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Season’s Greetings & Wishes: What We Accomplished Together

Published 10 months ago • 4 min read
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Dear Mothers to Daughters Community,
My name is Lan Nguyen, the digital marketing and social media Specialist at Mothers To Daughters.
In this final edition of 2025, our entire team sends you our warmest wishes and heartfelt thanks for being part of our community. We’re happy to share a look back at the milestones that shaped our year and introduce a special benefit of our community membership.
— Lan Nguyen
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Mothers To Daughters Holidays Messages
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As we close the year, I want to express my deepest gratitude. As the Founder and Leader of Mothers to Daughters (M2D), I am thankful together with our leadership team for every team member, donor, partner, and community supporter who helped advance our mission this year. 2025 marked a pivotal moment for M2D. We transitioned into a global organization, delivering impactful mentoring experiences, convening large scale events, and engaging in global advocacy, laying a strong foundation to support women and girls in launching and growing businesses efficiently and sustainably by 2035.
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To our team: thank you for your commitment, excellence, and care.
To our donors and partners: your trust and investment make this work possible.
To our global community: your belief and engagement continue to move us forward.We enter the year ahead with clarity, momentum, and purpose grateful for how far we’ve come and confident in what we are building together.
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With warmth and appreciation,
— Francine Mbvoumbo, Founder & Strategic, Leader Mothers to Daughters (M2D)

Milestones 2025 Recap

M2D shifted in the past year from a mission-driven community into a structured organization delivering mentorship programs, large scale events, and global advocacy laying the foundation to scale women led leadership and entrepreneurship at an international level.

🎯 Mission- Level Progress 2024-2025

Strengthened and expanded M2D’s intergenerational mentorship ecosystem

M2D’s core Generations in Motion mentorship program continued to recruit and match mentors (“Mothers” – experienced women) with mentees (“Daughters” women aged roughly 18–39), emphasizing leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Applications officially opened and were promoted widely, indicating scaling of this program.

The organization framed mentorship not just as guidance but as a catalyst for bridging generational and industry gaps from AI and sustainable sectors to inclusive healthcare and business ownership.

We have done over 10 workshops spanning the Art of becoming and the art of building. Matching has been personalized and we reached 15 matches this year.

Community & thought leadership visibility

M2D participated in high-profile global policy spaces such as CSW69 (Commission on the Status of Women), where founder Francine Mbvoumbo spoke on women’s empowerment and generational leadership.

Presence at international forums reinforces M2D’s positioning beyond charity: advocacy for equity, inclusion, and knowledge transfer at the intersection of gender, leadership, and economic opportunity.

Francine’s role and message about intergenerational mentoring were featured at International Women’s Day speaker platforms, highlighting mentorship’s impact on leadership and partnerships.

Programmatic Expansion

The PACE initiative (Promoting Arts, Community & Entrepreneurship) evolved into a flagship in-person event with a broad audience (~2,500 expected), curated workshops, performances, and speakers across entrepreneurship, arts, wellness, and finance.

Calls for speakers, partners, and sponsors for PACE 2025 marked a deliberate shift to hybrid community programming beyond newsletters and online mentorship toward live experiences.

📊 The Results
1,494 guests
627 artists, makers, performers
109 community partners
17 board members

M2D also featured youth-centric opportunities such as involvement in student showcases and arts/design markets at PACE, indicating cross-generational engagement at community level.

📅 Events & Community Engagement Highlights

🌍 Generations in Motion Updates

  • Recurring monthly digest newsletters provided ongoing updates on mentorship programming, upcoming workshops, leadership panels, and pathways to support.
  • Topics ranged from building intergenerational wealth to future leadership insights for women entrepreneurs.

👩‍💼 UN & Global Dialogues

  • M2D shared UNGA80 highlights and leadership council developments, tying community insights to global contexts especially around character building, mentorship needs, and equity.

🎉 Community Events & Networking

  • Hosted and promoted 7 impacful in person events spanning from sports, fashionm arts, tach and business industries in both Toronto and NYC for women entrepreneurs in partnership with local stakeholders, fostering connections and shared growth

📈 Internal Growth & Organizational Development

Fundraising and Sustainability

  • M2D launched a fundraising campaign targeting $250,000 USD to support mentorship pathways, expand access, and scale programs.
  • We raised around 40% both financially and in-kind despite the economic turmoil this year
  • There were calls to action for community and corporate support from recurring donors to sponsorship opportunities pointing toward maturation of funding strategy.

Organizational Structure & Roles

  • Job listings and volunteer appeals signal growing operational needs: roles in fundraising, mentorship liaison, executive leadership, marketing/PR, and program management.

Expanded Content & Visibility

  • The newsletter content itself broadened covering leadership development, generational nuances in work and life, reflections on resilience, and strategic thinking for women in business.

🌱 Cultural & Community Building Momentum

Anniversaries & Milestones

  • Celebrated its 5-year anniversary with reflections on legacy, community impact, and future direction.

Global Perspectives

  • M2D framed leadership discussions in the context of service, partnership, and SDG (Sustainable Development Goals)-aligned frameworks, showing ambition beyond local community to global change models.

Intersectional Engagement

  • Activities and discussions integrated equity, generational intelligence, allyship (including men as allies) and broader access to opportunity for historically underrepresented women reinforcing an inclusive leadership paradigm.

Community Membership

Joining the M2D Community Membership connects you to a powerful network of women committed to growth, mentorship, and shared learning. Members gain access to curated resources, meaningful conversations, and opportunities to learn from both mentors and peers. You can expect support, inspiration, and a space where your voice and journey truly matter.

Join the M2D Community today and grow alongside women who are invested in your success.

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