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Iris House: Monthly Tour
Date: Thursday, July 3rd
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Iris House, 2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
Description: Join our monthly tour of Iris House, meet our clients and learn more about the work we do. Tours are conducted the first Thursday of each month at 12:00 pm and guests are welcome to stay for a nutritious lunch with clients. Individuals or groups are welcome.
For more information please contact Leslie Falconio at lfalconio6@msn.com.
Iris House: 'Saturdays at the House’
Date: Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Iris House, 2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
Description: This monthly event is held to educate youth of Iris House clients and their peers on food & nutrition, cooking healthy meals, college planning, career options, financial management and other areas including psycho-drama. The launch of this event will be at Iris House, located at 7th Avenue and 137th Street. 2 – 3 Volunteers are needed to assist with the programs for that day. Future dates for this event includes September 13th.
For more information please contact Leslie Falconio at lfalconio6@msn.com.
Bottomless Closet
Date: Monday, July 14th
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Bottomless Closet's Offices - 545 8th Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets
Description: Bottomless Closet collects and distributes business clothing to women seeking to enter the job force and is seeking volunteers for the next Separates Sale at Bottomless Closet. Volunteers will be assisting clients in picking out clothing and accessories in the organization's showroom. Several times a year, clients are able to redeem points that they have earned by attending the organization¹s on-going workshops for clothing and accessories. 10 Volunteers are needed.
To volunteer, please contact Nicole Belmont at nbelmont@farhills.com.
Inwood House Family Picnic
Date: Saturday, July 26th
Time: 1PM-4PM
Location: Central Park - Great Hill (top of the hill on the West Side between 103rd to 107th Streets)
Description: High Water Women is honored to host the 3rd Annual Inwood House Family Picnic in Central Park. This annual event allows the entire Inwood House Family to enjoy a shared experience having fun in the sun. Inwood House is a nationally recognized leader and innovator in youth development, teen pregnancy prevention, and family support programs and serves nearly 5,500 young people in New York City and New Jersey each year. Committee members will decide the appropriate meeting/conference call schedule at a later date. HWW needs volunteers to assist with all aspects of running the event (set-up, games, prizes, etc ). Donations to fund the support of our effort are greatly appreciated. To donate online go here.
For information regarding the responsibilities of this committee, please contact Maddy Ramos at mramos@cerberuscapital.com or Carrie Pickett at cpickett@restorationholdings.com.
Good Shepherd Services: Volunteers Needed for Gardening Project and Summer BBQ
Date: Saturday August 2nd
Time: 11:00 AM -2:00 PM
Location: 337 East 17th Street, (Between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
Description: Good Shepherd Services is a leading youth development, education and family service agency that serves over 20,000 young people in NYC a year. High Water Women is looking for members to participate in a gardening project at the East 17th street residence for young women. We will be planting flowers and sprucing up the rooftop garden on Saturday, August 2nd from 11:00-2:00. The days' event will be followed by a rooftop BBQ with the residents. This is our fist event with Good Shepherds Services, so please join us in transforming their rooftop into an enjoyable supper space. 10 volunteers are needed, and we ask that everyone bring $20 to cover the cost of this project. To donate on line go here.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Lausch at jennifer.lausch@ubs.com or Anne Nguyen anne.ngyuen@barclayscapital.com.
TEAK Fellowship
Specialized Tutoring Volunteers Needed in the Following Areas:
Math, Science, English, History, and Foreign Languages
Date: Ongoing Opportunities, Semester-Long Commitment Requested
Time: Flexible, After-School and Weekends
Location: The TEAK Fellowship, 16 West 22nd St, 3rd Floor, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Description: Specialized Tutoring at TEAK (STAT) is a support program aimed at addressing the individual academic challenges of Fellows in grades 9-12 through individualized tutoring. TEAK seeks volunteer tutors with expertise in math, science, English, history, or foreign languages who can support Fellows on a weekly basis, for one hour, over the course of a semester. The structure of STAT affords flexibility to tutors, allowing them to volunteer for tutoring sessions at times and locations that are convenient to them, and TEAK works to make the best matches based on the Fellows needs and the tutors availability.
If you are interested in participating in STAT as a tutor, please contact Liz Lesar at: lizlesar@verizon.com
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Support High Water Women' Fourth Annual Back to School
Backpack Drive
 Last summer High Water Women distributed over 3,000 backpacks to children in Harlem, Astoria, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Newark, and Philadelphia.
We need your help to reach even
more kids in need this year!
For children who are homeless, in foster care, or impoverished, a backpack filled with school supplies can provide the necessary motivation to attend the first day of school prepared and ready to learn, rather than feeling left out and embarrassed for lack of having what other students have. Even more important to many students, the backpacks carry with them the feeling that someone cares enough to support them in such a meaningful way. We would be so grateful if you could help us out! Here are three ways you can help.
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Count Me In Update
The Make Mine a Million $ Business program, a dynamic, national movement empowering women to grow million $ businesses, selected its newest class of awardees on June 4, 2008 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. A standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 women from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania witnessed as ten new women were chosen to receive growth-focused business, marketing and technology resources and mentoring as part of the Make Mine a Million $ Business award.
Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence would like to thank the following wonderful vounteers from High Water Women for reviewing loan applications and selecting such great businesses as Finalists: Ann Short, Susan Stang, Grace Wong, Jennifer Chiu, Idelle Howitt, Clara Lipson, Janet Pickering, Arisleyda Veloz, Marisa Mackey, Diana Marin, and Lu Ann Bowers.
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Third Annual Casino Night Raises Record Amount to Support Math Education for Children and Financial Literacy Training for Teens and Women
(Photoby www.cavaweddings.com)
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High Water Women Foundation Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell
 (Photograph taken by NASDAQ photographer Rob Tannenbaum.)
January 25, 2008 - Kathleen Kelley, a Global Macro Portfolio Manager from Kingdon Capital Management and the Co-Founder and President
of High Water Women Foundation, presides over ceremony and is pictured with Anu
Sharma (center) a Managing Director at NASDAQ as well as with 20 members from
High Water Women.
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