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- WiNGS Welcomes 12 Local Professionals to Board of Directors
Please help us welcome 12 new members to the WiNGS Board of Directors. These professionals bring expertise from the financial, healthcare, legal and real estate industries, among others. They join with 18 existing members where they will provide leadership and expertise to drive our mission forward. New members will serve a 2-year term through June ... Read More - WiNGS Mentors & Allies Awards Luncheon Raised $230,000 for Programs Helping Women
WiNGS, a nonprofit that empowers women, fights poverty and impacts generations, welcomed 400 guests to its Mentors & Allies Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Dallas on May 9. The annual event honors individuals and corporations for their commitment to helping women in our community. The 2018 honorees included Salah Boukadoum, Sunny Nunan and Mary ... Read More - WiNGS 2018 Mentors & Allies Awards Luncheon Welcomes Business Powerhouse Elaine Agather as Keynote Speaker
WiNGS, a nonprofit organization that provides women the tools and resources to become strong mothers, successful in the workplace and financially secure, will host the Mentors & Allies Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Dallas on May 9, 2018. The annual event recognizes individuals and companies whose leadership and commitment positively impact women. Elaine Agather, Chairman ... Read More - Mentors & Allies Raises $250,000 to Help Women Lift Themselves Out of Poverty
WiNGS, a nonprofit organization that helps Dallas women lift themselves out of poverty, hosted its Annual Mentors & Allies Awards Luncheon at the Omni Dallas Hotel on May 1. The Mentors & Allies Awards recognize women, men and companies whose leadership and commitment positively impact women. The fundraising and awards event raised $250,000 for programs ... Read More - WiNGS and Women’s Business Council – Southwest Announce Partnership Project for Women
WiNGS Dallas, a non-profit offering programs to help women lead a better life, and the Women’s Business Council – Southwest (WBCS), the leading certification and networking organization for women business owners in the southwest region, announce a partnership project to showcase the power of women helping women in the DFW metroplex. The project will help ... Read More - WiNGS Enterprise Showcase highlights female entrepreneurs
PRESS RELEASE WiNGS Enterprise Showcase highlights female entrepreneurs Media Contact: Jennifer Ware 214.584.2314 jware@wingsdallas.org On Wednesday, November 16, WiNGS, a nonprofit organization that helps Dallas women lift themselves out of poverty, will host its second annual Enterprise Showcase at the WiNGS Center at Ebby’s Place. The Showcase will feature business concept presentations from three Women’s Enterprise Center graduates, and feedback from ... Read More - WiNGS presents Financial Coaching Model at national conference
In September, six members of the WiNGS team joined 1,200 other advocates, policymakers and academics in Washington, D.C. at the 2016 Assets Learning Conference, sponsored by CFED (the Corporation for Enterprise Development). The conference focused on efforts to address growing wealth inequality and help all families achieve economic opportunity, and featured sessions on subjects ranging ... Read More - Mentors & Allies Press Release
PRESS RELEASE WiNGS Mentors & Allies Awards Luncheon honors leaders who support Dallas women Media Contact: Jennifer Ware 214.584.2314 jware@wingsdallas.org On Tuesday, April 12, WiNGS, a nonprofit organization that helps Dallas women lift themselves out of poverty, hosted its Mentors & Allies Awards luncheon at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel. This year’s event included a keynote speech from Nina Vaca, Chairman and ... Read More
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Thanks #SunTrustFoundation for recognizing @WiNGSDallas with this incredible award and $75,000 donation!
Thanks J.Jill for helping disadvantaged women become self-sufficient and build a foundation for lasting success. #WomenHelpingWomen
We would like to congratulate one of our Members Tijuana Johnson who participated in our Women's Enterprise Showcase last year on launching her business at the Grow Desoto Incubator space next weekend October 20th! We are happy that we could help Tijuana on her journey towards entrepreneurship. Our no-cost business plan training program is designed for women who want to start a new business or expand their existing small business. Congratulations Tijuana Johnson!
Thanks JuiceLand for designating WiNGS as your Q3 Feel Good, Do Good Dallas beneficiary. Every quarter JuiceLand features a special fresh juice smoothie, created by their innovative juice chefs in support of local communities! 50% of profits from this special drink are donated to a chosen local non-profit organization who shares their values. Thanks for choosing WiNGS and supporting the work we do to empower women and impact generations!
