{"id":2966,"date":"2011-10-17T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foa.wpengine.com\/?post_type=news&p=2966"},"modified":"2012-09-03T20:10:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T00:10:23","slug":"five-oaks-campus-hosts-dining-for-women-charity-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/news\/five-oaks-campus-hosts-dining-for-women-charity-event","title":{"rendered":"Five Oaks’ Campus Hosts Dining For Women Charity Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Five Oaks Academy and friends raised over $1,400 to help the International organization Dining For Women to promote awareness for \u201cThe Fistula Foundation\u201d.\u00a0 The Foundation concentrates on educating people on the needs of the women who need treatment worldwide.\u00a0 The organization supported by Oprah Winfrey tries to provide funding for treatment and prevention of fistula.<\/p>\n

On September 20, women supporters of the organization gathered at the Five Oaks Academy campus for an evening of fellowship and collective giving.\u00a0 Several vendors were present donating profits to Dining For Women.\u00a0 The women watched a video made by the Fitula Foundation that highlighted women who were suffering in Ethiopia.\u00a0 For every $450 raised, a woman can have surgery which will cure her for live from the condition.<\/p>\n

Dining for Women began in Greenville in 2002 by Marsha Wallace.\u00a0 The organization focuses on improving the lives of women and girls worldwide.\u00a0 Dining For women concentrates on issues that will find solutions to problems facing women through education, healthcare, and economic development.\u00a0 Since it\u2019s conception in 2002, Dining For Women has grown with many chapters nationally and internationally.\u00a0 The service group has been published in The New York Times, Women\u2019s Day Magazine, and New Adventures in Philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Bonnie Papajohn led the Dining For Women chapter meeting and gave the presentation on fistula repair.\u00a0 Several Five Oaks Academy women expressed interest in creating their own chapter.\u00a0 Please see more information at diningforwomen.org<\/a> and fistulafoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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