You are invited to join us this year at the 9th
Annual Women in Technology (WIT) Charity Golf Tournament. All funds
raised at this event support the Women in Technology Education Foundation
(WITEF), a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization. Through the funds
raised for WITEF, WIT’s Girls in Technology Committee organizes
and manages programs to encourage girls to “take a swing”
at math, science and technology fields. WITEF’s mission is
critical to create awareness, support and opportunities to increase
the number of girls who will go into technology for their future
education and careers, and particularly girls in underserved communities.
Unless exposed at a very early age to the practices of mathematics,
the sciences, engineering and technology in general, many girls
will lag behind their male counterparts in not only their school-aged
years, but also in their ensuing professional careers. Therefore,
the mission of WITEF is to empower young girls by engaging them
in technology and computer-related learning through outreach that
provides scholarships, mentoring, tools, speakers and other types
of support for school-sponsored and community programs that foster
technology interest in elementary, middle and high school girls.
WITEF has helped hundreds of girls in the local communities by
providing mentors and speakers, as well as financial support for
field trips, assisting with program and curriculum development,
providing program resources for Career Days in Virginia, Maryland
and D.C., and exploring any and all opportunities to expose girls
to technology. WITEF also provides grants to schools and community
organizations as well as individuals scholarships.
WITEF’s efforts are helping ensure that the next generation
of professional women is well equipped for tomorrow’s challenges.
Without your support many of those needs will go unfulfilled.
So we need your help!
Join companies such as Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen Hamilton, AT&T,
CDW-G, Cisco Systems, IntelliDyne, IT Solutions, ManTech, Market
Connections, SAP, SRA and The Analysis Corporation who have already
signed up as a sponsor for this year’s event.
Support WITEF’s mission and come join us to “Drive
to Succeed” on Tuesday, October, 7, 2008. To register
as a Sponsor, either Corporate or individual, or donate a Silent
Auction item, please go to http://www.girlsintechnology.org/events.cfm
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On behalf of WIT and WITEF, thank you. For more information, please
contact: