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.
WBG CONNECTS GENERAL MEETING
December 13, 2019
Breakfast Meeting: 8:00AM – 9:30AM
Location: Wellesley Community Center (219 Washington St., Wellesley)
Join members and guests for a holiday networking breakfast. Be sure to bring plenty of business cards and holiday cheer.

Location: Wellesley Community Center (219 Washington St., Wellesley)

Amy Less is President of the Board at the Centre Street Food Pantry and is responsible for the oversight of the organization. Centre Street Food Pantry's mission is to provide families within our community with consistent access to nutritious food in a dignified and sensitive environment. As many as 90 families shop each time we are open and more than 20 new families come to us each month. Our shoppers are from Newton, Brighton, Watertown, Waltham, Needham, Wellesley, West Roxbury and Brookline. Come learn about food insecurity in our community and how you can help.
So we know to expect you please click here to register.
WBG Connects Member, Susana Brown has coordinated a Centre Street Food Pantry Tour and Shelf Stocking Event:
Date: Wednesday, October 30 from Noon - 1:30 PM
Place: Centre Street Food Pantry, 11 Homer Street, Entrance on, Furber Ln, Newton Centre, MA
For more information and to RSVP please contact Susana at 617-877-4092 or email susanacbrown@gmail.com
For complete membership and registration information, visit www.wbgconnects.com/join-now. Dues are $275 per year.
October 11th, 2019 WBG General Meeting
Wellesley , MA 02481

Did you know it costs over $200 just to get the phone to ring? The phones are often your first point of contact with your business. This is typically where a first-impression is formed. This quick interaction, can either make-or-break a sale. Don’t give clients or prospects a reason to call someone else!
Staples Studio – Customer, Communities, Connections
Location: Wellesley Community Center (219 Washington St., Wellesley)
Join Colette Desmond Fearnley to learn how Staples, a trusted advisor of their customers, has built strong communities over the past three years in their existing coworking spaces.
Presently the Staples Studios are entering the next phase that includes state-of-the-art Podcast Studios in partnership with major media consultants. In addition, Staples communities can communicate with their customers in a whole new way via podcasting. Podcasting is easy and simple! You have a monologue or a conversation with a co-host about a matter that is important to your community and share it over the internet.
Staples’ first showcase for the Coworking, Podcasting and Spotlight Studio is located on Soldiers Field Road in Brighton and the next to expand will be the Spotlight Studios in Danvers and Norwood. Coming soon thereafter will be Co-working, Podcasting and Spotlight Studios in Needham, Government Center, Cambridge and Somerville.
Let us know to expect you by clicking here to register.

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
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.
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