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Make a Difference!! Recap from October 2023 General Meeting
What a joy it was to have our October meeting hosted at Van Meter! Danielle Monthei and the VMI First Impressions Team were so welcoming and kind. Danielle is the Community Impact Specialist at Van Meter Inc. as well as the VP of Operations with Junior League of Cedar Rapids and is very passionate about […]
PWN ON EVERYDAY IOWA
Our Director of Operations (aka Chief Entertainment Officer), Ann Roushar, was invited to share why our group is so awesome on KCRG’s new morning show Everyday Iowa in early October. Check out the interview.
SAVE YOUR SEAT FOR 2024!!
We hope you enjoyed our 2023 breakfast celebration! Although we don’t have everything all set for our annual celebration…we DO KNOW that it will be held on Thursday, September 26, 2024! Send an email to Ann Roushar to save your seat for next year!!
How To Drive Your Own Mindset For Success, Nicole Eales, PWN Board Member
We have all heard the phrase ‘You are what you eat.’ What’s fascinating is that this truth goes much deeper than food. The reality is that our lives are created and led by the choices we make, the people we surround ourselves with, and what we think about. The wonderful world of science has been […]
PWN Presents: A Celebration of Women Helping Women
We are officially gearing up for our 2023 PWN Breakfast Celebration, which is taking place on Thursday, September 28th from 7:30 am – 9:30 am at the National Czech and Slovak Museum. This annual event is to celebrate some incredible women in the community. The PWN Scholarship Foundation is a nonprofit entity of Women Helping Women. […]
Meet Our Speakers
Our speakers for August and September are extraordinary women in our community! Learn more about them, here!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Diane Smith, VenuWorks
May is mental health awareness month. Many people assume this is just in reference to psychological disorders, however, mental health includes our emotional, social well-being, and our psychological health. Just like physical health, we all experience mental unhealth in a spectrum of ways. But let’s chat about our psychological health, specifically mental health disorders. There […]
Stressed in April, LeeAnn Eddins, LA.Eddins Design
Did you know that Stress Awareness has its own month—and we’re in it? What a coincidence, this has been a really stressful month for me. Work is busy, school is busy, home is busy… and it’s tax time… so maybe that’s why the National Institutes of Health identify April as Stress Awareness Month. Are you […]
Now Accepting PWN Scholarship Foundation Applications
It’s that time of year when we need your help to get the word out that we are now accepting PWN Scholarship Foundation Applications for the 2023-2024 school year. We established the PWN Scholarship Foundation in 1992 and we have awarded over $35,000 to women in our community who are completing their AA or BA. […]
March Madness in More Ways Than One- Jessie Fergesen, Cedar Rapids Kernels and Waterloo Bucks
In 1939 a high school athletic administrator is credited with coining the phrase “March Madness”; however, it was Brent Musberger who used the phrase during the 1982 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, and it stuck. Personally, I go absolutely nuts for March Madness as a college wrestling and basketball fan, entering staff pools, and watching all […]