WE DID IT! MATCH CHALLENGE ENDS!
- $17,434 of $15,000 raised
Dear Donor,
On behalf of the girls enrolled in Women of the Dream, thank you to our Anonymous donor who challenged WOD to dream bigger! An Anonymous Simmons University alumna challenged Women of the Dream to raise $10,000 in 30 days to receive her matching donation of $10,000! We accepted the challenge and reached out to sister alums and friends for donations. You responded! By June 26, 2019, WOD had exceeded the $10,000 goal with a total of $12,906 in donations from sister alums and friends! Our Anonymous Donor increased her match donation to $15,000, if WOD raised $15,000 by July 1! Thanks to our Match donors, WOD raised $17,434 by July 1. The Match Challenge total of $32,434 represents the highest amount ever contributed by individual donors within a 30 day period in our history!
Over the past three years, WOD has awarded scholarships totaling $34,500 to thirteen girls from Camden, NJ. Match Challenge donations will benefit 2019 graduating seniors with a $3,000 college scholarship, and help WOD girls currently in college to reduce their financial burden.
Although the Match Challenge is over, we welcome donations throughout the year. Visit our General Donation Page to contribute. All donations are tax-deductible, and upon making your donation, you will receive a letter for your tax records.
Thank you fellow dreamers for your donation!
Sincerely,
Leslie A. Morris
Founder & CEO
Women of the Dream
Meet the 2019 Graduating Senior Recipients:
Chynah Morrison
High School: Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, Camden, NJ
College: NYU
Teseanna Harris
High School: Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
College: Bloomfield College – New Jersey
Shania Maldonado
High School: Charles Brimm High School
College: Rutgers University – Camden
Celeste Rodriguez
High School: Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
College: Rutgers University – Camden
Thank You to Our Match Challenge Donors
Valerie Durant
Deborah Brittain
Fred J. Grigsby, Jr.
Ann Fudge
Rehema Ellis
Laurel Yancey
Ngina Lythcott
Catherine B. Eagan
Patricia Whitley Williams
Merilyn Francis
Adunni Anderson
Harriet Elam-Thomas
Desiree Baynes
Donna Ramos-Johnson
Denise Evans
Milton Coleman
Claudia Herbert
Jessica Gibson
Katherine White
Faye E. Coleman
Carol Waller Pope
I am a Simmons alum. So proud to support the work of WOD. Equally proud of Simmons alums who are supporting girls of color in their… Read … Read More
I am a Simmons alum. So proud to support the work of WOD. Equally proud of Simmons alums who are supporting girls of color in their… Read more
Sandra Thompson
magdalen gaynor
Cathie Mayers
Maureen Hicks
Cynthia Knowles
SARITA STIRRUP
Theresa Brewer
Elizabeth B. Rawlins
Sincere congratulations Leslie on your work with and for these young women. I so enjoyed meeting some of them last year at the reunion. Keep … Read More
Sincere congratulations Leslie on your work with and for these young women. I so enjoyed meeting some of them last year at the reunion. Keep up the good work. EBR
Gary Bailey
Abra Francois
Monica Chenault-Kilgore
So proud of the work Leslie Morris has done and continues to do for girls through Women of the Dream's innovative programs and services … Read More
So proud of the work Leslie Morris has done and continues to do for girls through Women of the Dream's innovative programs and services. I… Read more
pam rice
Kenyora Johnson
Barbara Semedo
Loraine Trotter
Pamela Hoffman
JoAnne Wright
Pamela Dashiell
Reginald Jackson
Millicent Gorham
Kelley Chunn
Gwen Richard
Karen Thomas
Sharon Combs
Phyllis Holliday
Nadine Cruz
Waltrine Cooke
Audrey Lewis Ratchford
Nancy Larkey
leslie dykeman
Christine Key
C JOYCE FARRAR-ROSEMON
Gail Holliday
Anika Munroe
dawn hobson
G. Lynne Alston-Leonard
Alexia Gunn
Alicia Canady Adamson
Jacqueline Kidd
Nasyria Taylor
As a 2019 Simmons alum, former BSO President and, WOD scholarship recipient I very thankful for this organization and Ms. Leslie. Glad I can … Read More
As a 2019 Simmons alum, former BSO President and, WOD scholarship recipient I very thankful for this organization and Ms. Leslie. Glad I can pay it forward!
Anna Gavitt
I’m so happy to be contributing to someone’s education like this, as a fellow POC and Simmons alum. We need to see more of this … Read More
I’m so happy to be contributing to someone’s education like this, as a fellow POC and Simmons alum. We need to see more of this happening in our communities. We need to have each other’s backs and I’m so grateful this exists
