(May 25, 2017) Members of the 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore charity have donated $3,400 to the CRICKET Center, a child advocacy center in Berlin.
“We are fully accredited by the National Children’s Alliance and are mandated to provide a multi-disciplinary team response for each case of child abuse in Worcester County,” said CRICKET Center Executive Director Wendy Myers. “As a nonprofit organization, we depend on our community for support. The donation from 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore will help us to continue to provide direct services to our clients.”
The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore organization held its second meeting on May 16 where 30 members heard presentations about Coastal Hospice, the Ocean City Art League and the CRICKET Center.
“All three charities nominated were awesome organizations,” said Janelle Mulholland, co-founder of 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore along with Susanna Eisenman and Anna Newton. “It was really a tough choice. I hope we can award money to the other two organizations sometime in the future.”
Since 2009, the CRICKET Center has provided more than 700 forensic interviews, medical intervention for more than 150 children, logged more than 4,600 trauma therapy hours, and identified more than 250 abusers, Myers said.
In addition, the sentenced jail time for child sex offenders in Worcester County during this time totaled more than 950 years, she added.
“The CRICKET Center’s main objective is to reduce trauma to child victims by bringing all the necessary local agencies together, including law enforcement officers, child protective services, prosecutors, mental health therapists and medical personnel,” Myers said.
The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore members directly contribute $100 to three different charities each year. During the hour-long meetings, each woman in attendance fills out a nomination form with their favorite nonprofit charity from Worcester, Wicomico or Somerset counties. The submissions go into a basket and three potential winners are picked.
“Those three women will present their nominations by telling the group about why they are passionate about their charity and what great work the charity does for the community,” Mulholland said.
After presentations, each member votes for their favorite and the charity with the most votes receives checks from all 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore members.
“Charities can be nominated over and over again,” Mulholland said. “But once a charity has been chosen, it cannot be nominated again for one year. Charities must be 501(c)(3). The money must also stay on the shore to help our residents in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties.”
Members directly contribute $100 to three different charities each year. All donations are tax deductible.
The nonprofit organization, 100+ Women Who Care, began in Michigan more than a decade ago. Currently, there are more than 400 active chapters across the world.
“I first heard of the organization while visiting my mother in Iowa,” Mulholland said. “Her friends started their own chapter and I loved the idea of a group of women getting together and discussing charities in their community and then writing checks to the chosen local charity.”
The local chapter will have its third and final meeting of 2017 on Oct. 17 at Sisters on North Main Street in Berlin from 5:15-6:15 p.m.
The organization held its first meeting on Feb. 28 where 35 members donated $3,900 to the Stephen Decatur High School Band Boosters to help replace 29-year-old uniforms.
For more information or to become a member, email Mulholland at mjmulholland@mchsi.com or visit www.facebook.com/100womenwhocareontheshore.
“We are fully accredited by the National Children’s Alliance and are mandated to provide a multi-disciplinary team response for each case of child abuse in Worcester County,” said CRICKET Center Executive Director Wendy Myers. “As a nonprofit organization, we depend on our community for support. The donation from 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore will help us to continue to provide direct services to our clients.”
The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore organization held its second meeting on May 16 where 30 members heard presentations about Coastal Hospice, the Ocean City Art League and the CRICKET Center.
“All three charities nominated were awesome organizations,” said Janelle Mulholland, co-founder of 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore along with Susanna Eisenman and Anna Newton. “It was really a tough choice. I hope we can award money to the other two organizations sometime in the future.”
Since 2009, the CRICKET Center has provided more than 700 forensic interviews, medical intervention for more than 150 children, logged more than 4,600 trauma therapy hours, and identified more than 250 abusers, Myers said.
In addition, the sentenced jail time for child sex offenders in Worcester County during this time totaled more than 950 years, she added.
“The CRICKET Center’s main objective is to reduce trauma to child victims by bringing all the necessary local agencies together, including law enforcement officers, child protective services, prosecutors, mental health therapists and medical personnel,” Myers said.
The 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore members directly contribute $100 to three different charities each year. During the hour-long meetings, each woman in attendance fills out a nomination form with their favorite nonprofit charity from Worcester, Wicomico or Somerset counties. The submissions go into a basket and three potential winners are picked.
“Those three women will present their nominations by telling the group about why they are passionate about their charity and what great work the charity does for the community,” Mulholland said.
After presentations, each member votes for their favorite and the charity with the most votes receives checks from all 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore members.
“Charities can be nominated over and over again,” Mulholland said. “But once a charity has been chosen, it cannot be nominated again for one year. Charities must be 501(c)(3). The money must also stay on the shore to help our residents in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties.”
Members directly contribute $100 to three different charities each year. All donations are tax deductible.
The nonprofit organization, 100+ Women Who Care, began in Michigan more than a decade ago. Currently, there are more than 400 active chapters across the world.
“I first heard of the organization while visiting my mother in Iowa,” Mulholland said. “Her friends started their own chapter and I loved the idea of a group of women getting together and discussing charities in their community and then writing checks to the chosen local charity.”
The local chapter will have its third and final meeting of 2017 on Oct. 17 at Sisters on North Main Street in Berlin from 5:15-6:15 p.m.
The organization held its first meeting on Feb. 28 where 35 members donated $3,900 to the Stephen Decatur High School Band Boosters to help replace 29-year-old uniforms.
For more information or to become a member, email Mulholland at mjmulholland@mchsi.com or visit www.facebook.com/100womenwhocareontheshore.