The charity girls are deeply into helping the needy with finance. But then the way in which they garner funds is what is impressive. A group of twenty four members comprise of the Charity Girls group. They come from, West Newbury, Haverhill, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, North Reading, Newbury, Newburyport and Ipswich respectively.
It all began with Judi Martino who was on a vacation to the Virgin Islands. She returned back happy and restful and not to mention a tan. She also had something interesting on her mind. She decided of her own unique and fun filled way to help the community Non Profit Organizations.
She got this great idea from and as followed by a friend back living in St. Thomas. The friends Charity Girls of the Virgin Islands comprises of 24 women who meet up for a monthly dinner. This is where each of them pays a sum of fifty dollars. While the hostess in whose house the friends meet donates the dinner. The money then garnered is used for grant making. These Charity Girls would annually give about $14,000 in charity.
Now Martino who was smitten by the idea started a community of her own and called up a group of her own friends. The Essex County Community Foundation was also invited to one of the first meetings to make the charity girls understand as to how effectively they would utilize and manage the funds as gathered. Every month someone of the friends would be a host and the others would be invited for dinner. The host may also invite a local charity of her own choice to the dinner. At the heart of it, this charity is simply modeled after the traditional giving circle.
FLIP Project in Gibraltar encourages students to face social responsibility by actively participating in charity projects and working for community development.
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