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Christina Schutz | #girleffect, business development, education, healthcare, partnership trip, public health, social good, spark ventures, travel, women's empowerment, zambia

Global Service Award Winner: Heather Duncan

At this year’s Fall Gala, we honored a very special member of our Spark family with our first ever Global Service Award. This award recognizes individuals whose service to the Spark Ventures community has gone above and beyond in unique and inspiring ways. For the...

24 October

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Gwyn Thomas | #girleffect, #inspired, Art, Business, business development, community programs, education, girls, healthcare, non-profit, nonprofit, nutrition, public health, social good, spark ventures, women's empowerment, zambia

Introducing W.O.W. – Twapia’s Women of Worth!

The community of Twapia continues to be impacted across generations. We are excited to introduce you to W.O.W., Twapia's Women of Worth! W.O.W. The Women of Worth, “W.O.W.”, Group was formed to fulfill nutritional, healthcare, emotional and social needs of Twapia’s elderly women and to help them...

20 February

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, #graduation4all, community programs, education, girls, partnership trip, report from the field, spark ventures, travel, women's empowerment, zambia

Meeting Rebecca & Her Grandmother

One of the most powerful experiences for those who take the journey to meet our partners and see our work in action is the opportunity to visit the homes of children like Rebecca, a student at Hope Community School in Zambia. This provides a first-hand glimpse...

05 March

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, community programs, girls, nicaragua, partnership trip, spark ventures, travel, women's empowerment

Supporter Spotlight: Carol Thompson

Summer may only be halfway through but we're already thinking about 2018 travel. We've added a NEW trip date to our line-up - a Women's Leadership Trip in February. As we planned those dates, we checked back in with one of the women who was...

19 July

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, chicago, girls, organization, spark ventures, women's empowerment

Women at the Helm

From chairing our Board of Directors to managing our grassroots, community partner organizations, women are in key decision-making roles and will continue to lead the charge as we move into our second decade of impact. We are excited to feature a few of these incredible...

07 June

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, community programs, education, report from the field

New Textbooks for Hope Community School

New textbooks!! Thanks to our partnership with Lincoln Park Preschool & Kindergarten, Hope School has brand new textbooks and teaching resources. The books arrived in April and were immediately put to use - this was a huge need and the teachers and students are thrilled. ...

17 May

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Amanda Diiulis | #girleffect, #inspired, Business, business development, girls, news, non-profit, nonprofit, organization, social good, spark, spark ventures, travel, women's empowerment

A Wanderful Giveaway!

We've collaborated before with the intrepid ladies over at Wanderful where their goal is to empower women travelers to explore the world and to connect with each other. We're all about experiential travel and making powerful, personal connections. So, we were thrilled when they reached...

01 March

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, Business, nicaragua, partnership trip, travel, women's empowerment

Impact Trip Guest Appearance: United Airlines Country Director

We are thrilled to announce that on the upcoming Nicaragua Women's Leadership Trip our travelers will be joined for a day by Gloria Callejas, Country Director for United Airlines in Nicaragua. Gloria will provide her personal perspective on corporate life in Nicaragua, women and girls...

15 December

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, community programs, education, events, girls, nicaragua, spark ventures, women's empowerment

A Message from Nicaragua

Joining us at our annual event, Ignite 2015, was a guest of honor - Gricelda Pantoja representing our social impact partner, Las Tías in León, Nicaragua. Gricelda shared her personal perspective on the powerful work she and her dedicated team take on as they serve...

28 October

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Stephanie Denzer | #girleffect, #graduation4all, chicago, events, girls, nicaragua, spark ventures, women's empowerment

Meet Azalia

We are consistently astounded by the incredible community of supporters we have at Spark Ventures. With nearly 200 members of our network gathered together for Ignite 2015 on Friday, October 23rd at The Murphy, we were thrilled to celebrate Spark Ventures' work empowering women and...