Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves: New Group Harnesses Women in Giving

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A group of women in Baxter County, Ark., is putting their money where their mouth is.

The Baxter Health Foundation is starting a new philanthropic group called Women in Philanthropy, which aims to empower women to make their voices heard on what's needed most in the hospital suite, amplified by their collective pocketbooks, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.

"That hospital has just always been, for so many years, important to my family," says committee member Jan Schmeski.

"Before I lived here, I had one brother down here.

Then shortly after I moved, several other family members followed."

Members pay a $500 annual fee and get a voice in how the funds are donated, based on a list of needs supplied by the hospital.

"I hate to say small, because to some people $500 is not small, but most people could do $500, especially if they get their place of business to sponsor half," says committee member Shelly Hill.

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