{"id":10743,"date":"2012-07-30T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=10743"},"modified":"2012-07-30T08:08:29","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T12:08:29","slug":"bizzigirls-work-to-give-back-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=10743","title":{"rendered":"Bizzigirls work to give back to the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kelly Sieh<\/strong>l, <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10744\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Bizzigirls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10744\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10744 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bizzigirls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Bizzigirls-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the food donation collected by Bizzigirls for the Kennett Food Cupboard at an event in Pocopson Park.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>POCOPSON \u2014 At a time when many ask \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for me?\u201d &#8211; West Chester area residents Katee Boyle-Mojica and Mary Veale ask, \u201cWhat can we do for others?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, they combined their skills in Operations and Events and Nonprofit Management to form the nonprofit social group \u2013 Bizzigirls.<\/p>\n<p>Boyle-Mojica and Veale say they simply want to give from the overflow and they encourage friends and family to do the same.\u00a0 They have put their ideas into action by holding social events which benefit and promote awareness of local causes.<\/p>\n<p>One such event was held recently at Pocopson Park to benefit the Kennett Food Cupboard. The Bizzigirls\u2019 Summer Kick-Off combined family fun and encouraged giving to those who have a greater need.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The founders remind us that \u201ceven when it seems to us that we have nothing, when we dig down, there is always something to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bizzigirls demographic was originally comprised of the founders\u2019 children\u2019s preschool groups but quickly expanded to include all persons and groups interested in supporting and sharing in the cause at hand.\u00a0 Today, Boyle-Mojica and Veale say \u201cthe face of Bizzigirls is a multifaceted reflection of the local community\u201d reaching over 200 families and attracting greater support with each additional event.<\/p>\n<p>Future events include a Bizzigirls &amp; Bizzikids Back to School play date, Bizzigirls Fall Art Gala and Bizzigirls Winter Black Tie Event.<\/p>\n<p>Bizzigirls welcomes any suggestions for supporting a cause or organization and can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:Katee@bizzigirls.com\">Katee@bizzigirls.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:Mary@bizzigirls.com\">Mary@bizzigirls.com<\/a>.\u00a0 More information can also be found on the Bizzigirls Facebook Page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kelly Siehl, Staff Writer, The Times POCOPSON \u2014 At a time when many ask \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for me?\u201d &#8211; West Chester area residents Katee Boyle-Mojica and Mary Veale ask, \u201cWhat can we do for others?\u201d In response, they combined their skills in Operations and Events and Nonprofit Management to form the nonprofit social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[1682,739,10],"class_list":["post-10743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-bizzigirls","tag-kennett-food-cupboard","tag-pocopson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}