Olive Smart…A New Shade of Green

Olive Smart is committed to providing good looking; quality products which will help you lead an environmentally conscious lifestyle. The Olive Smart Sack contains six stylish reusable bags and is designed to fit easily into the cub holder of your car or in your bag so you will never forget to bring it with you on your shopping excursions. Visit www.olivesmart.com today and they will donate a portion of their proceeds to Women for Women International!

PDX Dance Party for Women

Joanne Alai and Pete Pavenick invite you to join them and The Goose Creek Band for an evening of music, dancing and fun, while raising money to help women survivors of war. Check out the event website for details: www.pdxforwomen.com.

All proceeds for this event go support Women for Women International. This is a small step, but will make a huge impact!

Event: PDX for Women Dance Party – a fund raising event in support of women survivors of war

• Live Musical performance by The Goose Creek Band
• Silent Auction
• Appetizer buffet and no-host bar (beer and wine only)
• Fun for the whole family
• An opportunity to make a difference in the world

When: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 7pm-11:30pm

Where: Oaks Park Dance Pavilion, 1 SE Spokane St., Portland Oregon

Space is limited and tickets must be reserved in advance (cost is tax deductable). Make your reservations from our website www.pdxforwomen.com or by emailing Joanne at joannealai@yahoo.com.

Fire on the Water

The New York organizers of the Run for Congo Women are hosting an event in New York City!

What: Boat Party Happy Hour departing from Pier #40, West Houston Street and The West Side Highway. Party will include Brazilian music and dancing!

When: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 from 6:30pm-10pm

Cost: $10

Contact: For tickets and questions, email runforcongowomen@gmail.com

Proceeds from the event will help to support this year’s Run for Congo Women – New York in October.

Event in Baltimore in July!

Women for Women International supporter Shana Challmes is having an event to benefit women survivors of war in Baltimore! Please find information below.

Friday/ July 25, 2008

5-8pm

Sammy’s Trattoria,1200 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Please RSVP with Shana Challmes at 443-765-7116 or Marci Johnson 410-446-4337 or by e-mail shootershana@aol.com or mrsjohnson2001@yahoo.com

$25.00 per person/$40.00 per couple

There will be appetizers served. Cash bar.

Proceeds to benefit Women for Women International.

College of Europe

The students of the College of Europe hosted “Run for Change” and showed that they care about women in Kosovo! On May 18th, current College of Europe students, alumni, and local joggers participated in five and ten kilometres runs around the ring of Bruges in Brussels, Belgium in soothing scenery and beautiful sunny weather.

While enjoying a relaxing afternoon break from studies doing healthy exercise, over $1,000 was raised for Women for Women International’s field operations in Kosovo to support women survivors of the war.

Thank you to everyone that participated!

Om Freely

Om Freely is about living out loud – it’s an online boutique where you can purchase clothing and accessories for yoga and living!

Om Freely believes in abundance and in giving back. Each quarter they donate 10% of their profits to an organization doing work in the world to promote self-expression, freedom and voice.

This quarter they are donating to Women for Women International – so shop with them today!

http://www.omfreely.com/

WHEE – Women Helping to Empower Each other

The Upper School of St. John’s School in Houston, TX added a new club to its list of student groups and organizations. WHEE (Women Helping to Empower Each other) was conceived by teachers Ms. Gara Johnson-West and Ms. Elimari Sánchez-Ortiz, and a group of girls selected from all grades and social groups within the Upper School.

WHEE’s mission is “to celebrate womanhood and educate students about the issues that universally affect women.” They would like to encourage female students to form lasting and empowering relationships with other females within the St. John’s community and beyond – which is why they wanted to get involved with Women for Women International.

The club has participated in workshops and put on a series of bake sales and are proud to have raised $500 to support women survivors of war.

Thank you WHEE and keep up the good work!

Local California Artist

Marlene Greenberg, a Women for Women International supporter and local artist, from Manhattan Beach, CA has created several pieces of art and is donating all of her sales to support women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To learn more about Marlene’s work, please visit http://www.paintingsbymarlene.com/.

Thank you Marlene!

Whether you are an artist or not – you can think of creative ways to support Women for Women International.

Team Gazelles

Donna DeWick and Caroline Boyes of London, UK trained extensively and participated in a 2-week all-women rally through the desserts and beautiful landscapes of Morocco. They asked their friends, family and co-workers to sponsor their effort and support Women for Women International and they raised over $2,000!

You can read more about their travels here http://gazelles08.blogspot.com/. This is another wonderful example of Women for Women International supporters doing cool and creative things to support women survivors of war.

Thank you Donna and Caroline and congratulations on your tremendous feat!

Truck with the Women for Women International logo!

Donna and Caroline!