to face, AAWGT is pursuing its mission with an ever-increasing dedication to responding to the tremendous needs we see around us. To our members, thank you for your valuable engagement and commitment.

To those not currently members of AAWGT, we cordially invite you to become part of an amazing group of talented women looking forward to the next fifteen years of making a deep and lasting difference in Anne Arundel County. Everyone is welcome. Please join us!

UPCOMING EVENTS

ANNUAL WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP EVENT

WOMEN LEADERS FOSTERING CHANGE

Join us for a stimulating panel discussion with three extraordinary women. Doors opened for them and they are intent on holding open even bigger doors for future leaders. Bring your thoughts and questions for a lively discussion on making positive change and supporting rising female leaders.


Linda Gooden
(Ret.) Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS)
Linda Gooden Bio

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Margaret Kibben
Chaplain, U.S.House of Representatives
Margaret Kibben Bio

Monica Brown Jones, M.D.
Chair, Women’s and Children’s Services, Luminis Health
Monica Brown Jones, M.D. Bio
Moderated by Cardie Templeton
Real Estate Developer and Commercial Asset Manager (AAWGT Member)
Cardie Templeton Bio

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Via Zoom Webinar

REGISTRATION
This event is free and open to the public

Please register HERE. Follow the registration questions all the way to CONFIRM. Your confirmation should arrive within seconds. If you have any questions about registering, please contact events@givingtogether.org for assistance. The Zoom link to join the program will be sent one day prior to the event.

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SPRING OPEN HOUSE
MEETING NEW FRIENDS IN THE AGE OF COVID
April 14, 7-8 PM

EDUCATION PROGRAM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

EDUCATION PROGRAM
RE-IMAGINING POLICING
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

These events are free and open to the public. Registration and information about accessing these programs will be posted when available.

Grants In Action

$20,000 Grant

Court Appointed Special Advocates

36 new children assigned CASAs
100% of judges reported CASA input informed decision making process
22 new volunteers trained

$20,000 Grant

Laptop Lab and WiFi Bar at Brooklyn Park Library

10 laptops purchased and counter constructed
Staff can provide individual and group instruction
Computers used for video job interviews and writing resumes
Students use the computers for homework

$20,000 Grant

Arundel Child Care Connections: Mujeros Surgiendo - Women on the Rise

Provided partial salaries for supervisors and Spanish Speaking instructors
Purchased computerized training modules

$15,000 Grant

Associated Catholic Charities: Sarah’s House

Funds contributed to classes, certification programs and fees
Funds used to provide free on-site daycare
20 of the 22 clients using our funds are now earning a living wage

These 4 descriptions are a sample of our grants over the last 13 years — Read About All Our Grantees here.

DID YOU KNOW THAT AAWGT ...

Has awarded over $1,200,000 in grants since 2007: Read about our impact
Meets 8 times a year: View our events calendar
Has committees that need your help: See where you can get involved
Has an Endowment Fund: Learn how to donate to AAWGT
Sends out a bimonthly Newsletter: Read the latest issue

THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 SPONSORS


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AAWGT is a fund of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County

AAWGT is a member of Philanos: Accelerating Philanthropy through Women’s Collective Giving


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