Members of the East Cobb Middle School Beta Club were honored this week by the Atlanta Women’s Foundation for their efforts to help launch a grant program to support girls in poverty.
The group provided a donation of $800 as the lead gift for All Girls Forward, whose goals include raising and distributing $2.5 million over the next five years.
The Numbers Too Big to Ignore luncheon event at the Georgia World Congress Center, drew more than 1,000 business, civic and political leaders, most of them women.
The East Cobb Middle School girls also got to meet actress Rita Moreno, who was the keynote speaker.
According to Kari Love, an East Cobb native who is the Atlanta Women’s Foundation’s CEO, the East Cobb students raised the $800 by hosting a leggings day fundraiser at the school.
The luncheon event raised more than $150,000 for the All Girls Forward Program.
The foundation, which was formed in 1998, has invested more than $20 million in more than 350 Atlanta-area non-profits to assist and empower girls and women and help break the cycle of poverty.
It also provides leadership and philanthropic training for professional women and their communities.
Related:
- Mike and Judy Boyce named East Cobb Citizens of the Year
- Center for Family Resources launches Thanks for Giving food drive
- First responders, military treated to appreciation lunch
- East Cobb legislator named to MUST Ministries board of directors
- Golden K Kiwanis raises $40K+ at youth charity golf tournament
- PORCH-Marietta collecting canned foods for Brumby ES pantry
- Congregation Etz Chaim honors Cobb schools resource officers
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