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Aqua Girl: A Beach Party Fundraiser with Class

Miami Herald, The (FL) May 6, 2006 Section: Tropical Life Edition: Final Page: 4E STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com It wasn’t too many years ago that Veronica Olivera finished high school, came out of the closet and found herself struggling to make it on her own. “I had to work. It made living difficult. I had to [...]

Miami Women’s Community Fund Awards $15k in Grants

It’s called the Women’s Community Fund, and you might not know about them yet, but they are quietly becoming one of Miami’s biggest power-hitters among gay and lesbian charitable organizations. This year’s total of 15-Thousand Dollars in grant awards marks a milestone for the two year-old group of professional women who donate their time and [...]

2006 GRANT RECIPIENTS

$15,000 in Grants Creative Arts Enterprises Lavender Footlights Festival The Fourth Annual Lavender Footlights Festival will present staged readings of new and relevant works from America’s emerging and recognized lesbian and gay authors. The festival also offers writing workshops for young theater students, gay youth and aspiring writers to develop their skills and voices using [...]

2005 GRANT RECIPIENTS

$15,000 in Grants Project YES Communications Solutions and Leadership Development Program The YES Institute received a $5,000 AFW grant to increase the number of women participating in its Communication Solutions and Leadership Development Courses. This project seeks to cultivate full participation by lesbian, bisexual and transgender women at community and organizational levels. They hope that [...]

Independence Day

Women’s Community Fund now stands on its own; move comes after most successful Aqua Girl to date By LOANN HALDEN Aqua Girl 2004 set new records for attendance and revenues; but even more significantly, it heralded the arrival of a local women’s community ready to stand on its own. The Women’s Community Fund, a not-for-profit, [...]

2004 GRANT RECIPIENTS

$27,280 in Grants Pridelines Youth Services, Inc. Women’s Outreach Project Continuation of the Women’s Outreach Project (WOP), an initiative specifically designed to increase the number of young women participating in programming offered at PYS. Activities include a Women’s Nite at PYS, workshops regarding LBTY health issues and distribution of safe sex supplies to LBTY. The [...]

2003 GRANT RECIPIENTS

$10,500 in Grants Pridelines Youth Services, Inc. Women’s Outreach Project To fund a first time initiative designed to increase the number of young women participating in Pridelines Youth Services’ programs; to provide information and workshops about health issues impacting lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth; and to distribute safer sex supplies to, and educational materials designed [...]