RICHMOND, Va. — A sold-out crowd filled the Jepson Alumni Center at the University of Richmond Thursday for the fifth annual United Way Women Rise High Tea fundraiser, raising just over $100,000 for single mothers pursuing higher education.
The Women Rise program helps single mothers overcome one of the biggest barriers to higher education — the cost of childcare.
Toni Shepard, director for United Way's Women Rise, said the program reflects what a community can accomplish when it chooses to invest in determined women.
"Women Rise one of our signature programs is a beautiful example of what can happen when a community chooses to invest in single mothers who are determined to create a different future."
CBS 6 anchor GeNienne Samuels served as emcee for the event.
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