Women Helping Women with Hestia Women’s Giving Circle

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Dec. 6, 2025

Do you remember learning about Hestia in history class? She was a Greek goddess of the hearth and home (and sister to Zeus and Hades). In Charlevoix, her name is attached to the Hestia Women’s Giving Circle, a nonprofit under the umbrella of the Charlevoix County Community Foundation that has spent the last 20 years supporting organizations that serve women and girls. Since 2007, they’ve invested $900,000 that has helped dozens of grantees, from the Women’s Resource Center and Habitat for Humanity to the Great Start Collaborative and Big Brothers Big Sisters to the Manna Food Project and Good Neighbors Food Pantry. They also host educational events, including a Learning Series with the Health Department of NW Michigan (Dec. 10), that are open to the public. We give an Olympus-level cheer for their continued work in our communities! Learn more at hestiacircle.org.