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In the fall of 2005, a group of young women were gathered together at a local diner, Poole's, to celebrate the end of a long week. Over dinner, one of the women, Nicole Stewart, told her friends about an idea to organize a local production of the Vagina Monologues in Raleigh to raise funds for local women’s charities.
Fast forward through two successful performances of the Vagina Monologues, that raised roughly $2,500 for two local women's nonprofits, to the fall of 2007. A small group that had been involved in the production got together and decided to form a giving circle to expand their philanthropic reach beyond women’s issues and engage their community in giving. The beehive collective was born out of these meetings and now has a nine member Board and an aggressive plan for growing the group in 2008.
The mission of the beehive collective is to pollinate community giving in Raleigh and inspire young women to lead. Membership dues are 0.5% of yearly income, and the group intends to have 50 members by the end of the year. Through membership dues, events, and other individual donors, the beehive collective will raise and give away significant grants to local nonprofits.
For more information about us, check out our one-pager.
Our Queen Bees currently are:
Adam, Alice, Billie, Crystal-Fair, Gwen, Heather, Jennifer, Kate, Louisa, Nicole, Salley*, Vanessa*
(*2009 co-chairs)
Picture of our 2010 Board coming soon.
Thanks to our 2008 Board for an incredibly successful first year!
(from left to right: Tia, Billie, Gabi, Les, Louisa, Eileen, Nicole, and Heather)
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