"Dinner for 60" - Network Tacoma Service Opportunity

Yes...dinner for "50" has now turned into dinner for "60"!! The response by Network Tacoma staff and families has been wonderful. This is a great opportunity to bless families in our community, by serving a lasagna dinner to Network Tacoma families as they gather for training and learning activities. We also try to interact with the families as much as possible, during the course of our service, so that we are feeding bodies and spirits!

This event is held on the 2nd Monday of every month. The next one:

Monday, June 13th

Soma Building, downtown Tacoma

2320 Pacific Avenue

The dinner takes place from 6-7pm,

with prep and cleanup time before and after.

Please RSVP by emailing: wovsouthpugetsound@gmail.com, to let us know that you can serve on this night.

Half the Sky Book Discussion Group - June 6th & 20th

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

by: Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

In this passionate yet practical book, the authors argue that the struggle for gender equality is “the paramount moral challenge” of our era. It is also a development challenge: unleashing women’s energy, they argue, is a key to economic success. The authors’ stated aim is to “recruit” the reader to join a worldwide movement to end these abuses."
Learn more about this book here.

Let’s talk about it!
Women in the Puget Sound area: Please join us for a two-session discussion on this "stirring and sensible" book and become equipped to join the worldwide movement to end slavery.

June 6, 2011 -- 7-8:30pm

Session 1 - Chapters 1-7

June 20, 2011 -- 7-8:30pm
Session 2 - Chapters 8-14

Location: Karen's Home -- 31247 10th Ct. SW Federal Way, WA

RSVP here for session one and RSVP here for session two, to let us know you plan to attend (or just come)!

Want to start another Half the Sky book club in your own area? Let us know and we'll get it advertised!

Bring a friend!

WoV National Conference Call: with special guest Marilee Pierce Dunker - May 31st

All friends and partners are invited to participate in this free conference call, with other women from all over the U.S.

"A Time of Prayer"

with special guest

Marilee Pierce Dunker,

World Vision Ambassador

Tuesday, May 31
4:00-5:00pm PST
Details here.

"The only thing more dangerous than a praying woman is a group of praying women!"
--Marilee Pierce Dunker

Sheryl WuDunn to be Keynote Speaker at September 18, 2011 Event

Women of Vision National Conference in D.C. - 2012 Dates Announced

Every Woman Has a Story: Change Her Story – Change History
March 4th - 6th, 2012
Washington D.C.
Join us for our biannual conference next March! This event-packed gathering will be an unforgettable time of learning and growth you won’t want to miss. You will:

•  Join other women who want to help build a better world for women and children enmeshed in poverty and exploitation 
• Learn from knowledgeable, encouraging speakers 
• Be inspired by the stories of courageous women worldwide 
• Put your passion into action with a Capitol Hill Lobby Day, supported by World Vision and Women of Vision. 
• Receive training to start, build, or improve your Women of Vision chapter.
• You do not have to be a Women of Vision partner to attend this conference - all women are welcome!
• Please see additional details here.

Network Tacoma Hosts Annual Dinner/Auction Fundraiser - May 21st

This is an annual fundraiser put on by our chosen local charity, Network Tacoma.

• Date: Saturday, May 21st
• Start Time: 5:30pm
• Location: Tacoma Country Club
• Tickets: $60

Though our group is not involved with planning this fundraiser, this is one way we can support Network Tacoma -- by purchasing tickets and attending the dinner. See Network Tacoma's website for details: http://www.networktacoma.org/.

*Note: we will not host a "dinner for 50" this month, but watch for information about June's dinner to come.

Eat at Joeseppi's Monday May 16 and Benefit Our Projects

What a yummy opportunity! And fun for the whole family.

We need 100 people to dine at Joeseppi's Italian Ristorante in Tacoma: Monday Evening

May 16th

 -- and if we reach that number, they will donate a portion of the proceeds to our chapter projects for the IMPACTS women's/girls trafficking recovery center, and to health and poverty initiatives in Appalachia.

Also: volunteers wanted for one or two hour shifts, between 4 and 8pm. It's a great chance for new friends and partners to get involved and contribute! And it's easy - all we do is serve as hostesses and bussers (thank goodness....no waitressing!) Why not choose a one hour shift and then have your family meet you for dinner? Or better yet, why not get your better half to serve as a host?

Please see event details here - and RSVP if you can volunteer, or to let us know that we can count on your family to slurp spaghetti on the night of May 16th. Thank you!!