We are business women, meeting to share interests, experiences and insights. A WBG Connects meeting is an opportunity to learn, expand your network of business contacts, find inspiration & qualities to develop and to share your expertise with others.
The Grommet was founded to launch undiscovered products and help them succeed. Since 2008, The Grommet has launched more than 3,000 products in 16 categories, including many that are now household names, including FitBit, Food Should Taste Good, GoldieBlox, IdeaPaint, Lovepop, OtterBox, PopSockets, SimpliSafe, SodaStream, and S’well, among others. Every weekday The Grommet reveals a new, undiscovered product and shares the story behind each one through a written story, video, and photography—as well as where the idea came from, where it’s made, and how it’s produced. Only 3% of the products reviewed by our Discovery team are selected for launch. For more information, visit http://thegrommet.com
Christine Fortune Guthery is the Founder/President/Executive Director of SPARK Kindness, Inc. SPARK is a non-profit organization with an innovative approach to bullying and violence prevention. SPARK stands for “Successful Positive Authentic Resilient Kids” and has the mission of supporting kind and empowered youth & communities. SPARK (formerly known as the Natick Parents against Bullying & Cyberbullying) has over 2,600 parent members. Since 2010, the organization has conducted dozens of programs on bullying prevention and promoting kindness and resiliency to parents, schools, and community organizations. SPARK works to strengthen collaboration between parents and schools so that young people flourish.
In 2011, the group founded the Natick/Metrowest Anti-Bullying Coalition (ABC). The Natick/Metrowest ABC is a group of over 60 organizations working together to end bullying. In 2013, the Natick Anti-Bullying Coalition received the Martin T. Meehan Award for Educational Leadership (along with the Natick Public Schools), presented by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
Going forward, the mission of SPARK Kindness is to:
*Provide programs and resources to youth, families, schools & communities to support raising KIND and EMPOWERED youth.
*Assist communities in building their own Anti-Bullying Coalitions as well as other community supports, such as parent program series.
When encouraged, kindness spreads like wildfire and can create positive change in a community. Let’s SPARK a kindness revolution together! Click Here to Register
WBG CONNECTS GENERAL MEETING
January 11, 2019
Breakfast Meeting – 7:15AM – 9AM
Location: Wellesley Community Center (219 Washington St., Wellesley)
Eva A. Millona, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA),

Dr. Barker’s publications have addressed the work of various artists, ranging from the Renaissance (Filippino Lippi) to the Romantic age (Wright of Derby, William Blake, Samuel Palmer), and from the Modern era (Childe Hassam) to the present day (Chuck Close). A finalist for the Art Newspaper/AXA Art Exhibition Catalogue Award and the William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art History, Dr. Barker is the recipient of the New York State Historical Association’s Henry Allen Moe Prize, Yale University’s A. Conger Goodyear Award in the History of Art, and other awards.
For complete membership and registration information, visit www.wbgconnects.com/join-now. Dues are $275 per year.
December 14th, 2018
Breakfast Meeting – 7:15AM – 9AM
Location: Wellesley Community Center (219 Washington St., Wellesley)
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Homeless children have twice the rate of learning disabilities and three times the rate of emotional-behavioral disorders than children who are housed. For parents, homelessness is a traumatic experience that leaves them feeling very disempowered.
At Horizons, we provide high-quality early education and opportunities for play so children can keep up with their peers. We support their families and help them reclaim that power, so they’re able to get their families on a path to future success.
WBG CONNECTS GENERAL MEETING
January 11, 2019
Breakfast Meeting – 7:15AM – 9AM
Location: Wellesley Community Center (219 Washington St., Wellesley)
Eva A. Millona, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA),

Dr. Barker’s publications have addressed the work of various artists, ranging from the Renaissance (Filippino Lippi) to the Romantic age (Wright of Derby, William Blake, Samuel Palmer), and from the Modern era (Childe Hassam) to the present day (Chuck Close). A finalist for the Art Newspaper/AXA Art Exhibition Catalogue Award and the William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art History, Dr. Barker is the recipient of the New York State Historical Association’s Henry Allen Moe Prize, Yale University’s A. Conger Goodyear Award in the History of Art, and other awards.
For complete membership and registration information, visit www.wbgconnects.com/join-now. Dues are $275 per year.
Join me at
The Candy Bar, 20 Church Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
Thursday, May 17, 2018
6-8 pm
And let’s Shop for a Cause!
A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to Run to Home Base.
If you are unable to join us for this evening,
Donations may be made directly to
http://www.runtohomebase.org/2018RuntoHomeBase/PattiMcGlynn
On July 28, I will be running my 6th Run to Home Base with the McGlynn, Clinton & Hall For Vets team. This is a run organized by the Red Sox Foundation, in conjuction with Mass General Hospital. All the money raised will go to help our service men and women treating PTSD, traumatic brain injuries and other war related injuries. Please help us in supporting this important cause. Any donation possible is appreciated. Thank you!
http://www.runtohomebase.org/2018RuntoHomeBase/PattiMcGlynn
(click "donate" next to my name)
See you on May 17th!
Patti McGlynn
For additional details, contact Patti: pmcglynn@mchinsure.com