About 100 women gathered Friday night, Jan. 9, at Flossmoor Community House and, within an hour, raised $11,200 for a local youth organization. The money went to You Matter 2, selected during the second meeting of 100+ Women Who Care – South Suburbs, a giving circle founded by Carrie Bonanotte.[Read More…]
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Growing pains: You Matter 2 stays true to its mission despite funding challenges
No good deed goes unpunished — or so the saying goes. Area nonprofits are feeling the sting of those words as they find their funding being cut, frozen or eliminated altogether. You Matter 2, a nonprofit in Flossmoor that offers programming to empower and educate south suburban youth, is one[Read More…]
You Matter 2 marks 10 years of empowering South Suburban youth
Destiny Watson, the CEO and founder of You Matter 2, began the organization when she was 16 years old with one call-to-action Tweet to engage her peers in community service. Ten years later, her dreams of creating social impact with her peers has grown into empowering hundreds of youth in[Read More…]
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