Guest Party SMART at Women's Fund Event ? Over the Mountain ...

The Women?s Fund held its inaugural fundraising event, the SMART Party, Oct. 11 at Workplay.

The SMART Party was a new concept in fundraising for the group, combining a live and virtual event. The purpose of the party was to celebrate smart women and their career success while using smart technology to raise money for The Women?s Fund of Greater Birmingham.

TWF supports programs for women and girls. The group gives grants to local organizations out of its endowment income, which is sustained by support from individual and family donations.

TWF assists low-income single mothers in attaining economic security and works to decrease sex trafficking in the Birmingham area. The SMART Party helped raise money to target these specific women?s issues.

About 400 people attended the event at Workplay, with another 866 joining the party online that night.

CBS? Sherri Jackson recognized the 12 ?smart? honorees, Birmingham women involved in innovative work or work that improves the quality of life for all women.

Honorees included Allison Black-Cornelius, principal of Blackfish Strategies; Renee Blalock, director of Birmingham Public Library; Javacia Harris Bowser, founder of See Jane Write; Rachel Estes, director of outreach and missions at Canterbury United Methodist Church; Ann Huckstep, partner at Adams and Resse, LLP; Cheryl Morgan, professor and director, Urban Studio; Sarah Parcak, space archaeologist at UAB Laboratory for Global Health Observation; Amanda Storey, assistant vice president for Community Health and Wellness at United Way; Phyllis Weinstein, chairman, Alabama Holocaust Commission; Karen Musgrove of Birmingham Aids Outreach; Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith of Birmingham-Southern College; and Bonika Wilson, president and CEO of Wilson Capital Management.

Guests were treated to food by co-chairman Kathy Mezrano of Kathy G and photos in front of lead sponsor Alabama Power?s Tesla car. Wine, beer and ?Smart Water? were donated by International Wine, Superior Beverage and Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

At the party, donors? names appeared on screens around the room. Every half hour, the person making the largest donation received a prize.

Jeanne Jackson is president and CEO of the Women?s Fund. Brooke Battle and Lindsey Tanner were party co-chairmen.

Source: http://www.otmj.com/2012/11/guest-party-smart-at-womens-fund-event/

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