| Over $57,000 raised to support Kandiyohi County Willmar, Minn. – The Willmar Area Women’s Fund (WAWF), an initiative of the Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF), has raised $57,240 in their 2021 Willmar Area Women’s Fund Campaign. With the dollars raised, the Women’s Fund was able to grant out almost $40,000 back into our community in efforts to fund and fuel partners’ work to stop sexual exploitation, assist victims and prevent the occurrence of exploitation, and bring trauma informed care training to Kandiyohi County. These grants include: $2,000 to Greater Minnesota Shelter Care for trauma informed care training to support our youth, $5,000 to Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services for trust based relational support, $5,000 to Pact for Families Collaborative for trust based relational support, $5,000 to Project Turnabout for trauma informed care training lunch and learns and $20,000 to Safe Avenues for community outreach and awareness efforts for the prevention of sexual exploitation. “This outpouring of support from generous donors allows us to continue to help fuel the important work being done by our local partners,” states WAWF Chair, Val Amberg. “We are also building on our efforts to expand our support of trauma informed care training in the area.” The WAWF helps fund and fuel the work of local partner organizations that are part of a coalition working to stop sexual exploitation, assist victims using a trauma informed care approach and prevent the occurrence of exploitation. The goals of the WAWF are to raise funds, broaden awareness of and provide training around sexual exploitation and to expand this work to include trauma informed care training and awareness building in Kandiyohi County. For more information about the Willmar Area Women’s Fund, visit www.NotHereNotOurKids.com or call 320-235-4380. The Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF) attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local Willmar area. Since 1998, WACF has grown to over $24.6 million in assets and awarded nearly $10.8 million in grants to nonprofits. The WACF is governed by a local board of directors and is a partner of CommunityGiving, which is a collaborative of community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers over 900 funds totaling nearly $201 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/Willmar. |
Willmar Area Women’s Fund Exceeds Campaign Goal
October 6, 2022
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