From staff reports
In late August a check for $14,600 was presented from 100 Women Who Care to Born to Read (www.borntoread.org), a valuable nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy in Beaufort County.
Janie Ephland, Executive Director of Born to Read, accepted the check in their name. Born to Read’s trained volunteers visit new patients in the birthing center at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, where they present a resource bag containing information on oral language development, three books for the baby and a T-shirt. They advise parents of the importance of daily reading and talking with their babies starting at birth. For more information www.borntoread.org.
From their beginning in Beaufort in 2015, 100 Women Who Care has donated more than $455,000 to local nonprofit organizations. The group meets quarterly and listens to presentations from worthy groups, located in Northern Beaufort County, who need funding for local projects.
Members who attend the short, one-hour meeting, vote after the presentations and the chosen nonprofit receives a $100 check from every woman in the organization. Currently there are 146 generous members but the organization is open to any woman in Northern Beaufort County.
If you are interested in attending, the meetings are the second Tuesday of each quarter (Jan-April-July-October). The next meeting will be October 10 at 5:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Fellowship Hall on Church Street. The public is invited. For more information, visit 100wwcbeaufort.org.
