Our History

The first chapter of 100 Women Who Care was founded in Jackson, Michigan by the late Karen Dunigan, who always considered 100 Women Who Care to be one of her greatest ideas. As many great ideas do, it came serendipitously: during a meeting with leadership from the local Center for Family Health. In a fundraising meeting, Karen learned that local mothers were putting their babies to sleep in boxes and dresser drawers because they couldn’t afford cribs, leading to the death of the infant in some cases.

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She knew she had to do something to help. Rather than seek a few large donors to meet the $10,000 goal for her project, Karen thought she easily knew 100 women would would be willing to donate $100. At their first meeting, the women raised over $12,000 for the project and 100 Women Who Care was born.

 

At last count, there were over 450 chapters in the 100 Who Care Alliance with chapters of 100 Kids Who Care and 100 Men Who Care in the US, Mexico, Canada and Singapore!

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- Adapted from the 100 Who Care Alliance

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