Charitable Giving • 2022-2025
Spreading Kindness with a Card
We are thrilled to introduce our Greeting Card Store with artwork by members of our Urban Sketching group. We are launching with two wonderful collections... a classic series of Christmas and winter-themed cards and a more general set that can be used for everyday purposes. Proceeds will support our charitable initiatives.
Our Natural Environment: Empowering Women and Girls to Ensure a Sustainable Future
For the period of July 2022 through December 2025, the Club will focus its charitable efforts in the area of the environment.
Local Commitment
The AIWCC is proud to support innatura gGmbH
Our local charity, innatura, inspires our members in multiple ways. Local environmental heroes with a global impact, innatura prevents unnecessary landfill by soliciting brand new, unsellable surplus goods from corporations and offering them—at a greatly reduced cost—to German organizations working in the social sector. In 2022, AIWCC partnered with innatura to support non-profit
groups assisting Ukrainian refugees.
Dr. Juliane Kronen, founder and executive director of innatura, has been granted an honorary AIWCC membership, and has spoken at several club functions. We congratulate Dr. Kronen and her team on 10 years of outstanding work!
Our Donations:
- In June 2023 we made our first donation in the amount of 3,000 EUR. It sponsored a kitchen for innatura ambassadors in their vast new headquarters and warehouse.
- In June 2024 we donated 2,500 EUR, which was used to support their team with refurbished computer hardware and software licenses obtained through not-for-profit providers.
AIWCC is honored to be associated with the innovative, dedicated team at innatura. We applaud their efforts to create a sustainable future for residents of NRW.
Prevent waste • Protect our environment • Provide goods to those in need
Global Commitment
The AIWCC is proud to support the FAWCO Target Program; the 2022-25 target area is the
environment and sustainable development.
The Target Project, Awesome Blossoms, was announced at the FAWCO conference in Bratislava, having been selected from among the three short-listed projects, including Love for the Sea, submitted by AIWCC member, Robin Goldsby.
The goal of Awesome Blossoms, a project of Safe Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya is to create organic, hydroponic farms located at the three Safe Spaces schools. Specifically, an additional 75 women in the community will be trained in this environmentally friendly method of farming, which will provide healthy food, including kale, lettuce, spinach, and strawberries to the entire community in the poor areas of Nairobi. You can read more about Awesome Blossoms on the FAWCO website.
Our Donations: In June 2023, we made our first donation of 2,000 EUR to The FAWCO Foundation to support the Target Project. In June 2024 we followed up with a second donation of 2,500 EUR.
Raising Funds
The Club raises funds throughout the year. In recent years, our main charity events have been the Sustainable Fashion Bash and Trivia Night. Prior to that, the Club held formal galas, benefit concerts, a Christmas bazaar, wine tastings and auctions (handbags anyone?). Bearing in mind that not all fundraising has to be a major event, we have utilized smaller initiatives such as raffles, individual donations, and much more to raise funds. Follow us here as we report our fundraising achievements from July 2022 through December 2025. Major Fundraising Events
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