This year’s Pink Party brought together over 150 friends of Wonders who enthusiastically participated in our largest fundraising event of the year and supported the ever-growing Wonders Financial Assistance Fund. The Wonders Financial Assistance Fund provides tuition assistance to families who would otherwise not be able to access our high quality early childhood education and extended day programs. In 2017 we will have distributed approximately $300,000 in financial assistance.
Pink Party Honorees
Compass
Wonders congratulates Compass for 15 years of impact in the nonprofit community. Compass actively engages teams of business professional volunteers to provide pro bono consulting services to local nonprofits so that these nonprofits can more effectively carry out their mission. Wonders knows firsthand the benefits of Compass’ work through two consulting projects, the board matching program and the ongoing leadership of Compass team volunteers who now serve on the Wonders Board of Directors. Compass’ Classic Projects provide pro bono strategic consulting including focused on strategic planning, funding strategy and board development. Their services also include Micro Projects which help smaller nonprofits tackle discrete questions or challenges and a board matching program, On Board, which assists nonprofits with recruiting specific expertise to their boards. Since its founding in 2001, Compass has expanded beyond Greater Washington to include Philadelphia and Chicago. These collaborative and well managed programs have served over 300 nonprofit clients, engaged over 2,800 MBAs and other highly skilled business professionals, and have delivered for free, more than $48 million of strategic consulting services to the Greater Washington nonprofit community.
Miriam Calderon
Wonders is pleased to recognize Miriam Calderon for her leadership and advocacy on behalf of children in our region and across the nation. Miriam is currently the Senior Director of Early Learning at the Bainum Family Foundation, where she is working to ensure access to quality early learning for D.C.’s most vulnerable infants and toddlers. Prior to this position, Miriam advanced national efforts to improve early learning policy as an advisor to the Obama Administration’s Domestic Advisory Council and the Department of Health and Human Services. Miriam was also the Director of Early Childhood Education for D.C. Public Schools, leading the expansion of Head Start and pre kindergarten. Miriam is a strong advocate for dual language learners and their families. We first met Miriam when she became a member of the Wonders family and Wonders is honored to have partnered with her family in their early learning experience.
Pink Party Sponsors
AMR Commercial
The Meltzer Group
Lamb Financial Group
Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman
Thank You to our Generous Donors!
American Plant
Ashley and Peyton Craighill
Ashlie Bagwell
Avalon Theater
Ballroom Bethesda
Belinda Wilborn
Belmont Skin and Laser Center
Big Train Bethesda
Bill and Gony Goldberg
Brookland’s Finest
Cava Grill
Central
Chaplin’s
Cherri Branson
Cork and Fork
Councilmember Craig Rice
Councilmember Roger Berliner
DC Cycling Concierge
Debbie and Jeremy Brown
Edith and Walt Mossberg
Equinox
Home Rule
Honest Tea
Guilian Foundation
Ikona Photoraphy
Imagination Stage
Jay and Sarah Johnson
Joanne Hurt
John Finisdore
John Moore
Julia Johnson
Julia and Dave Whiston
Kicks Karate
Kristalee and Nils Overdahl
Ledo’s
Life Rescue Training
Madeline Farms
Marc Korman
Marilyn Riehl
Matchbox Food Group
Miss Pixie’s
National Building Museum
Nick Seybert
Pam Feinstein
Paul’s Wine
Renee and Julian Blair
School Readiness Consulting
Shelley and Jeff Lowinger
Spy Museum
Thally
Tim Wahlers
Total Wine
Tracy and John Mulligan
Urban Sitter
Washington Capitals
Washington Nationals
Washington Wizards
Wegman’s
Yamas
Zengo Cycle