{"id":25683,"date":"2020-01-16T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25683"},"modified":"2020-01-16T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:05:12","slug":"100-women-who-care-hope-to-hit-200000-fundraising-milestone-for-fifth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/100-women-who-care-hope-to-hit-200000-fundraising-milestone-for-fifth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Women Who Care hope to hit $200,000 fundraising milestone for fifth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An hour might seem like a small window in time, but a lot\nof good can be accomplished in those sixty minutes \u2013 just ask members of 100\nWomen Who Care Central York Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set to celebrate their fifth anniversary this year, 100\nWomen Who Care Central York Region was founded with a simple vision: bringing\n100 women together for an hour every three months, each bringing $100 to the\ntable, potentially raising $10,000 in an hour for local groups in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a simple mandate and a mission they weren\u2019t sure\nthey could meet when they first set out, but the group was an immediate\nsuccess. Since its founding, they have raised nearly $170,000 for 17 community\norganizations, ranging from Inn From the Cold, the Newmarket-based organization\nfor the homeless,  at their first meeting\nin October 2015, to, most recently TLC The Life Centre, a Newmarket-based\nnon-profit which provides assistance in a number of areas, including\ndepression, divorce and family planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been amazing growth,\u201d says Laurie Brakeboer,\nfounder of 100 Women Who Care Central York Region. \u201cWe started in October of\n2015 and we reached our first objective, bringing in 100 Women, in our first\nyear. We also reached our [first fundraising] objective, which was $10,000, in\nApril of 2017. My personal goal for the organization is now that we have raised\n$166,000, and with our fifth anniversary being in October, we would be\nabsolutely thrilled to have surpassed $200,000 by the time that meeting ends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Ms. Brakeboer started a local chapter of the 100\nWomen Who Care movement, she was inspired by the concept of 100 like-minded\nwomen coming together from all around Central York Region \u2013 and even beyond \u2013\nto make a significant donation to a community-based organization in just one\nhour. At each meeting, member women can nominate the organization of their\nchoice and, from there, a shortlist is compiled. Once the shortlist of\ncharities and non-profits is completed, each nominator is given five minutes to\nmake their pitch to the group \u2013 and the winner is voted on at the end of the\nhour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Brakeboer describes it as \u201ca giving circle\u201d that has\nnot only expanded in numbers but, within its membership, has also expanded\nhorizons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou listen to these women come up and speak about the\ncharities, you hear the stories \u2013 I have been pretty involved in the community\nover the course of 20 years and I am always shocked when a charity gets up\nthere I never even knew existed,\u201d she says. \u201cWe have met so many different\nareas of need. We have had areas where we\u2019ve had youth, where we\u2019ve [addressed]\nmental health and I think, for me, the most surprising of everything was New\nLeaf, just outside Sharon. I never realised that these [services for] autistic\nadults existed in our area and so much amazing stuff is happening out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora-resident Lori Hoyes was also struck by the work\n100 Women Who Care was carrying out in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think this is an amazing group of women who are\ncontributing back to their community and to worthwhile causes,\u201d says Ms. Hoyes.\n\u201cFor someone who has that little bit of extra money they can donate, it\u2019s a\ngreat thing to help out other people. That was my draw; I just thought it was a\nworthwhile thing to get involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Hoyes\u2019 involvement has only deepened over the years.\nAs President of the Aurora branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, she has also\nhelped 100 Women Who Care come \u201chome\u201d to Aurora after a number of years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

100 Women Who Care Central York Region keeps its money \u2013\nand its meetings \u2013 within the communities of Aurora, Newmarket and East\nGwillimbury. Aurora meetings were previously held at the Aurora Soccer Club,\nbut their growing membership base meant they also outgrew the facility and they\nhave been looking for a new home ever since. Ms. Hoyes was able to make that\nhappen and 100 Women Who Care will kick off their first meeting of 2020 at the\nLegion on Wednesday, January 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn behalf of the Legion, I am happy we can provide this\nlocation and we\u2019re happy to be supporting the community and this worthwhile\norganization,\u201d says Ms. Hoyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Ms. Brakeboer, the feeling is mutual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how thrilled I am to be back in\nAurora,\u201d she says. \u201cIt has meant a lot to me that we show up in each community\nwe support. The Aurora Soccer Club were phenomenal and amazing hosts and it was\na really sad day when we had to stop going there. I was heartbroken. We were\nlooking for an alternative for quite some time, and then Lori came over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe opportunity to\nexperience being in a room with 100+ women who are coming together for a common\ngoal is all based in positivity. There\u2019s no place in that room for anything but\nsupport of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on 100 Women Who Care Central York Region, a schedule of future meetings, as well as a roster of the community organizations they have supported over the years, visit 100womencyr.ca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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