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Local women make big difference with little effort

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The concept is simple yet brilliant. Bring at least 100 women together who want to make a  difference but can’t fit one more thing into their busy lives, to agree to meet for one hour a  quarter and donate $100 each time. This is the concept behind 100+ Women Who Care - Bucks  County. Here’s how it works:

At each quarterly meeting members in attendance can nominate a local charity for  consideration. The charities must be a 501(c)3 and the funds must stay in Bucks County. The names of three charities are pulled from those nominated and each makes a short presentation at  the next quarterly meeting about why they deserve the funds. The members in attendance vote  and the funds are awarded according to the vote count. That’s it, Brilliant, right?

Currently membership stands at 280 women. That means that $28,000 is raised in one hour to  help those in need in our local community. That’s 100,000 a year – with four hours of work! No muss, no fuss. No charity auctions with bad food and even worse wine, where you pay too  much for stuff you don’t want or need. Like I said, it’s brilliant! Why don’t you join us! 

This amazing group of women have donated funds to A Woman’s Place, Shamrock Reins, Family  Services of Bucks County, Mother Bachman Clinic, Bucks County Housing Group and many, many others. We are a lean, mean, philanthropic machine that makes a significant impact on  those in need in our community. And we do it with relative ease. 

Imagine what we could do if there were 300 members! 500 members! If you’re interested in making a difference in your local community, but don’t have the time for traditional fundraising  please contact local Realtor and founder Lynne Kelleher at 215-813-6655 or  Lynne@LynneKelleher.com for more information, or visit www.100womeninbucks.org, find us on Facebook or join our Facebook group.