Growing WILPF: Update

Marybeth Gardam, Growing WILPF Campaign Committee

Re-envisioning WILPF in the 21st Century is an imperative.  We’ve got critical goals, but we need your support to get there.  This campaign update includes information YOU can use to help us plant new seeds.

Growing WILPF is working to create stronger ties to branches, reach out to recruit new members, provide mentoring and leadership training for new members and branch leaders, and to strategically create new branches around the country. 

• We’ve had several new branches starting up since January, 2015 already!
• Our long-awaited Program Retreat is now scheduled for early October and will help us better frame the work of our members and Issue Committees. 
• And a new full time Managing Director is being recruited to help better amplify and coordinate the work of branches and committees.  
• Branches are being contacted right now for a survey about the kinds of support they would welcome.   We are rebuilding communications and relationships with branches, because they are our hands and feet and eyes across the US.

But none of that will be able to continue long term without YOUR donation. 

We are asking members to contribute NOW. 

We are asking branches to contribute too.

Go to GrowingWILPF.com to make a donation. It’s fast and easy.

While there, you can check out the campaign budget, goals and progress too. 

You can weigh in on our GOAL SURVEY,

You can access our newest page, WHY DONATE TO WILPF NOW, with its great Talking Points to use with potential donors. 

We need your advice…  Suggest a local DONOR PROSPECT! 

We have to also look outside WILPF to round out our fundraising campaign. 

Take a moment or two to think about people in your community who support Progressive causes and have the capacity for giving to Growing WILPF.   Then CALL US to suggest local potential donors we can approach (individuals, foundations, Progressives who can appreciate the kind of work WILPF does and has done for 100 years).    

We need your eyes and ears. No one knows your community as well as you do.   We can help you make the case directly, or we can simply use your introduction to call on leads you identify for us.  Please do it NOW! 

Contact Robin Lloyd 802-862-4929 - robinlloyd8@gmail.com - or Marybeth Gardam 863-651-4888 -mbgardam@gmail.com. 

Photo caption: WILPF President Mary Hanson Harrison discusses goals and strategies with Growing WILPF CoChair Robin Lloyd during the March 2015 UN Practicum in NYC.