Monica Smiley Launches Enterprising Women Foundation
Publisher of Enterprising Women Magazine Launches Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Supporting the Growth of Women’s Entrepreneurship Around the Globe
Raleigh, NC, April 02, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (http://enterprisingwomen.com), has announced that the magazine has launched the Enterprising Women Foundation, a nonprofit with a mission to promote philanthropy among women business owners and target programs that support the growth of women’s entrepreneurship in the United States and around the globe. Following three years of planning, the Foundation was officially launched at the Enterprising Women of the Year Awards reception on March 10 at the Boca Raton Resort in Boca Raton, Fla. All proceeds from the reception’s ticket sales benefitted the new foundation, and will be put towards the nonprofit’s goal of raising $1 million in funds in the first year to support the Foundation’s mission.
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“After years of receiving feedback from board members and other successful women entrepreneurs, we are proud to take on the challenge of providing a vehicle for philanthropic giving related to women’s entrepreneurship,” said Smiley. “We have worked closely with the leaders of the organizations that support the women’s business community and the foundation will have widespread support from the community here and around the world.”
About Enterprising Women Magazine:
Enterprising Women, with headquarters in Cary, N.C., is the nation’s only women-owned magazine published exclusively for women business owners that chronicles the growing political, economic and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women. The magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum and a national stage for the critical issues confronting women’s businesses and daily lives from the unique perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women. Published in both print and digital editions, the magazine's digital edition reaches more than 200,000 readers in 48 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.enterprisingwomen.com or call (919) 362-1551.
Kathleen Mongero
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
kathleen@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/MMIPR
http://www.mmipublicrelations.com
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“After years of receiving feedback from board members and other successful women entrepreneurs, we are proud to take on the challenge of providing a vehicle for philanthropic giving related to women’s entrepreneurship,” said Smiley. “We have worked closely with the leaders of the organizations that support the women’s business community and the foundation will have widespread support from the community here and around the world.”
About Enterprising Women Magazine:
Enterprising Women, with headquarters in Cary, N.C., is the nation’s only women-owned magazine published exclusively for women business owners that chronicles the growing political, economic and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women. The magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum and a national stage for the critical issues confronting women’s businesses and daily lives from the unique perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women. Published in both print and digital editions, the magazine's digital edition reaches more than 200,000 readers in 48 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.enterprisingwomen.com or call (919) 362-1551.
Kathleen Mongero
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
kathleen@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/MMIPR
http://www.mmipublicrelations.com
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