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CWF wants to congratulate 2 of our outstanding members, Christina Boland and Amanda Norwood for being elected to the 2022 Leadership Craven!

Leadership Craven by founded in 1991 by the New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce to bring together a diverse group of potential community leaders and to provide a forum of shared viewpoints on the future needs of Craven County. Their mission is to develop a new generation of leadership to take Craven County beyond the 21st century.

Thank you to all who participated in this year's event. I hope that you had an awesome time. Please check out the link below for the updated pictures from the event: https://coastalwomensforum.com/Trade-Share/

CWF is honored that these four business women are our members. Please check out the new page highlighting their achievements at CWF 2021 BEST OF THE BEST WINNERS

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We will continue to meet in person as long as the Governor's guidelines allow. The current recommendation is that masks are encouraged when meeting indoors. As a result, masks are encouraged but not required at our daytime and evening meetings.  

This year our scholarship committee updated the CWF Scholarship to go to a female student over the age of 25  pursuing a degree or certificate at Craven Community College.We are very grateful to Tanya Roberts for pulling all the pieces together and identifying our scholar, DeAnne Holliday.

DeAnne Holliday will be entering the Associates Degree in Nursing (R.N.) program this fall at Craven Community College, in order to attain her lifelong dream of becoming a Registered Nurse.  While she had attended an R.N. program in the mid-1980s, illness forced her to discontinue her studies. Now she has just finally gotten the opportunity to return to school again! After graduating from Craven, she plans to attain a Bachelors’ degree in Nursing from UNC-Wilmington. Her long-term goal is to become a Nurse Practitioner.

One of her passions is providing free or low-cost mobile clinics to serve the rural communities for the uninsured or under-insured.  DeAnne lived in Nevada for four years and witnessed how the Nevada Department of Health sponsored mobile vans to send their teams of healthcare professionals around the State to serve the residents in the small and isolated desert communities. She would very much like to be involved in this type of project in North Carolina so that she can make a positive impact on her...our community.

DeAnne was awarded $2000 through the college, a one year membership with CWF, and the board has voted to host her at any of the meetings she chooses to attend throughout the year. Congratulations!

In keeping with our literacy charity this year, our annual Hat Social theme is: "Who Do You Literally Love?" You get to select a favorite character or book from a variety of literary genres to represent in your fabulous chapeau! Here are the categories: 

Favorite Villain – So bad you rooted for her or him.
Favorite Childhood Book/Character – This story or character was your imagination's inspiration!
Favorite Romance Character/Book – This is could be a bodice buster or a prim tale of longtime sweethearts.
Favorite Mystery Book/Character – This one kept you guessing and you resisted turning to the last page to find out who done it!
Favorite Historical Book/Character – Factual or fictional, this is a story that had you time traveling and still sticks with you.
Favorite Non-Fiction Book – It could be your favorite humorist  or your well worn cookbook, a serious collection of poems or a spiritual guide to life, this is your go-to book.

Remember, the Hat Social is FREE for members in good standing, $23 for all visitors and guests and it will be on THURSDAY, June 8 at the New Bern Golf and Country Club. REGISTER NOW!