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GIRLS' NIGHT OUT BY SHAWN YANCY PRESENTS

The Rosé Rooftop Party

Inaugural Giving Foundation for Women & Children

Young Scholars Fund

Friday, September 20, 2024

6pm - 9pm

The Rooftop of

1000 Maine Ave SW, Washington, DC

above The Grill DC at the Wharf DC

We're raising money for our inaugural GFWC Young Scholars Fund

to provide scholarships to young mothers in college who need

assistance with tuition, daycare, diapers, food, books, and mentoring.

YOUR TICKET INCLUDES

OPEN Rosé BAR

• Enjoy A Variety of Still & Sparkling Rosés

• Wine Tasting Stations

• Hors D'oeuvre Pairings

• Delectable Desserts

dancing & networking

• Live DJ & Dancing

• Networking

• Meet & Greet Some of Your Favorite

TV Personalities

•Raffle Prizes

Rosé activation STATIONS

• Temporary Tattoos

• Caricatures

• Bottle Painting

• Photo Booth

(Activations may be added or changed)

The Giving Foundation for Women & Children

Young Scholars Fund

GFWC Founder, Shawn Yancy and her son, Anthony

ABOUT the young scholars fund

Our founder, Shawn Yancy became a young mom while she was in college. She carried a full load of classes and finished a semester early to earn her Bachelor's Degree all while raising her baby.

"I credit my higher education success to the support of my parents. They not only helped me with diapers, formula and tuition; they also surrounded me with love and constantly encouraged me to follow my dream of becoming a broadcast journalist. I realize not everyone has the kind of support system that I was blessed to have, that's why the Giving Foundation for Women & Children is starting a scholarship fund to help young mothers in college thrive."

- Shawn Yancy, GFWC Founder

Our annual Young Scholars Fund will provide young mothers enrolled in colleges and universities working to earn their degrees with scholarships for tuition, daycare, diapers, food, books, and mentoring.

STUDENT PARENTS ON CAMPUS

Student parents often have difficulty meeting basic needs. Compared to their non-parenting peers, parenting students were at a higher risk of basic needs insecurity.

• Nearly 10% – 1.7 million of all U.S. undergraduate students are single mothers.

• Single mothers with a high school diploma in the U.S. are 1.8 times more likely to live in poverty than when they hold an associate degree, and 3 times more likely to live in poverty than when they hold a bachelor’s degree.

• 9 in 10 single mother students live at or near the poverty line.

• 3 in 5 student parents have been housing insecure, compared to 4 in 10 of their peers.

• Approximately 44% of student parents have had low or very low food security, versus 42% of non-parent students.

(Source: Today's Student Coalition June 2023| Inside Higher ED September 2023)