Women paint for charity
APPROXIMATELY 10 to 20 girls from the Wortley Home For Girls will benefit from part proceeds of a Paint and Sip party hosted on August 21 by the Women in Energy (WIE) movement.
The party, which was part of the WIE back-to-school drive, is the brainchild of 26-year-old Shenee Tabannah, project director of the WIE Conference who wanted WIE to bring “giving more powerfully” into their agenda.
“We will be rewarding the top-performing girls from the home with book vouchers, school supplies and a spa day. As you are aware, the Wortley Home burnt down in 2015 and the girls are now at the SOS Children’s Village,” said Kelly Tomblin, Jamaica Public Service president and CEO, and WIE president.
Tomblin explained that Paint and Sip was a fun activity that allowed attendees to tap into their artistic side and utilise creative skills they probably did not know they possessed.
“Women often reject their intuitive, creative side as they try to advance their careers, [but] we want to promote wholeness. A lot of the women were in awe of the beautiful masterpieces they created. Leading up to our 2017 conference, we will continue to host monthly events geared at building on the concepts of promise, power, purpose and passion. All of our events are centred on empowering women to utilise their full voices, realise their passions and go forward with purpose,” she said.
Tomblin explained that the WIE movement began at the inaugural conference held on March 10 and 11, 2016 under the theme, ‘Doing Power Differently’, which was a platform for empowerment, learning and inspiration for 400 women who came from as far away as Jordan, Canada, the United States, and other Caribbean territories.
“Coming out of the conference, we had a group of like-minded women who wanted to maintain the positive connection and work on the concepts embedded in the conference, and through that, the ‘Do Power Differently’ movement was born. To maintain our momentum and encourage other women to reach their full potential and make a commitment to ‘Do Power Differently’, we host monthly events. Since the conference in March, we have had three events — a ‘Power of Presence’ workshop, a vision board seminar, a ‘Get Unstuck’ webinar, and just recently our Paint and Sip fundraiser,” she explained.
She said girls were chosen to benefit as the movement is geared towards empowering and developing women to their full potential.
“It was only appropriate for us to choose to help young girls. Our girls need role models who will help them to realise and find their purpose, help them to identify what they are good at, and help them to come into their full power,” she pointed out.
