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<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>
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<p>“Covid definitely dealt us a hard blow, but it didn’t stop us,” said a release from the Beaufort division of the national charity 100 Women Who Care.</p>
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<p>The group hasn’t met in person in two years and has lost a few members. Hopefully, both of those things are about to change.</p>
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<p>“We’ve had to do this by email for the past two years” coordinator Laura Riski said.</p>
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<p>At the quarterly meetings, three local charities make an appeal to be that quarter’s recipient. An immediate vote is taken, and each woman writes a check for $100 to the winner.</p>
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<p>That next meeting will be in person – 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at Beaufort's First Presbyterian Church in the Fellowship Hall of the Education Building, on the corner of North and Church Streets.</p>
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<p>“We allow only an hour for our meetings because we are all busy ladies,” Riski said. “We would welcome those who are interested to attend.”</p>
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<p>In spite of the COVID restrictions of the past two years, the group continued to raise more than $10,000 every quarter of 2020, 2021, and now 2022.</p>
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<p>These monies go directly to charities north of the Broad, and 100 percent of the money is given. 100 Women Who Care doesn’t even have a bank account. Any expenses incurred have been funded by one of the members.</p>
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