News from the Enterprise Women's Network
EWN’s mentoring program is off to a terrific start. Thirty-five mentors were matched with 35 third-through-eighth-grade students. Find out how EWN teamed up with AXA Advisors and Enterprise to paint and landscape Pinderhughes Elementary/Middle School. Read the October 2009 newsletter.

How You Can Get Involved

EWN's Mentoring Program
If you have volunteer interests, and are willing to share your time with a young girl in elementary or middle school, there may be a place for you within EWN’s Mentoring Program. In addition to mentoring, other volunteer opportunities available include our ongoing book drive.

• Enterprise Women's Network Mentoring Application (Word, 34KB)

Membership
Become a member of the EWN!  EWN members make an annual contribution to support the work of Enterprise in Baltimore. There is no minimum to join the Network.  Through annual events and the publication of our newsletter, “Baltimore Metro News,” members become engaged in the work of Enterprise Baltimore. 

• EWN Steering Committee

Women Helping Women
Our membership grows as word spreads of EWN’s and Enterprise Baltimore’s shared impact on our region.  With members’ generous volunteer and financial support, we can do more and help more children and families.  We are always anxious to have like-minded women join us.  
— Anne G. London and Patricia S. Tunstall, EWN Co-chairs

EWN Steering Committee Co-chairs:  Patricia S. Tunstall and Anne G. London. Photo: Harry Connolly

Through the leadership of Linda Hambleton Panitz and Louise P. Hoblitzell, the Enterprise Women’s Network (EWN) of Baltimore was formed in 2000 to channel the energies of women across the region toward helping low-income women and children improve the quality of life for themselves, their families and their communities. 

The Network is committed to making a difference in people’s lives through advocacy, networking, philanthropy and volunteering.  Poverty’s heaviest burdens fall on women and children. Nearly one-third of all children in Baltimore live in households below or near the poverty line, and 55 percent live in high-poverty neighborhoods. More than 54,000 children in Baltimore – 63 percent – live in households headed by women. In our city, over 95 percent of the low-income people Enterprise serves are women.

The Enterprise Women's Network in Baltimore

Advocacy
The EWN petitioned the Baltimore City Public School Board to expand George G. Kelson Elementary School to a middle school in 2003. Students have continued their studies in the same nurturing school where they’ve shown consistent overall improvement with the support of Enterprise.

In September 2006, a community resource center was opened at Kelson to offer an array of educational and social supports for the students and families in Sandtown-Winchester.  The center establishes the right conditions for learning, which are essential for the continued academic success and growth of our students.    

Networking
Women’s mutual life experiences connect us and create a desire and commitment to support each other.  EWN members reach out to their own friends and family members to broaden the reach of Enterprise and strengthen its impact in Baltimore.

Philanthropy
Since our inception, EWN is responsible for raising over $1.4 million dollars to support Enterprise’s work in Baltimore.  We inspire new donors to support Enterprise’s work in Baltimore. 

Volunteerism
EWN members have contributed over 13,000 volunteer hours in conjunction with the work of Enterprise Baltimore. 

The EWN mentoring program at William H. Pinderhughes Elementary and George G. Kelson Elementary/Middle schools provides mutual learning and fun activities for elementary and middle-school girls and their mentors.