Women in Philanthropy, a giving group affiliated with the Catawba Medical Foundation, meets twice a year to review requests and grant funds to support Catawba Valley Medical Center and its various programs and services.  It is based on similar groups nationwide, known as “Giving Circles,” in which women elect to come together and combine their philanthropic gifts to benefit a particular need or cause. 

Research has demonstrated that women give:

• Because of interest in and support for a cause.
• To donate back to a cause, and to forge a better future.
• To respond to a perceived need.
• Because it is the “right thing to do.”

Recent donations from Women in Philanthropy include the following:

• $10,000 to provide a smooth surface sports court/play area at the Healthy House, Catawba Valley Medical Center’s childhood obesity initiative
• $3,400 to provide a vanity, make-up mirror, wigs, and caps to Details Salon, the new home for the American Cancer Society’s Wig Bank
• $3,000 to install a patient lift for obest patients
• $2,400 to help partially fund a resource book for cancer patients developed by Catawba Valley Medical Center, The American Cancer Society, and other organizations

To learn about becoming involved in Women in Philanthropy, please contact us at 828/326-3210.