Chapter Support Programs – Matching Funds Program
The Society will match $1 for each $1 raised by Woman’s Life members through fundraising on a project initiated and organized by the Woman’s Life chapter.
- Each fundraiser must be pre-approved by Home Office.
- The fundraiser must benefit a needy person(s) or a not-for-profit organization.
- Up to $500 per project will be matched, up to $5,000 per year per chapter for the total of all matching funds and volunteer service project grants.
- The chapter can do multiple projects for one recipient as well as select a number of different project recipients.
- Minimum of 5 chapter members must work on the project.
Matching Funds Program Request Form
Lottery Board Raffle
Members of Woman’s Life Chapter 830 Port Huron, Michigan, sold raffle tickets for a lottery board during the Dueling Pianos fundraiser to benefit Sanborn Gratiot Memorial Home. Members sold $1,800 in raffle tickets! With Matching Funds from Woman’s Life, they donated $2,300 to the Sanborn Home, which provides safe, comfortable assisted living for seniors in St. Clair County, including those with limited income.
Helping a Family in Need
Members of Woman’s Life 821 Marine City, Michigan held a wine tasting fundraiser to benefit a family in their community with medical expenses. Fifty ladies who love wine came out and had a rollicking good time for a good cause! Including Matching Funds from Woman’s Life, they raised $1,000 to help this family in need.
Balloon Pop
Woman’s Life Chapter 800 Fort Gratiot, Michigan, held a unique fundraiser during the Blue Water Recovery & Outreach Center’s Annual Banquet – a balloon pop! Participants purchased a $10 ticket to pop a balloon and reveal the prize they would win. Including Matching Funds from Woman’s Life, $1,500 was raised to help those struggling with addiction find the path to recovery. What a way to put the FUN in FUNdraising!
