Blog Events Join Us Grants & Programs Latest Posts2019 Dare to Dream Grantee Information SheetFebruary 19, 2019Congratulations on winning a Dare to Dream Grant! What Happens Now? 1. We invite you to be our special guest at our Dare to Dream Breakfast on Thursday, March 28, 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. at Shenandoah Valley Country Club, 134 Golf Club Circle, Front Royal. The grants will be officially presented at our March Dare to Dream Breakfast. We invite you and one friend or family member as our guests to the breakfast. You are welcome to invite other guests at a cost of $15. Please let us know by Friday, March 22 whether you will be able to attend the breakfast and the names of your guest(s) by calling our office at 636-7007. 2. Receiving Your Grant Funds: THREE WEEKS BEFORE you need your money, fill out the Funds Disbursement Form (attached) and submit with an invoice (if applicable) to: The Women’s Resource Center, P.O. Box 1748, Front Royal, VA 22630. This form and your invoice need to be post marked three weeks before funds are needed. We will write a check directly to the organization, school or vendor and mail it by the date you specify. 2019 Dare to Dream Grant Winner Funds Disbursement 3. Your funds need to be allocated before November 29, 2019. 4. Evaluation Form: You will be sent a form to return to us stating how you used your grant money and how it helped you ‘dare to dream’. Return the evaluation form within 30 days of receiving it. This is vital information needed for the continued funding of our grant programs. Providing feedback through the evaluation form is a requirement of the grant. If you have any questions or concerns at any time, please contact the FRWRC office at (540)636-7007.... Read more...March 28 – SAVE THE DATEFebruary 17, 2019Thursday, March 28th - 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club (134 Golf Club Circle, Front Royal) The 2019 Dare-to-Dream grants and Elaine Bromfield Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to Warren County women to follow their dreams. Members, non-members and friends are invited to attend. Reservations are a must and advanced ticket payment is preferred. More information and ticket purchase options will be available on our home page closer to event date... Read more...February 2019 Book ReviewFebruary 5, 2019A Woman in the House (And Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country By Ilene Cooper Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley The title of this book was the slogan of Bella Abzug’s 1970 successful election campaign. But, for the first 128 years of our government, there were no women in Congress. It wasn’t until a feisty suffragist from Montana named Jeannette Rankin won her state’s 1917 congressional election that women first came to the House. She declared, “I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last.” She wasn’t but it’s been slow going. Written primarily for young readers, Cooper’s delightfully illustrated book chronicles more than 150 years of American history and the lives of the trailblazing female leaders who have helped shape it. In these pages you will meet Rebecca Felton, the first female senator; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman in Congress; and Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color in Congress. You will read about the friendship between Bella Abzug and Millicent Fenwick who, although Azburg was a Democrat and Fenwick was a Republican, worked together for civil rights, women’s rights and human rights. Just as Abzug was known for her outsized hats, elegant and pearl-wearing Millicent Fenwick was known for smoking a pipe that turned heads all over Washington D.C. You will discover that it wasn’t until 1981, when President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first female Supreme Court Justice that almost 200 years of the all-male Supreme Court came to an end. O’Connor had graduated from Stanford Law School almost 30 years before but had trouble finding a job because she was a woman. The book profiles women from both sides of the aisle, familiar and unfamiliar to the general public, and reveals how it is the women leaders of Congress that have taken on the issues that are nearest to the public’s concerns such as healthcare, maternity leave, and childcare. It is unbelievable to read that in 1978, women were still being excluded from potentially life-saving medical trials. The book contains illustrations and photography, an appendix, a bibliography, a chart showing every woman who has served in the United States Congress, and a foreword by former U.S. Senator, Olympia Snowe. It is important to point out that since this book was published in 2014, there has been a significant change in the makeup of Congress due to the results of the 2018 midterm elections. The 116thCongress represents the biggest jump in women members since the 1990’s. Women now make up nearly a quarter of the voting members of Congress, the highest percentage in United States History. A record 102 women will serve in the incoming House of Representatives. Ilene Cooper has a whole new chapter to add to this book! But, the 2018 results would never have happened without the fearless and tenacious women who came before and found their place in the House and the Senate. As former Senator Snowe writes in the foreword, “The stories told here should spark all of us - and particularly girls and women – to close the gender gap…. We are now the bearers of the torch that so many lit before us, and of their extraordinary legacy, which will forever endure.”... Read more...Full List of FRWRC Business Partners –January 29, 2019Changing women’s lives one dream at a time. We are excited that the following local businesses share our vision for and commitment to the women of our beautiful valley. Together we make a difference, empowering women to change their world. We thank you for joining with us to support women in our community through programs, information and education. Gold Partners What Matters – Beth Medved Waller (March 2016-2020) Weathervane Graphics – Weatherly Morgan (June 2017-2020) Jenspiration – Jen Avery (December 2017-2019) Franzi Lee Photography – Franzi Curry (October 2016-2019) SonaBank – Tanya Rosenberry (February 2019-2020) Downtown Catering – Therese Brown (January 2019-2020) Turtle Rock Farm Landscaping – Sheron Smith Piazza (March 2016-2018) Silver Partners Phoenix Project – Tammy Sharpe (November 2016-2019) Warren County Backpack Program – Lori Glascock (February 2017-2018) City National Bank – Katrina Meade (February 2016-2018) Basic Partners Mindful Shenandoah – Shell Fischer (January 2016-2020) Blue Skies Wellness – Eka Kapiotis (February 2016-2019) SOS Consulting – Susan Schall (February 2017-2020) Sun Studio Framing – Candy Howland (March 2017-2019) The Laurel Center – Leslie Hardesty (November 2017 – 2019) Ramsey True Value Hardware – L.B. Bowen (April 2016-2017) Whole Health Fusion – Claire Fay (May 2016-2017) CASACIS – Pam Ryan The Studio – Kelly Walker (February 2016-2018) Lord Fairfax Community College – POC – Ashely McCauley Hansen (February 2016-2018) Disclaimer of Endorsement and Liability. The Front Royal Women’s Resource Center (FRWRC) does not endorse or recommend any commercial product, processes, or services.... Read more...
