News Archive

Karin M. Drury

The Holiday Season is approaching rapidly, stores are more crowded and the traffic is
increasing. So is the urgency to help the single mothers in our community that are
struggling to provide basic needs for their families.

As in the past BPWEV will help several families with clothing and food donations for
Christmas. The Salvation Army in Venice will provide us again with the first names of
3 single mothers and the wish list for their children. After shopping for the items needed
the funds left will be donated to Englewood Helping Hand, Inc. to buy food for their
pantry.

For many years our Women Helping Women Project has been BPWEV’s special
endeavor for the Holiday Season to help disadvantaged single mothers in our
community. Please help us to continue this tradition. At the November Meeting and the
BPWEV Christmas Celebration I will pass an envelope around for your donations.
If you wish to pay by check, please make it out to BPWEV but add in the memo
field “Donation to BPWEV/WHW project.”

Your help will brighten the Holidays for many families!

Thank you for your generosity!

At their monthly dinner meeting on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, the Business Women of Englewood and Venice (BPWEV) unanimously voted to dedicate their scholarship fund to the memory of Christine Davis. The Adult Learner Scholarships will henceforth be known as the “Christine Davis Memorial Scholarships”. This will honor Christine, who passed away in August 2017, and will make sure that BPWEV will always remember this amazing lady. She was a BPW member for over 50 years, first in New York State and later in Florida. Her endless energies to promote BPW was astounding. She served in every office the organization had to offer, short of State and National President. She served on many committees and especially enjoyed being chair of the scholarship committee till ill health required her to resign from too many obligations. Her beautiful smile, her eagerness to be always willing to help and her efficient handling of any task she elected to do or help with, will not be forgotten by the BPWEV members, but will be missed. The “Christine Davis Memorial Scholarships” will preserve the love and devotion she championed to achieve equity for all women through advocacy, education and information.

l to r: Judy Braham - president, Nathalie Barr, Karin Drury - Scholarship Chair, Elizabeth Wright, Frances McHale, Carol Kouba - Scholarship Committee

The Business and Professional Women of Englewood and Venice (BPWEV) awarded 3 Adult Learner Scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 each to 3 very deserving women at their monthly dinner meeting in Venice on 6/20/2017. The winners are: Nathalie Barr - finishing her BSN degree at SCF Bradenton, Frances McHale - studying to be an RN at SCF - Venice, Elizabeth Wright - finishing her pre-med requirements at SCF - Venice. This is the second time that Ms. Wright received the scholarship. All 3 women juggle raising children on their own, working full or part-time and are maintaining excellent GPA scores! Congratulations, well done.

Information for the 2018 Adult Learner Scholarships will be available on this website after Jan. 15, 2018.

BPWEV’s Mission is “To achieve Equity for all women through Advocacy, Education and Information.

The Scholarship Committee, Carol Kouba, Ann Wacholder and Karin Drury, met on May 22, 2017. BPWEV received 17 scholarship applications, definitely an increase in applicants compared to the last few years.

The lucky recipients this year are: Elizabeth Capell Wright (2nd time), Nathalie A. Barr and Frances E. McHale. You will meet them at the June 20 or July 18 dinner meeting. Please join the Scholarship Committee in helping to welcome them.

All of the BPWEV members, but especially the Wine Tasting Committee, worked hard to procure the funds that allow us to pay for three $1,000.00 scholarships each year. As demonstrated this year by the amount of applications received, the need for Adult Learner Scholarships is great. It would be wonderful, if in the future, BPWEV could award more scholarships. Reading their essays, as well as the letters of recommendation, sending Letters of regret to the majority of the applicants, is always sad.

Who will join me this year in paying for the dinners of the awardees? In the past many generous BPWEV members have volunteered to pay for the dinners, so that the BPWEV  budget is not stretched too far.

Thank you all for making this important project of BPWEV possible! Mark your calendars for October 13, 2017, for the next Wine Tasting at the Venice Art Center.

Karin M. Drury
Scholarship Chair