Women's Leadership Council
The Women’s Fund
Dolores Peterson (shown at far right with WLC member Sen. Wendy Davis) has dreamed of being a nurse for a long time. As a single mother of six children and a domestic violence survivor, however, that dream has seemed pretty distant at times. Now Dolores is on the academic path to achieving her dream, thanks in part to the Women’s Fund.
A $10,000 grant from the United Way Women’s Fund to the Tarrant County College Foundation is enabling low-income mothers to obtain the education they need to prepare for rewarding careers. Another grant totaling $11,742 is underwriting 23 scholarships to provide advanced child development training for women working in licensed child care centers. Members of the Women's Leadership Council help select scholarship recipients.
Dolores used the Women's Fund money to help pay for tuition and books at Tarrant County College, where she is taking a full load of prerequisite courses online that are preparing her to apply for the nursing program.
“I face each day with the assurance that nothing is impossible,” she said. “United Way has been a tremendous blessing to my family.” She added that she has become a United Way contributor herself through payroll deduction at her workplace.
Women’s Leadership Council Mission
Women’s Leadership Council inspires and develops women to be role models of generosity, advocates for important causes and volunteers for change.
