HSN is donating $1,000 each day in the month of May to a local charity that empowers women and helps families in need. On Sat., May 20, at 9 p.m. EDT, HSN will announce WFET as a recipient of its $1,000 a day giveaway.
WFET is one of 31 national organizations selected to receive a donation. It was selected based on its mission and ongoing work to help low-income women and girls in 25 counties of East Tennessee become self-sustaining.
In this month’s newsletter, we introduce Dr. Anna Lora Taylor, Assistant Professor of Counseling at Carson-Newman University, current Women’s Fund Board and Executive Committee Member, as well as the Chair of the Grants Committee. Having served as the former Program Director of the Women’s Fund from 2017 – 2020 , fresh out of her doctoral studies at the University of Tennessee in Counselor Education, Anna Lora has a unique perspective of and vision for the organizations impact in East Tennessee.
We sat down with Chante Hensley, Executive Director of Fostering Hope TN, one of the Women’s Fund’s newer Self-Sustainability grantees that has supported foster care, adoption, and kinship community in our area since 2013. Chante and her husband, Matt, have not only...
Our 15th Anniversary Year has launched with a blast—thankfully not the Arctic kind we’ve all been experiencing recently! As we celebrate this milestone, we are truly “saving a seat at our table for you” and actively seeking luncheon sponsorships.
If you are reading this, we hope you have already made plans to join us on Thursday, March 26.