{"id":6539,"date":"2014-05-05T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T01:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6539"},"modified":"2014-05-05T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:43:00","slug":"womens-fund-of-santa-barbara-marks-decade-of-changing-lives-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6539","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Fund of Santa Barbara Marks Decade of Changing Lives Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

The organization distributes $550,000 in grants to nine local nonprofits, with members’ contributions to date totaling $4.7 million<\/h2>\n
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From left, Melissa Gough, Nancy Harter, Sallie Coughlin and Sarah Stokes at the Women\u2019s Fund\u2019s 10th annual Presentation of Funds Luncheon on Monday. Gough and Stokes chaired the luncheon, and Harter and Coughlin will co-chair the organization for 2014. (Peter de Tagyos photo)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By Leslie Dinaberg, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | Published on 04.28.2014 10:11 p.m<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara<\/a> marked a decade of “changing lives together” at its 10th annual Presentation of Funds Luncheon on Monday, doling out $550,000 to support the work of nine local nonprofits. These new grants bring the total contributions by the Women’s Fund to the community to $4.7 million. “The Women\u2019s Fund is proud to mark it first decade \u2014 10 years of commitment to improving the lives of women, children and families in our community,” said Sallie Coughlin, Women’s Fund chairwoman. “The grants our members selected this year focus on two broad categories: programs that protect and nurture women and families in crisis, and programs that enrich and educate young children.”<\/p>\n