By Dawn Scotland
The Truth Reporter
The NANBPWC Maumee Bay Club hosted “Supporting Women in More Ways Than One: Heart, Health and Breast Cancer Awareness Event” at Friendship Baptist Church Sunday, October 18, from noon to 4 p.m. The free event aimed to raise awareness of the disease, encourage early detection, promote heart health and celebrate the strength of women in the community during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The day included breast cancer awareness and heart health education, the Mercy Health Mobile Mammography Unit, blood pressure, blood sugar and heart rate checks, bra fittings and bra giveaways, community health resources, vendors, line dancing by Women on the Move and the Just Roll With It! food truck. This is the third year the organization has hosted the event with over 200 bras to give away Sunday.
The Maumee Bay Club of NANBPWC, Inc. is a dynamic group of educators, business owners, corporate executives, and other professionally licensed women committed to improving the quality of life for the citizens of Lucas County. The Maumee Bay Club has a proven record of developing quality programming. Since 1983, their efforts have focused on educational excellence, supporting entrepreneurial opportunities, issues affecting youth and young adults, and economic empowerment for all citizens.
The Maumee Bay Club exists to promote the interests of business and professional women, to provide charitable activities to enrich the community, and to provide engaging programming to address the needs of youth and young adults in the community. The Maumee Bay Club’s signature program is the HBCU College Tour. For more than 20 years the organization has taken a select group of Toledo Area High School students to visit Historically Black Colleges and Universities all over the country. (source: www.maumeebayclub.org)
The next upcoming event hosted by the Maumee Bay Club will be “Entrepreneurship: Let Your Present Income Build Your Future” on Wednesday, November 11 at 11:30 a.m. at the Local 12 UAW Hall on 2300 Ashland Ave.
To learn more visit their website www.maumeebayclub.org or social media pages @MaumeeBayClub
The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. founded in 1935, emerged as a national non-profit organization in light of the need to promote and protect the interests of women business owners and professionals; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship. (source: nanbpwc.org)
