A little backstory on Pauline Juliet

Pauline Juliet, Inc. was first started about eight years ago by Lauren O., a GBU member and Pittsburgh local. Pauline Juliet, Inc. is a grassroots, community-led organization in rural Uganda with a focus on the education and empowerment of women and girls.

Seizing the opportunity to maximize

As an active GBU Life member, Lauren identified an opportunity to use the Give Back Groups program to help in her fundraising efforts. Pauline Juliet was having an end-of-year fundraiser with the goal of raising $8,000 to support its 2022 programs which includes its handwashing campaign. This campaign would supply 35,000 bars of soap and handwashing education to rural schools in Uganda.

Identifying what support was needed

Lauren submitted a Give Back Groups Matching Funds application and a Marketing Support application. Since Lauren's Give Back Group included four other GBU members, Lauren had the opportunity to receive a match of up to $5,000 toward Pauline Juliet's end-of-year fundraiser.

Lauren worked with the GBU Life Marketing Department to plan out how GBU could help promote her fundraiser. A plan was made to feature Lauren's project in two GBU Life member emails, as well as feature it on several GBU Life social media platforms for the duration of the fundraiser.

The exciting results

Lauren O., her team, donors and partners of Pauline Juilet had no problem raising over $5,000 during their end-of-year campaign which meant an additional $5,000 match from GBU Life. Great job, Lauren O. and team!

Learn more about Pauline Juliet's unique and inspiring mission, visit: www.paulinejulietinc.com