We all want options in life: paper or plastic, Coke or Pepsi, run or walk, chocolate or peanut butter ... peanut butter in our chocolate. All of the grants Women's Fund makes are designed to give women and girls options, the kind of options and opportunities that position them for success in life. How do we have the money to give to organizations, who helps make those decisions, where does the leadership begin? One resource for all of those answers comes from OPTIONS.
OPTIONS is a year-long philanthropy education program for women who are 25-45 years-old. For nearly ten years, Women's Fund has been educating a new class of twenty women every year to learn about the needs and concerns of women and girls, personal and group philanthropy, the role of non-profit board leaders, and creating opportunities for site visits to organizations we support.
OPTIONS members are today's donors and leaders for Women's Fund. OPTIONS members and OPTIONS Alumnae are creating the future path for Women's Fund ... our future donors and leaders. In the past nine years over 200 women have participated in OPTIONS and Alumnae and have contributed more than $260,000 to Women's Fund. Amazing!!
To find out how you can participate in OPTIONS, go to our website: http://www.womensfund.org/ and click on OPTIONS ... hurry ... the next and last information session is October 13th and applications for 2010 are due by October 31, 2009.
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OPTIONS is such a wonderful experience. I credit my experience with OPTIONS, now almost 7 years ago, with providing me a path to learn about the Central Indiana community and about using my time and money efficiently and effectively to impact lives in the community. Although the knowledge and the opportunities are great, it is also fun. I met wonderful women with whom I remain friends and interact in the community regularly. OPTIONS expands your world in a powerful way and gives you tools for making an impact.
ReplyDeleteOptions was a wonderful experience for me as well. It was a unique opportunity to learn about our community and how Women's Fund is helping to improve the lives of women and children. It was also fun to connect with a group of like minded women during the sessions. I would highly recommended this program to anyone who is interested in becoming more involved and educated about women's issues in our city.
ReplyDeleteI participated in OPTIONS almost four years ago, and particularly enjoyed the discussions on personal philanthropy. OPTIONS helped me see the disconnect between the types of organizations I was contributing to vs. the type of change and impact I really believed in. It's changed my giving patterns ever since!
ReplyDeleteThe OPTIONS year was a wonderful experience for me. Being relatively new to Indianapolis at the time, it was meaningful to learn about the city's non-profit organizations and specifically about those serving women and girls. I was inspired by the stories and people we met on site-visits to several of the organizations that Women's Fund supports. Another benefit of participating in OPTIONS is the amazing women I have met and the continued social network and community connections through the OPTIONS Alumnae program.
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