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Contribute To Our Social Media Campaign

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If you’re on social media you may have seen our “Why I came… Why I stayed…” campaign or our love and magic campaign. We’d love to have more submissions coming through our membership deadline. Is this a way you can contribute to our collective membership recruitment? If so, send a photo and your response to one of the following prompts to Tammy (along with your social media handles) and we’ll get you in the queue! Social media is only as good as its content so help us rock it with your submission.

Bring in a New Member

Great news spreads by word of mouth and ninety-nine girlfriends has always been a collective recruiting organization (along with collective giving and collective learning). Members invite other women to become members. We need your help to spread the word about ninety-nine girlfriends and to invite people to a virtual World Cafe conversation or our March 31 event Being Human Together with Coty Raven Morris. Watch for more information on World Cafes in our next issue of Member Updates.

New Girlfriends Fund Bolsters Inclusion Efforts

The Girlfriends Fund, new this year, paves the way to membership if the $1,100 fee is a barrier to participation. The member pays $550 and The Girlfriends Fund covers the remaining $550. Contributions from individuals and members who support inclusion make this fund possible.

Resources are limited. If this program will make your membership possible, we encourage you to join today. Questions should be directed to Membership

Fellows Applications are Open

Our Fellows Program, launched in 2017, invites young women ages 20-35 to bring diverse voices and perspectives to our collective grant-making. The three-years-long program is for women residing in our four-county region (Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah, and Washington counties) who demonstrate a commitment to learning about philanthropy and deepening their awareness of our region’s needs. They receive complimentary access to all ninety-nine girlfriends' events, a mentor, and a professional development series created just for them. Additional details can be found HERE.

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ninety-nine girlfriends Plans In-person Events for 2022

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With fingers and toes crossed, we are hopeful that things will continue to improve in the pandemic and we may be able to offer some in-person events in 2022! Stay tuned to your Member Updates for more info as things develop, and let us know if YOU are interested in joining the Events Team to help us create opportunities for our members to gather in person - in case you forgot, that is part of the magic of ninety-nine girlfriends!

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Let’s Be Human Together - While We Wait to Be Able to Gather Together

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Registration is now open for our first event of the year! Being Human Together with Coty Raven Morris is a collaborative project of your Racial Equity, Membership, and Member Education committees. Coty (who we met at our 2021 Awards Celebration) will help us embark on a conversation about identity and how we can find points of connection that draw us together rather than split us apart.

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Volunteer Spotlight

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LORI RUX & ANN DODDS

Have you ever wondered how the magic happens when you log into your directory or who processes your contribution? Well, the answer is the incredible duo of Lori and Ann. Every organization needs a strong, dependable foundation and these two Girlfriends are part of that foundation. We thought you might enjoy learning a little more about them…

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The 2022 Fellows Applications Is Now Open!

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Our Fellows program, launched in 2017, invites young women ages 20-35 to bring diverse voices and perspectives to our collective grant-making. The three-years-long program is for women residing in our four-county region (Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah, and Washington counties) who demonstrate a commitment to learning about philanthropy and deepening their awareness of our region’s needs. A Fellow’s membership contribution is partially subsidized, at decreasing levels over the three years. Fellows receive complimentary access to all ninety-nine girlfriends' events, a mentor, and a professional development series created just for them. The application is open for only six weeks. Additional details can be found HERE.

Join by December 31st and be entered in the raffle!

Help us reach our goal of 100 girlfriends by December 31, 2021! Our overall goal is 500 Girlfriends and if we stay on track with 100 renewals or new Members per month we can get there. To encourage you to help us reach this first goal, we have an incentive for you. It’s a raffle for a basket overflowing with goodies from all around PDX. Coffee, doughnuts, pilates, flowers, plants, fly fishing and more!

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The Awards Celebration was a HIT!

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If you missed the Awards Celebration and Membership Kickoff we invite you to view it here. Coty Raven Morris was inspiring and we got to learn how our impact partners are already putting their awards to work in impactful ways. What a wonderful opportunity to learn more from them about how our grants are truly creating positive change.

Multiply Your Impact Through Matching Gifts

Does your employer have a matching gifts program? Employer matches have made such an impact in our work. They are applied to our general fund and have been used to increase the funds disbursed through our Impact Awards, help fund our Fellows Program, and more!

If your employer does have a matching gifts program (Check this list to find out), please be sure to check the box about this when renewing your membership.

Questions? Contact Tammy.

99GF Going on Winter Break

To honor our volunteers and to uphold the period of rest that comes with winter, ninety-nine girlfriends will be taking our annual “winter break” beginning in the middle of December. You can expect one more Member Update for the year. Member Updates, along with the rest of ninety-nine girlfriends’ operations, will pick back up in February. We look forward to hearing from you via the annual member survey (coming soon) and picking up in the new year with all of the excitement that the restarting of the calendar brings.

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New for 2022: The Girlfriends Fund!

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Ninety-nine girlfriends is piloting a new program to welcome members for whom $1,100 is a barrier to participation. Instead, the individual pays $550 and requests $550 from the Girlfriends Fund. This program is made possible by the generosity of members who are able to contribute to the fund. $550 helps one Girlfriend but donations of any amount are welcome and appreciated. And, of course, contributions are tax-deductible, as allowed by law.