Special thanks to our friends at North Texas Ford Dealers for their contribution to supporting us in our continued efforts to empower women and fight poverty. #TexasTributes #empoweringwomen
What an amazing Women’s Enterprise class we had yesterday. Many thanks to our volunteer Heather Selitrennikoff for teaching a dynamic class to our members on SALES and effective ways to properly manage time and conduct cold calls! Our members learned many sales techniques that will help them with their business and increase revenue.
Are you looking to grow or launch your financial coaching services? WiNGS Coaching Instutute can help -- our next session starts October 8th. Register today at wingsdallas.org/register/ or contact Lcontreras@wingsdallas.org.
Genesis came to us at 15, preparing to have her son Jayden. With our Nurse-Family Partnership program, she found the support she needed to build a happy family! Help us continue to support young women like Genesis! Donate at www.northtexasgivingday.org/wings this #NTxGivingDay
Did you know we offer coaching for business start-ups? Candice Null came to us in 2016 and found that the coaching program offered the support she wouldn’t normally receive. Donate this #NTxGivingDay so we can continue to support entrepreneurs like Candice!
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Give to WiNGS this #NTxGivingDay and support a network of women working toward a poverty-free Dallas. www.northtexasgivingday.org/wings
Its #NTxGivingDay! Please consider helping women and families in our community by donating here: www.northtexasgivingday.org/wings
We love our volunteers. Help us change lives! Contact volunteer@wingsdallas.org today! #WiNGSVolunteerEvent
Join us this Wednesday evening for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as we celebrate WiNGS volunteers – both current and prospective! #VolunteersChangeLives #EmpowerWomen
RSVP today: www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteers-change-lives-join-us-on-912-tickets-48209387576
Volunteers change lives! Join us on 9/12...
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Please join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as we celebrate WiNGS volunteers – both current and prospective! Volunteers are the heartbeat of WiNGS. We are constantly looking for passionate, caring, like-minded individuals like you to join us in the fight to break the generational cycle of po...Trouble saving money? Want to build your credit? Sign up for our RiSE class that starts tomorrow, 9/6 at 5:30pm. It's free -- sign up today!! #EmpowerWomen
More info: wingsdallas.org/for-women/my-money/. More info/register: rise@wingsdallas.org
Finance & Career - WiNGS Dallas
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Financial peace of mind is possible. We offer financial coaching, education, benefit screening and credit building products.We received a generous donation from the Dream Team Women's Network today! You all have been so supportive and generous over the last year -- we value our partnership. Together, we are building a network of women that will create a poverty-free Dallas. Thanks! #EmpowerWomen
Join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as we celebrate WiNGS volunteers – both current and prospective! Sept. 12th at 5:30pm at WiNGS. RSVP today: www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteers-change-lives-join-us-on-912-tickets-48209387576 #VolunteersChangeLives #EmpowerWomen #PovertyFreeDallas
Saving for a home? Paying off loans? You pick the destination and WiNGS provides the tools for you to set the path. Join us today! wingsdallas.org/for-women/ #EmpowerWomen
Sign-ups for the RiSE Financial Education classes are now open. Start your journey to financial independence today! wingsdallas.org/for-women/my-money/ #EmpowerWomen
Finance & Career - WiNGS Dallas
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Financial peace of mind is possible. We offer financial coaching, education, benefit screening and credit building products.Shelter, food, medicine. Now tell your child which one of these they will get today. WiNGS works to empower women, fight poverty and impact generations. Are you ready to join the movement? Visit wingsdallas.org/ to learn more! #TexasTributes #NTXFord #BuiltFordTough #GoFurther #EmpowerWomen
youtu.be/7GBY2BaehDANorth Texas Ford Dealers present WiNGS. They offer robust solutions for empowering women to lift themselves above poverty and adversity, giving women the too...
We wanted to ensure you saw this segment on CBS News this weekend, on a topic that is extremely concerning but can be very much impacted positively by the work of our nurse home visitors. www.cbsnews.com/news/maternal-mortality-an-american-crisis/ #maternalmortality
Maternal mortality: An American crisis
With its rate of maternal deaths increasing, the U.S. is the only industrialized country where young women have a higher risk of dying during pregnancy and childbirth than their mothers did
Volunteers change lives! Please join us as we celebrate WiNGS volunteers – both current and prospective! We are constantly looking for passionate, caring individuals to join us in the fight to break the generational cycle of poverty. Invite your friends, your co-workers, your family!
