Charles County Women - United in Giving
Women Helping Women in Need
This initiative began back in November 2004, when a group of women got together at an invitational tea. The purpose was to form a giving society made up of women willing to learn more about the needs of uninsured and underinsured women and their children in Charles County, and also willing to give of their own time and financial resources to help them.
Join a very special group of women and men from Charles County who have come together to fund projects to benefit women and children in our community. All donations are accepted. However, for a Leadership Giving Level gift of at least $500, you may become a part of the steering committee and decide how the donations will be spent each year. All money raised goes directly to the agencies for the programs. United Way of Charles County absorbs the administrative costs of providing the grants.
| 2004 Campaign |
$ 8,985 |
| 2005 Campaign |
$12,994 |
| 2006 Campaign |
$10,145 |
| 2007 Campaign |
$18,232 |
| 2008 Campaign |
$17,739 |
| 2009 Campaign |
$20,181 |
| 2010 Campaign |
$24,940 |
| 2011 Campaign |
$25,491 |
Money raised through these annual campaigns has gone to the following organizations to help support their programs:
Arc of Southern Maryland to provide Sexual Health Education classes to women with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Center for Abused Persons to provide 48 group psycho educational domestic violence support groups for approximately 40 women incarcerated at the Charles County Detention Center
Center for Children to provide mental health screening and individual or group treatment services for young women in the Healthy Families Program
Charles County Department of Health to provide 30 Pack-N-Plays so that infants could have a safe place to sleep and money help fund the “We Can” program to enhance children’s activities and nutrition, provided funding for classes for children at risk for developmental delay through the Charles County Infants and Toddlers Program
Civista Medical Center to provide ultrasounds and lab work for qualified uninsured or underinsured women who have at-risk pregnancies
F.B. Gwynn Educational Center to purchase materials to implement a therapeutic art program for approximately 40 students enrolled in the STAY program and scholarships for infants and toddlers with disabilities to participate in art, music and movement classes
Greater Baden Medical Services the purchase of an EKG machine, provide cervical cancer screenings to uninsured or underinsured women who would not have been able to afford the tests; Gardisil vaccine for qualified young women; a digital blood pressure monitor and projector and the staff to provide the services to those women who are potential risks for chronic disease
Health Partners to provide gynecological exams, cervical cancer screenings, dental care and prescription assistance for uninsured or underinsured women and children
LifeStyles of Maryland Foundation to provide prescription medication to women and children who cannot afford to buy it on their own
MD Foundation for Quality Healthcare to provide Gestational Diabetes Education and Management for women
Walden Sierra to provide mental health assessment and counseling services, as well as psychiatric services to the underserved women in Charles County who do not already have PAC or other insurance.
If you would like to be a part of this important initiative, and help local women to get the services they otherwise could not afford, click here.
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