Charities
The IWCNE conducts several types of fundraising activities. A number of charities are identified as recipients each year, and the funds are presented at the January meeting. Some of the activities occur monthly and provide varying amounts of monies, plus at least one major fund-raising activity is conducted each year in the Spring. Raffle tickets are sold at each luncheon meeting, and a drawing is held for door prizes that have been donated by members. Monthly potluck meals provide another contribution to our funds for charities.
CHARITY SELECTIONS 2025
International Women’s Club of New England Charities 2025 The Charity Selection Committee has selected three charities to benefit from this year's fundraising efforts. Thank you to Yvonne Chainey, Ellen Farber, Lynne Gass, Lucille Gentsch, Jean Hurley, Diane Sanford, Cindy Sayers, Anna Kristina Sawtelle and Margaret Weeks. Denise Gaffney and DeAnne DiRuzza, Co-Chairs
Step Up Parents provides financial assistance to kinship caregivers in New Hampshire and Southern Maine who are raising the children of parents with substance use disorder. Even heroes need a hand. Kinship caregivers are relatives or friends who step up to care for, nurture and protect children who find themselves without a responsible parent or safe place to live. For these caregivers, the most immediate need is often financial. Step Up Parents responds by striving to meet every family’s individual needs, whether it is aid with the cost of daycare, clothing, baby supplies, music lessons, legal fees or a special camp for a struggling child. Stepupparents,org
Robbie Foundation Help a child. Change a life. We help families with children who have developmental disabilities by funding adaptive equipment, assistive technology, and therapy not covered by insurance. Robbiefoundation.com
Our Place Portland Supporting the healthy development of youth and families using an humanistic, family-centered, and research-based approach. Through personalized and accessible community services, families find paths to stability and fulfillment. We strive to produce programs that are antiracist, impactful, and which work to secure the integrity of all families. www.ourplace.co
NEXT FUNDRAISER
Sunday April 27
Fashion Show
International Women's Club of New England
presents
Fabulous Fashions
April 27, 2025
11 AM to 2 PM
Wentworth by the Sea Country Club Pavillion
Fashions by Club Boutique and City Shoes, Portsmouth
Hats by Puttin' on the Glitz, Portsmouth
Proceeds benefit these charities:
Step Up Parents
Robbie Foundation
Our Place Portland
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A Safe Place
$5000 -
Child Abuse Prevention Council of York County
$5000 -
New Heights
$5000 -
Child Abuse Prevention Council of York County (Healthy Families) $5,000
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York County Shelters
$5,000 -
Maine Adoption Placement Services
$5,000 -
Bridges of Learning
$5,000 -
York County Red Cross
$5,000Sustainable Harvest
$1,200 -
A Safe Place
$5,000Sustainable Harvest
$1,500 -
Caring Unlimited
$5,000Sustainable Harvest
$1,500 -
Biddeford Free Clinic
$5,000Child Abuse Prevention Council of York County
$2,000H.O.M.E.
$1,000Sustainable Harvest
$1,000 -
AIR (formerlyArts in Residence)
$5,000Ethel’s Tree of Life
$1,000Project G.R.A.C.E.
$1,000New Heights (Annie’s Forum)
$1,000York County Fire Juvenile Fire Safety and Intervention Collaborative
$1,000Family Resources
$1,000Seeds of Peace
$1,000 -
Ethel’s Tree of Life
$5,000Fair Tide
$3,500Project G.R.A.C.E.
$3,500 -
The Sahana Project
$5,000Childhood Enrichment Program
$3,000Betty’s Dream
$3,000 -
Families First
$5,000Womenaid of Portsmouth
$3,000Biddeford Free Clinic
$3,000 -
Southern Maine Parent Awareness
$7,000AIR Arts in Reach
$3,500ILAP Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
$3,500 -
Southern Maine Agency on Aging Money Minders Program
$6,000York County Shelter Programs
$4,000New Heights of Portsmouth
$4,000 -
Esperenza Academy School of Hope, Lawrence MA
$6,000Compas de Nicaragua, Littleton NH
$3,000Biddeford Free Dental Clinic, ME
$3,000 -
Caring Unlimited
$5,000New Heights
$1,500A.C.T.S.
$1,500 -
Children International
$528.00York Community Service Association
$2,500Fair Tide
$2,500Families First Health and Support Center
$7,849.86 -
A Safe Place, Portsmouth, NH
$10,676.00Seacoast Family Promise, NH
$3,800.00The Children’s Initiative, ME
$3,800.00Children International
$300.00 -
Kids Free to Grow, Kennebunk, ME
$5,500.00End 68 Hours of Hunger, Kittery, ME
$2,750.00Seacoast Food Pantry, Portsmouth, NH
$2,750.00Children International
$300.00 -
Partners for World Health, Portland, ME
$5,800.00Esperanza Academy, Lawrence, MA
$3,000.00Fair Tide, Inc., Kittery, ME
$3,000.00 -
Grahamtastic Connection
$3,000.00Womenaid of Greater Portsmouth
$2,000.00Arthope, Ogunquit
$2,000.00End 68 Hours of Hunger, Kittery
$2,000.00 -
Girls on the Run, New Hampshire
Hospice Help Foundation
Time of Wonder Early Learning Center, Kittery, ME
Dress a Girl Around the World, Maine chapter
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Amenyo, Ghana
Footprints Food Pantry, Kittery, ME
Lydia's House of Hope, Somersworth, NH
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Travis Mills Foundation, Hallowell, ME
Seeds of Hope, Biddeford, ME
End 68 Hours of Hunger, Somersworth, NH
New Generation, Greenland, NH
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Womenaid Portsmouth
Rett’s Roost
Hardy Girls Healthy Women
Ruth’s Reusable Resources
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A Company of Girls
In Her Presence
Stop Traficking Us
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Youth Journalism International
Oyster River Womenade
Grahamtastic Connection
Finding Our Voices
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A Place to Start
240 Strings
Girls on the Run, NH
Camp Kita
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Seeds of Hope, Biddeford
Pihcintu International girlsChorus
Youth Journalism International
Kids Free toGrow, Kennebunk
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Heart to Heart
Finding Our Voices
The Telling Room
