2024 Featured Non-Profits
Each year, the Women’s Fair features local non-profit organizations that provide much-needed services to women, children and families in our community. Through the event, we feature each non-profit with an exhibitor space and the opportunity to speak on stage about their organization. In addition to raising awareness, we also raise funds for these organizations through the prize packages that are raffled off at the Women’s Fair. 100% of the money raised is donated equally to each organization. We look for non-profits that help women and families succeed in their everyday lives.
In the past, we have featured organizations like the YWCA of Missoula, the Jadyn Fred Foundation, Partnership for Children, Mountain Home, the Girls Way, Tamarack Grief Resource Center, the Playground Project, Missoula Aging Services, Zootown Arts Community Center, CASA of Missoula, the Flagship Program, Living Arts of Montana, Silver Lining Foundation, Hellgate Rollergirls, Austen Martell Memorial Mud Bog and Tough Trucks, MCT, inc., Girls on Shred, Buckets of Love, Opportunity Resources, inc., Montana Women Vote, the LifeGuard Group, and the Dubbers Care Foundation
In order to support their efforts, the Women’s Fair helps to increase awareness of these non-profits so you will learn more and get involved. The work that these special organizations do would not be possible without the generous support of supporters and donors right here in our local community.
Here’s a bit about our 2024 Featured Non-profit Organizations!
Camp Mak-A-Dream
Camp Mak-A-Dream started as the vision of Harry and Sylvia Granader, who wanted to give sick children and their families the chance to see a real working ranch in Montana. They donated 87 acres of their Montana ranch, the 6C in Gold Creek, and seed money, to make that vision a reality.
With the help of a coalition of business associates and community volunteers in Missoula, and raising enough funds to build the Camp facility on their donated land, Harry’s dream of bringing sick children to his beautiful neck of the woods became a reality when camp opened its doors in 1995. That first year Camp welcomed 46 children with cancer for a single camp session. The next year summer camp sessions increased from one to four.
Today, Camp Mak-A-Dream proves to be the Granaders’ dream of an energy source for campers – a place where they can instantly be part of an intimate community, one that would cheer them on toward victory and reserve judgment for their tears. Camp is a place where being hooked up to a central line or battling chronic fatigue doesn’t make a camper stand out. To each their own, together.
Since opening its doors, Camp Mak-A-Dream has welcomed thousands of participants from across the United States, Canada and several other countries. Camp is a cost free, medically supervised setting for survivors and their families tolive with and beyond cancer through life-changing Montana experiences where they strengthen life skills, gain resilience, and develop lasting relationships. To find out more about how you can help support their important work, be sure you stop by their booth at the Women’s Fair.
Care Net of Missoula
Since 1978, Care Net of Missoula has endeavored to become and remain one of western Montana’s foremost authorities on abortion issues, adoption information, and agency referrals. A Christian, non-profit organization, Care Net believes every person is worthy of receiving love, support, and holistic care that values the whole person (physical, emotional, intellectual, sexual, and spiritual).
They are committed to providing information, physical and emotional support, and assistance to anyone experiencing an unexpected pregnancy or sexual health issue. They offer these services free of charge to anyone, regardless of personal history or beliefs.
Care Net’s services are confidential and free of charge, and include free pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds, free pregnancy and parenting classes where participants can earn points for the organization’s free baby boutique, and free/low cost STI testing. Care Net also offers after abortion support, and a mobile unit that drives out to Ronan, Seeley Lake, and Hamilton.
Care Net relies on generous supporters to provide services and support to the many women, men and families they help. To learn more about the ways you can help support their work, visit them at the Women’s Fair.