The Covington Woman’s Club of GFWC will be participating in the Alleghany Highlands Day of Giving, a day-long event sponsored by the Alleghany Foundation and Mighty Cause.
This online event, provides large and small nonprofits the opportunity to be recognized in their communities for the work they do and win prizes through charitable donations. As a nonprofit organization, The Covington Woman’s Club supports the community where ever there is a need.
During the Give Local Alleghany Highlands, any online donation made to the Woman’s Club during the Power Hours will help the club to be eligible for prize money based upon the number of donations made that hour. There are other prizes awarded for participating nonprofits such as Golden Tickets – random prizes awarded throughout the event and prizes for ten or more unique donations.
The Covington Woman’s Club is a small nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with the purpose or aim to strive to unite into a working whole the women of this club for the betterment of self, home, community and nation. We are part of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs which is an international organization dedicated to community involvement through volunteer service and to providing opportunities that strengthen the role of women. We are members of the largest not for profit, volunteer, service organization for women in the world.
Our aim is to be able to enrich our community through the student/member art and writing contest, awarding scholarships to graduating seniors, providing funding for Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) participation as well as funding for 4-H camperships, participating in “Read Across America” day, supporting Local Office on Aging (LOA) and “Meals On Wheels” as well as soup for seniors, Support for Safe Home and advocating for awareness and prevention of child abuse by planting pinwheel gardens, supporting our local food banks and our community service organizations- fire, police, and emergency squads. Just some of the many ways we give back to our community.
The Covington Woman’s Club of GFWC is one of the small non-profits participating to raise funds for our community service projects. We are a 5019(c)3 organization dedicated to serving our community through volunteer service. This year, we are raising funds for three special projects:
1. Education and Libraries - Goal is to raise $5,000 to purchase STEM and STEAM kits for the Alleghany Highlands Regional Library. These kits would provide the educational tools for the library staff to use to instruct preschoolers through high school student.
2. Margaret Gresham Scholarship Fund - all funding goes toward scholarships awarded each year to graduating high school students who have been accepted at colleges.
3. Eastern Children’s Forest Project - Goal is to raise funds to support third grade field trips to the forest so they are able to participate in lessons on natural resources, forest management, soil science, aquatic ecology as well as bird and wildflower identification.
Four Ways to Help:
1. Donate during the Power Hours: 8-9am, 1-2pm, or 6-7pm
2. For the most dollars raised we could win $3,000.
3. Golden Tickets, chosen randomly each hour - we could win $200.
4. Organizations that have 10 or more donors split a $7,000 prize.
Please consider giving a donation to our club - every dollar spent goes to our community projects and programs.
Thank you for your time and support.
Covington Woman's Club could win a grand prize of $1,500!
Once again, please give generously!
This is the club's third year of participating in Giving Day!
In 2023:
We raised $1,730!
Part of this was bonus money from other donors.
$100 for Margaret Gresham Scholarship Fund
$25 for Trips to National Children's Forest
$600 for Education and Libraries Fund
Thanks again!
We raised $1, 665
We earned a $200 Golden Ticket
$600 was raised for our education and libraries fund.
$100 was raised for our Gresham Scholarship Fund.
$60 for trips to the Children's National Forest.
Thanks again!
We placed 6th overall for Giving Day and 3rd in the Power Hours!
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