[jsfg_cinti] Calling all Women of JSFG; Great volunteer opportunity to exercise your consumer purchasing power

The reason for my email today is it to tell you about an exciting project
that I am working on with the Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati
Foundation and ask for your help with this project.  For those of you who
know me, I am a strong community advocate for women and children's issues,
especially when it concerns helping them escape the poverty cycle.  A recent
article in the Enquirer stated that " one in 11 Ohio women will live below
the poverty line at age 65 and one in five Kentucky women."  The entire
article can be viewed below.
*What can we women do to bring change to these numbers? Keep reading below
:-)*

The Good Deed Foundation has entered into a partnership with the Women's
Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation to provide sustainable funding for
programs benefiting women and families in poverty.  Good Deed is introducing
a new brand logo that will be added to existing products and services in the
U.S. to provide sustainable funding for nonprofit organizations.  A minimum
of 90% of revenues received by Good Deed Foundation are distributed to fund
charitable organizations that benefit women and children in poverty and
solutions for climate change.

During the week of *February 4th* Good Deed Foundation is asking volunteers
to visit Kroger stores and take a range of actions as simple as handing a
store manager a card with the Good Deed message, or even sitting down with
the manager for a brief conversation on why stocking products with the Good
Deed logo is good for the community and good for the store's bottom line.

The average family of four spends about $6.783 per year at a supermarket.
This February, lets flex our muscles and show Kroger the power of our
pocketbooks.

*There are two ways to get involved:
*
We are seeking 10 volunteers to be *Team Captains*.  Responsibilities are
listed below:

Assist in recruiting enough volunteers to ensure 30 store visits per one of
ten Kroger stores
Coordinate volunteer assignments
Ensure volunteers have all materials and ensure they understand the project
and their role
Remind volunteers of their commitments and follow up to make sure meetings
with store managers occur
Provide evidence to the Good Deed Action Manager that at least 30 store
visits have been made during the week of February 4th
Collect data on volunteers, including contact information and records of
their store visits

Time commitment
5 hours a week for 2 weeks (Jan 28 to Feb 10)


Responsibilities for *volunteers* are listed below:

Review materials on your own to prepare yourself to participate in the
February action for Good Deed
Visit at least one store and hand the store manager an informational card
about Good Deed
Be prepared to meet briefly with a store manager to explain the project, ask
for their support for Good Deed and give them leave behind material
Recruit a friend, co-worker or family member to be a volunteer
Report back to your Store Captain for a quick debriefing on your store visit


Time commitment
Depending on your availability as little as 5 minutes and as much as 5 hours
to support the Good Deed project for one week.


Kroger locations:

Hyde Park ? 3760 Paxton Ave
Madeira- 6950 Miami Ave
Anderson Town Center ? 7580 Beechmont Ave
Kenwood ? 5575 E Galbraith Rd
Harpers Point ? 11390 Montgomery Rd
Fields Ertel ? 4700 Fields Ertel Rd
Delhi ? 5080 Delhi Ave
Sharonville ? 12164 Lebanon Rd
Loveland ? 431 Ohio Pike
Ft. Mitchell ? 2156 Dixie Hwy
West Side ? 6150 Glenway
North College Hill ? 7132 Hamilton Ave
Westchester ? 7855 Tylersville Rd
Union, KY 8825 US 42

I would appreciate your consideration!  Should you have any questions I can
be reached at the number below. Please email me back and let me how you
would like to get involved with this important activity.

Help me help others to help themselves!!!



Best regards and many thanks,


Cheryl Massey
Good Deed Foundation Action Manager
859-757-1133
cheryl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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[image: The Enquirer]

*Last Updated: 10:31 am* | Thursday, January 10, 2008

*What women want: earning power*

For every dollar a local man earns, a local woman earns from 66 cents to 73
cents.

Female-headed households have the lowest household earnings of any family
type locally, with median annual incomes ranging from $19,314 in Campbell
County to $28,300 in Warren County. A single mom with two young children
spends a third of her salary on child care.

And as they age, one in 11 Ohio women will live below the poverty line at
age 65 and one in five Kentucky women.

As the numbers show, poverty is a significant problem for women and girls in
Greater Cincinnati, and there's no sign it's diminishing. The 2007 Ohio
Health Issues Poll showed the percentage of women below the poverty line
growing from 16 percent to 19 percent while the number of women at
upper-income levels dropped from 62 percent to 59 percent in the last two
years.

The Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation is in a three-year
campaign to reduce the effects of poverty on local females, devoting half a
million dollars to the effort. This week, a Macy's Foundation grant and
matching donation from the Charlotte Schmidlapp Fund added $50,000 to the
fund.

But how exactly do you take on a problem this large and multidimensional, a
problem that trips up women at multiple points in their lives, that siphons
off their ability to take care of their families or themselves?

The focus, according to the Women's Fund, has got to be boosting earning
power.

Women don't do well at the game of financial catch-up. Many spend their
lives trying to recover from early decisions that limited their earning
potential - entering low-paying fields, getting minimal education, having
children at an early age, sometimes jumping from job to job because of
family needs.

By midlife, these factors may mean a woman has an unimpressive resume or has
been tracked into a career path with little advancement potential. And by
retirement, many women have no pension and have not built up savings for
themselves.

The Women's Fund's response to those hurdles has been to fund programs that
open up opportunities early. One YWCA program - Rosie's Girls, after the
famous riveter - introduces young females to careers in engineering,
construction and other high-paying fields. Another prepares them to start an
online business. A third helps young women leave abusive relationships and
enter training programs that will lead to jobs and self-sufficiency.

The Women's Fund's advocacy on this issue is commendable. It highlights the
issue as a community problem, but makes empowerment of women the heart of
the solution.

Copyright 2008, *Enquirer.com <http://enquirer.com/>*


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