Batavia Women in Business - part of the Batavia, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

One of the objectives in our mission statement is to provide philanthropic opportunities for women in business. There is no shortage of need in the world and it is in our hearts to share with those in need in our own communities.

If you have any questions or suggestions for charitable activities that the BWIB might be able to help with, please contact us.

Below are some of the past charitable activities that the Batavia Women in Business has sponsored.

June 2009

we collected canned food items to donate to the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry. It's become a summer tradition.

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From left: 2008 Batavia Women in Business Philanthropy Committee with Stan Johnston, Interfaith Food Pantry, at our June luncheon. Pictured is Stan Johnston, Interfaith Food Pantry with: (l to r) Karen Hollis, Jan Gibson, Kathy Barkei, Patti Sauber and Gretchen Timm

December 2007

We collected new toys and gift cards at our holiday networking luncheon at Eagle Brook Country Club. The donated items will be given to Batavia ACCESS Toy Drive. At the same event, we also collected $500 for the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry.

From left: Patti Sauber and Karen Hollis, 2007 Batavia Women in Business Philanthropy Committee, with toys collected at the 2007 Holiday Networking Luncheon

June 12, 2007

We collected canned food items to donate to the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry for the second year in a row.

Click here to read Stan Johnston's letter to the Batavia Women in Business. Stan is the Chairman of the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry.

From left: Sharon Harwick; Karen Hollis; Stan Johnston, Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry; Paula Issel; Julie Phillips; and Lisa Patterson

December 12, 2006

We donated new toys and gift cards for Batavia ACCESS Toy Drive.

Toys and gift cards for a happy holiday were collected for Batavia ACCESS Toy Drive

From left: Patti Sauber, Karen Hollis, Julie Phillips, Gretchen Fliris, Heather Borchardt, and Liz O'Brien. Sitting left to right- Sharon Harwick, Karen O'Brien, and Beckie Lutzenkirchen

June 13, 2006

We collected canned food items to donate to the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry. They accept donations all year, so please keep them in mind!

From left: Karen Hollis, BWIB Philanthropy Committee; Stan Johnston, Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry; Marion Jacobson, BWIB Chairman; Beckie Lutzenkirchen, BWIB Events Committee

December 13, 2005

We donated mittens, scarves and hats by the bushel to Mutual Ground, an emergency shelter in Aurora for victims of domestic and/or sexual abuse.

With all the collected hats, scarves, mittens and gloves...

From left: Jeanne Harms, President of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce; Karen Hollis, BWIB Philanthropy Committee; Marion Jacobson, BWIB Chairman; Patti Sauber, BWIB Philanthropy Committee, and Kristen Kostal, BWIB Philanthropy Committee

August 9, 2005

Our first project was to collect gently used, like-new women's business clothing to donate to Working Wardrobe, a non-profit organization that helps get women back to work. Their mission is to promote economic self-sufficiency in women by providing business attire and referrals to local organizations that provide job training and placement services for women preparing to enter the job market.

L-R: Former Co-Chair Jeanne Harms, Kathleen Conroy of Working Wardrobe, and Former Co-Chair Stacy Hicks with the donations from Batavia Women in Business.

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