This month, we spotlighted our featured businesses in our Business & Finance section. It is our advertising sponsors who are supporting our efforts to provide you with a free monthly online magazine for your reading pleasure. We hope that you will support them in turn by participating in our shop local campaign and help us keep our small businesses in Salem County! Click here to see our spotlighted businesses and to read August's articles!
Due to the popularity of The Women of Salem County, we decided to expand to both Gloucester and Cumberland Counties. In July, we introduced Owner/Editor Esther Lankitus from our newest 'sister magazine', The Women of Cumberland County, as she launched her inaugural issue, and Owner/Editor June Swords Bower, already a pro with her 3rd issue of The Women of Gloucester County.
Featured Women
In June, we asked our readers to nominate a special man in their life to be honored for Father's Day. We received several great letters and we posted them all to our Facebook page, and we featured the two that we felt really stood out: "My Hero and the man my kids call Dad" and "My Husband Is My Hero".
In May, we held our 1st Annual Charity Singles' Mixer & Bachelor Auction at Auburn Road Vineyards on May 2nd, 2010, where we raised a total of $3,835.00 for Salem County Women's Services and The April Pettit Memorial Foundation! Click here to read the articles and find out who was voted "Salem County's Most Eligible Bachelor 2010"!
We surprised our featured women this month, Debbie Pettit and Jennifer Dubler, by not announcing them until Mother's Day! Check out what their loved ones wrote about these special ladies!
Last month, we asked our readers to nominate bachelor candidates for our search for Salem County's Most Eligible Bachelors - and WOW! What a great bunch of candidates!!! During the month of April, our readers voted for their favorite bachelors to be "auctioned off" for charity. Over 1,700 votes were cast and an amazing 23,000+ page views to the site were recorded! Click here to read the articles and see the bachelors in our April issue!
March is Women's History Month, now celebrated annually in the United States. This year's theme is "Writing Women Back into History" and commemorates the National Women's History Project's 30th Anniversary. Click here to learn about two brave women in Salem County's history.
We had a lot of fun this month on Facebook with our search for Salem County's Most Eligible Bachelor! At the end of the month, we had 23 bachelor candidates for our auction on May 2nd.
Our featured women this month were Cherie Lombardo and Tara LaRosa. Cherie is the Principal of Pitman Highschool, a marathon runner, and a very inspirational woman. Tara is the No. 1-Rated Female Mixed Martial Artist in the World and calls Salem County her home! Click here to read the articles in our March issue!
Last year at the Salem County Chamber of Commerce Women's Leadership Symposium, Hon. Gilda Gill, Salem County Clerk, gave an interesting account of several women that are a part of Salem County's history. February 2010 - Go Red for Women!
To raise awareness in support of the fight against heart disease, we encouraged women to wear red on Feb 12th. A group of local women braved the snow and gathered at Lady Fitness to have a group photo taken by Dee Marie Photography.
We had a "supersized" issue this month with over 20 articles! Click here to read the articles! We added a new featured writer, "Motorcycle Mama" and a new monthly "scheduled chat" feature which will be held the second Monday of each month at 8pm.
Our featured women this month were Lou Henderson, an amazing woman 82 years young whose hobbies include sky diving, hot air ballooning, zip lining over the rain forest... (You don't believe us? We have pictures!!!) and Judge E. Elaine Voyles, a lifetime resident of Salem County who was recently appointed by Governor Corzine to serve as a Workers Compensation Court Judge - the first women resident of Salem County to receive a judicial appointment. Click here to read the articles in our February issue!
Does this shirt make me look fat?
We had a little fun this month and featured a cute little dog wearing a different outfit in every section. Of course, we would prefer to feature the pets of our own Salem County readers in upcoming issues, so if your pet is totally adorable, send your pet's photo to us by clicking here!
We just felt like having some "doggone fun" in January so we stuffed it full of doggies in cute outfits! Featured women were Peg Marshall, Executive Director Meals on Wheels Salem County and Salem County Freeholder, Julie A. Acton. Click here to read the articles in January's issue!
Going to a holiday cookie exchange and still don't have a recipe? Try one of these great cookie recipes in Debbie Pettit's 2009 Cookie Exchange Recipe Book. (0.29 MB .pdf)
Bon Appétit!
Our very first issue of The Women of Salem County was "jam packed" with a "baker's dozen" of great articles written just in time for the holiday season! Featured women were Ceil Smith, Publisher of Today's Sunbeam and Salem County Freeholder, Beth E. Timberman. Check it out!
Indicates businesses at least 51% woman owned.