September 12, 5:30pm - 7:30pm, WiNGS
RSVP to volunteer@wingsdallas.org or click here to learn more: wingsdallas.org/for-partners-volunteers/become-a-volunteer/
Last week our team finished up a 6-week client recruitment project with IDEO.org. They are an extremely smart, inventive, and innovative group of designers who share our passion for improving the lives of people in vulnerable communities. Join the movement! www.wingsdallas.org #povertyfreeDallas
Celebrating our Mayors Intern superstar Valentina. Thanks Wells Fargo for funding our Wings intern. And thanks Mayor Mike Rawlings for personally inviting Valentine, she'd love to meet you again! 🙂 #Smart #WatchOutWorld
Nobody makes it alone - Mentorship can be the key to extraordinary success! Do you have Marketing, Business Finance or HR experience? Would you like to volunteer your time and talent? If so, WiNGS needs YOU! wingsdallas.org/for-partners-volunteers/become-a-volunteer/ or volunteer@wingsdallas.org. #volunteer #EmpowerWomen
Join us for a women's empowerment concert aka Girl's Club: Female voices of Dallas w/Sudie, Lorelei K.+ more! The concert will be held on Friday, Aug. 24th at 7:30pm at the Granada Theater. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT knocks $2 off tickets and runs through Sunday at midnight. Enter promo code WINGS. Purchase your tickets today: www.prekindle.com/promo/id/25619896897743403
#EmpowerWomen
WiNGS is excited to be featured as North Texas Ford Dealers' #TexasTributes nonprofit who represents the Best in Texas! At WiNGS we empower women, fight poverty and impact generations. Are you ready to join the movement? Visit www.texasfordcares.com/texas-tributes-wings to learn more! #NTXFord #BuiltFordTough #GoFurther #EmpowerWomen
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Together we can empower women, fight poverty and impact generations. Are you ready to join the movement? Texas Tributes is honored to present Wings. Thousands of North Texas women are forced to make decisions between necessities like food, shelter and medicine due to their financial situation. No mother should ever have to make that decision. WiNGS provides women with opportunities to lift themselves above poverty and adversity.
Visit texasfordcares.com/texas-tributes-wings to learn more about our #TexasTributes honoree. #NTXFord #BuiltFordTough #GoFurther #EmpowerWomen #TexasTributes
Celebrating our Women's Enterprise alumni! Do you have a business idea? Join us at WiNGS -- we will provide you with tools to become an independent business owner and grow your assets (for free)! wingsdallas.org/for-women/my-business/
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We are excited to introduce WiNGS Coaching Institute. A local training solution to help you launch or grow your financial coaching services. Register today! wingsdallas.org/training/
Coaching Institute – WiNGS Dallas
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Introducing WiNGS Coaching Institute. A local training solution to help you launch or grow your financial coaching services.Are you good with budgets? Do you love personal finances? We need people like you to volunteer as Financial Coaches! Coaches implement WiNGS Financial Coaching model of goal setting, action planning and provides task accountability. Coaches change lives!
For more info., contact Laura Gray at volunteer@wingsdallas.org, call 214-584-2316 or visit wingsdallas.org/for-partners-volunteers/become-a-volunteer/. #EmpowerWomen #FightPoverty #ImpactGenerations #Volunteer
So excited to partner with IDEO.org whose mission is to improve the lives of people living in poverty through design. They are doing a 6-week pro bono project implementing #humancentereddesign for our members at WiNGS. Get a glimpse inside their innovative minds!
#FightPoverty #IDEOorg
Announcing WiNGS Coaching Institute - Register today!
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Register for Coach Training – WiNGS Dallas
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Want to change lives and create opportunities? WiNGS is hiring! Check out our job openings here: wingsdallas.org/about-us/jobs/
"As a society and a world we need to look at scarcity of resources - and figure out how to fix poverty. No one should be so stressed out about getting food, paying rent, and having basic necessities that their cognitive functioning is impacted!" #EmpowerWomen #FightPoverty #ImpactGenerations
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This is your brain on poverty: 5 facts
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Poverty, the brain, and cognitive functioning - you’ll be surprised at the connection.Join us at the Granada (off Greenville Ave) for a women's empowerment concert aka Girl's Club: Female voices of Dallas w/Sudie, Lorelei K.+ more! The concert will be held on Friday, Aug. 24th at 7:30pm. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT knocks $2 off tickets and run through Sunday at midnight. Enter promo code WINGS. #WomenHelpingWomen
www.prekindle.com/promo/id/25619896897743403
We’re here with the Dream Team at their annual auction and raffle event. All proceeds raised benefit WiNGS! We are grateful they chose US as their charity of the year!!! #FightPoverty
Thank you Jeanne Prejeanfor the awesome write-up in MySweetCharity! #WomenHelpingWomen #FightPoverty
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The Dream Team Women's Network is hosting a cocktail, auction, and raffle event on June 20th at Brookhaven Country Club. And guess what?! Proceeds raised benefit WiNGS!
