In Eau Claire, There’s at Least 100 Women Who Care, and They’re All Part of This Organization

In 2006, Karen Dunigan of Jackson, Michigan, saw a need for baby cribs in her community. She thought to ask 10 friends for $1,000 to donate cribs to those who needed them, but then thought asking 100 women for $100 would probably be a little bit easier. The initial 100 women raised $12,800 in less than an hour, and the alliance has grown to more than 650 operational chapters to date.

Pam Haller became aware of the program in other communities and saw an opportunity to help nonprofits in the Chippewa Valley. She hoped to have 100 women come to the first meeting, and 120 came.

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