Let’s move forward, together, to finish 2009 stronger than we started.
Here are ways you can make a difference and help women grow their businesses and create jobs in communities around the country:
1. Send a letter/e-mail to women business owners in your network to tell them about the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE
2. Have a M3 Racer speak at one of your events
3. Become an M3 Ambassador to actively promote the M3 RACE. Email to find out more.
You can support M3 Racers:
- Underwrite women who need a scholarship to join the M3 RACE
- Create a Meet Up group to connect with other M3 Racers in your community
- Buy M3 Racers’ products or services through their public pages
Pay It Forward!
Individual Support
Help a woman entrepreneur start, grow or save her business. Do you know a woman who could use a jolt of entrepreneurial support and resources? For $100 per M3 RACER, you can pay it forward by sponsoring one woman or a number of women in the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE. We will ask these women to sponsor another woman entrepreneur in the M3 RACE in the future. Click here to learn more.
Every time someone pays it forward, at least two lives are changed forever.
Corporations and Community Foundations Underwriting M3 RACERS
Corporations and Community Foundations can stand out as leaders in this tough economy by offering business lifelines to local entrepreneurs -- your customers, vendors, or neighbors where you do business -- who are building sustainable businesses for their families and their communities. We can identify these women entrepreneurs with you and track their progress.
To find out how your company or foundation can support ten or more women in the M3 RACE, contact Jean Hamerman via email at .
Local and State Support
Local and state officials and government agencies across the country have joined with Count Me In to support women entrepreneurs prosper and create jobs in their communities. To find out more about what you can do, please contact Stacey Straughter at .
Take a look at officials who have supported Make Mine a Million $ Business®.
Here is a list of Officials who have participated at our events:
• Governor Christine Gregoire (WA)
• Governor Ted Kulongoski (OR)
• Governor Janet Napolitano (AZ)
• Governor Rick Perry (TX)
• Governor-elect Beverly Purdue (NC)
• Governor Brian Schweitzer (MT)
• Lt. Governor Diane Denish (NM)
• Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton (WI)
• Senator Maria Cantwell (WA)
• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY)
• Senator Patty Murray (WA)
• Senator Jon Tester (MT)
• Senator Ron Wyden (OR)
• Congressman Mel Watt (NC)
• Congresswoman Nydia Valasquez (NY)
• Susan Bysiewicz Secretary of State (CT)
• Elaine Marshal Secretary of State (NC)
• Richard J. Leinenkugel, Wisconsin Department of Commerce (WI)
• Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (CT)
• Ron Sims King County Commission (WA)
• Mayor of Newark Cory Booker (NJ)
• Mayor of Seattle Greg Nickels (WA)
Donate
Click here to make a tax free donation to Count Me In. Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is a 501c3, non-profit organization. Over 85% of every dollar you give goes directly to supporting programming that strengthens women’s businesses.
Corporations Count Me In has formed unique partnerships with premier corporations of all types and sizes. We value each sponsor’s contribution to women’s business success.
To learn more about becoming a corporate or organizational sponsor, contact Jean Hamerman, our Director of Business Development via email or call her at (212) 245-1245 ext 204.
