Women’s Empowerment’s Silver Anniversary Gala

Celebrate 25 years of empowering Sacramento women and children to rise from homelessness at Women’s Empowerment’s Silver Anniversary Gala on Sept. 25. Tickets and sponsorships are available for the event that will take place at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento, 1230 J Street, at 5:30pm and will include a cocktail hour, live music, silent and live auctions, an inspirational program and a three-course meal. To purchase tickets or a table, sponsor the event or sponsor a graduate to attend: www.womens-empowerment.org/gala.

Women’s Empowerment is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year as the most comprehensive job-readiness program in the Sacramento area designed specifically to help women break the generational cycle of homelessness for themselves and their children. Each woman begins with a nine-week employment-readiness and empowerment program that includes free transportation assistance, onsite childcare, group classes, and one-on-one work with a social worker, housing navigator, job developer and volunteer career mentor. Each woman who graduates from the nine-week program can return for services at any point in her life when she needs additional tools, including paid job training and transitional workforce housing.

Since 2001, more than 2,000 women have graduated from the program with their 4,000+ children. Women’s Empowerment is funded through private donations from the community and grants. To learn more and make a donation: www.womens-empowerment.org.