Gazette-Mail 2008 West Virginian of the Year: ; Betty Schoenbaum , 'She Gives Money Away As Her Way of Spreading Love'
Sunday Gazette-Mail › December 29, 2008
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INSIDE: Past West Virginians of the Year 8A
When the Charleston YWCA needed a new swimming pool, Betty Schoenbaum didn't wait for the phone to ring.See the full content of this document
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Gazette-Mail 2008 West Virginian of the Year: ; Betty Schoenbaum , 'She Gives Money Away As Her Way of Spreading Love'
Schoenbaum dialed YWCA executive director Deb Weinstein first.
"Betty, to her credit, called us and offered to get the campaign started and be the lead gift," recalled YWCA board president Elizabeth Pellegrin, who went with Weinstein to Schoenbaum's Kanawha City home, where Schoenbaum told them she was giving $150,000.The YWCA's governing board had reversed course in the face of...See the full content of this document
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