Raffle tickets are $25/each for the chance to win a $1,000 Visa gift card or a 3 night stay at Texas Hill Country lake house. NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN! Purchase your raffle tickets today! #EmpowerWomen #beneficiary www.dreamteamwomensnetwork.com/2018/04/24/2018-annual-event/
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Thanks @JJillStyle for helping disadvantaged women become self-sufficient and build a foundation for lasting success. #WomenHelpingWomen
We would like to congratulate one of our members Tijuana Johnson who participated in our Women's Enterprise Showcase last year on launching her business at the Grow DeSoto Incubator space on October 20th.
Thanks @JuiceLand for designating WiNGS as your Q3 Feel Good, Do Good Dallas beneficiary. 50% of profits from this special drink will be donated to @WiNGS_Dallas now through October 31st.
Special thanks to our friends at @ntxford for their contribution to supporting us in our continued efforts to empower women and fight poverty. dropbox.com/s/kk6yw83q40tp…
Are you looking to grow or launch your financial coaching services? WiNGS Coaching Instutute can help -- our next session starts October 8th. Register today at wingsdallas.org/register/ or contact Lcontreras@wingsdallas.org.
Genesis came to us at 15, preparing to have her son Jayden. With our Nurse-Family Partnership program, she found the support she needed to build a happy family! Help us continue to support young women like Genesis! Donate at northtexasgivingday.org/wings this #NTxGivingDay
Help WiNGS get to the top of the #NTxGivingDay’s leaderboard! Donate here today: northtexasgivingday.org/wings
Help give a woman financial piece of mind by donating today! northtexasgivingday.org/wings #NTxGivingDay.
Its #NTxGivingDay! Please consider helping women and families in our community by donating here: northtexasgivingday.org/wings
We love our volunteers. Help us change lives! Contact volunteer@wingsdallas.org today! #WiNGSVolunteerEvent
Join us this Wednesday evening for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as we celebrate WiNGS volunteers – both current and prospective! RSVP today: eventbrite.com/e/volunteers-c…
The @NAWBODFW is hosting a @NTxGivingDay pre-event party (sponsored by @BankofAmerica) benefiting WiNGS! Join us on Sept.19th from 6-8pm at WiNGS - this is all about women supporting women to create a poverty-free Dallas. Space is limited!! Sign up here: events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event…
Trouble saving money? Want to build your credit? Register for our RiSE class that starts tomorrow at 5:30pm. It's free -- sign up today!! #EmpowerWomen More info: wingsdallas.org/for-women/my-m…. Register: rise@wingsdallas.org
We received a generous donation from the Dream Team Women's Network today! They have been so supportive and generous over the last year. Together, we are building a network of women that will create a poverty-free Dallas. #EmpowerWomen
Join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as we celebrate WiNGS volunteers – both current and prospective! Sept. 12, 5:30pm at WiNGS. RSVP today: eventbrite.com/e/volunteers-c…
Saving for a home? Paying off loans? You pick the destination and WiNGS provides the tools for you to set the path. Join us today! wingsdallas.org/for-women/
Sign-ups for the RiSE Financial Education classes are now open. Start your journey to financial independence today! wingsdallas.org/for-women/my-m…
Shelter, food, medicine. Now tell your child which one of these they will get today. WiNGS works to empower women, fight poverty and impact generations. Are you ready to join the movement? Visit wingsdallas.org to learn more! youtu.be/7GBY2BaehDA
We wanted to ensure you saw this segment on CBS News this weekend, on a topic that is extremely concerning but can be very much impacted positively by the work of our nurse home visitors. cbsnews.com/news/maternal-…
WiNGS is hiring a bilingual Financial Coach! The Coach works one-on-one with clients to set financial goals, learn budgeting tools, reduce debt and increase credit, savings and income. Evening and weekend hours required. For more info visit wingsdallas.org/about-us/jobs/ #wearehiring
