Meet one of our newest members, who joined during our Centennial campaign to reach 1,000 members before our 101st birthday. While we didn't quite make that goal, we do have more members than ever before. That's really saying something — considering the long history of our organization!
Gloria started looking for volunteer opportunities at the start of the new year, specifically related to civic engagement. She wanted to do something that would bring about positive and lasting change. A few google searches later, she came across the League of Women Voters of Maine.
I googled around and came across this project by the University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy. They had basically created a guide for donors on impressive nonprofits that work towards strengthening our democracy. I started reading the guide, thinking it would help me search for similar groups in Maine. But one of the organizations they highlighted was the League of Women Voters Maine — I couldn't believe it. The guide talked through countless examples of the League's impact from restoring same-day voter registration to campaign finance reform to passing ranked-choice voting. I was so fired up after reading, that I paid my membership dues that day.