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Granite Falls Business and Professional Women's Club

Networking, Mentoring, and Leadership Training

BPW/Granite Falls is aligned with other BPW clubs through a State Federation. The North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (now known as BPW/NC) began when a small group of business and professional women from Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Salisbury, and Winston-Salem met in Charlotte on June 24-25, 1919 to organize a state federation in preparation for a national organization. A person may join and pay dues for BPW-NC as a member at large, without affiliation to a Local Club if they are located more than 50 miles from the closest local club. BPW/NC sponsors the following programs: Individual Development Program State Career Woman ProgramYoung Careerist ProgramWomen Joining Forces ProgramReality Store ProgramIn 1987, BPW/NC established a foundation to promote the general advancement of workingwomen in North Carolina. The primary objective is to accumulate funds that will grow interest revenue to ensure the support of BPW/NC Foundation scholarships and programs for years to come. A BPW State Convention is held annually in June. The 2012 Conference will be in Hickory, NC at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Hwy 70 and Lenoir-Rhyne Blvd June 22nd through June 23rd.The State Federation also sponsors regional events called WEE - Women Empowered and Enlightened, and Individual Development Programs. For more information about BPW/NC and BPW/NC Foundation, see www.bpw-nc.org.

FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTHBusiness and Professional Women supports Go Red For Women. Click on www.heart.org to learn more about heart health.

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