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100+ Women Who Care Oswego - Montgomery - Yorkville
www.100wwc-omy.org Also on Facebook
Although Nettie Badgley describes herself as “just a facilitator,” of the Oswego, Montgomery, Yorkville 100+Women Who Care, the truth is she is much more. She is the person who created the local chapter. Before moving to Yorkville in 2010 and
starting a family, Nettie had a history with the organization, which was started in 2006 by Karen Dunigan, the then mayor of Jackson, Michigan. “Mayor Dunigan received a phone call
from a young woman who wanted to raise $3,000 to buy 300 cribs to make a difference in infant deaths,” Nettie says. “Karen gathered her friends together and they raised $12,800. Her friends said, ‘Tis is so easy. We can’t let it end. Let’s do this again.’” After hearing what Mayor Dunigan was able to accomplish, Nettie’s friend Sally Wiarda started the DuPage Chapter in 2007. Ten another friend, Palma Aikins, a member of the DuPage group, formed the Naperville chapter in 2009.
“I joined the Naperville chapter,” Nettie recalls. “I was doing the fundraiser Blessings in a Backpack, where we organized food for school children during the school year.” Nettie says being involved in fundraising isn’t something
new for her. Her mother, she says, took her to a church work camp when she was only three years old. But after moving to Yorkville, although she was busy with her young children for several years, she still found it hard not to be involved in the community. Trained as a graphic designer, she says she always loved being a part of a team, of giving back.
Nettie Badgley presents Greg Witek, board chairman of the Kendall County Community Food
Pantry, with a check for a donation of $8,000 last spring on behalf of 100+ Women Who Care. Photo courtesy of 100+ Women Who Care
“In early 2015, I looked at my husband, my son was
three months old, and I told him, ‘I really think there are enough organizations out here that a 100 care chapter could support.’” Now 75 members strong, the group meets four times a
year, in February, April, September and November, to vote on who will receive their donations. Each woman writes out a check and Nettie collects them and presents them to the beneficiary. In 2020, the group gave $8,000 to the Kendall County Community Food Pantry, $8,000 to the Aurora Interface Food Pantry, and $8,200 to Casa of Kendall County. Some members, because of the pandemic, gave more than the $100 they have pledged, Nettie says. “Tis year our chapter is eligible for a 50% match of
$4,000 from the Richard M. Schultz Foundation,” Nettie says. “It’s a really good time to join us.” Visit
www.100WWC-OMY.org to join.
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