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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
SAY W.C . (An! TO TAE flRE
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IM CtPMOin
to get out and meet and greet and get our faces
out in the community,” says Kate Dyer-Seeley,
co-owner of Urbana Box, a gift-box com
pany that is scheduled to sponsor the
June 6 home game.
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the Fire’s fan base is full of
* w ,» illynn James has been a big fan of the
Chiropractic
physician
professional women.”
y ] Portland Fire since it started playing.
Suzanne D. Lady is sponsoring
So Miller set out to
| l | The first two seasons, she attended
the season opener May 29
create a unique way for
i^ p i games and cheered with the best of
against the Portland Liberty.
these women to get
them, hut this year she gets to support the team
“I wanted to be supportive of
involved
and
show
their
from a different perspective— that of a woman
female-owned businesses,” she
support. One of her goals
entrepreneur.
says, “and 1 think this is a won
was to keep the program
James, an associate broker with Re/Max
derful opportunity for women to
affordable, because, she
Equity Group, is a member of W.E. Can!, a pro
support other women. I don’t
notes, “most women-owned
gram that invites women business owners to
think that’s done often enough.”
businesses aren’t the G.I. Joe’s
sponsor a Fire home game. In
She also comments that this is
and the Fred Meyers.
exchange, they receive tickets,
Denise Flarrington of Millynn James is happy to an opportunity to “show young
advertising and the opportu
“
W *E . C a n !
Harrington &. Associ-
sponsor the Portland Fire girls that there are strong women
nity to support both the team
leaders in the community, women
ates,
a
communication
and the business community.
who are being their own boss.”
training company, says the program
“I’ve supported by attend
“'•ianoiot.omn
Collin McFadyen, co-owner of Byways
works
for
her
because
“it
gives
a
more
ing games in the past,” James
O r. Suzanne la d y
byu<ayt café
Café, agrees. “Not all girls are going to he bas
affordable way for smaller-husiness
says. “But now I get to show
H a rrin gton & Associates
ketball players, so it’s good for them to see that
people to he involved with a major
my support as a woman in
M illynn Jame» o f Re.Max
women can do other things."
league team. And it’s a way for the •
business.”
I'quity Group Inc.
McFadyen says she and her business partner
Fire to profile local businesses, so it’s
The idea behind W.E.
signed on to the program because it provides
mutually beneficial.”
Can! came from the Fire’s
C f'.
(i ,
an opportunity for them to create a community
So
far,
five
area
companies
have
corporate sales manager, Lara
m
with other women entrepreneurs in the area.
joined the W.E. Can! team. Next year,
Miller. “I started it after read
“We try to support other women-owned
Miller hopes to have 16 members on
ing somewhere that Portland
businesses
as much as we can,” she states. “It
hoard, enough to sponsor all of the Fire’s
was named the top city in the
may sound corny, hut I feel like we are all on
home games.
country for women-owned
the same team.’ ’ i n
“Sponsoring a game is a fantastic way
businesses," she says. “And
äk
C ontinued from Page 2 7
K im A n d e r s o n
“Seeing how
Jackie Stiles has
developed.. .she
was so good her
rookie year.”
T a m M a r t in
“U h -o h , ca t
fight in the
paint.”
4
B eth M oore
“I like the dog,
and I like
the players’
outfits.”
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