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Small Business Saturday 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

LW Area Business Women Hold Christmas Fundraiser for Scholarships

Women business professionals in the Lincoln-Way area hold an auction to raise money for scholarships.

The Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Organization raked in thousands at the annual Christmas dinner and auction to raise scholarship money to support girls heading off to college in the fall. Final figures will be available later. After months of preparation and plenty of personal financial commitments, members of the Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Association gathered Wednesday at the VFW in New Lenox for a dinner and auction to support young girls entering college in the fall. Last year, the organization managed to hand out eight scholarships for $1,000 along with three for $500. The organization reserves one scholarship a year for an adult woman from the area who is continuing her education, said LWABWA member Sue Wolf, Frankfort. …

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