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Professional Women in Building
Bulletin Board Magazine recently had the
pleasure of speaking with Giovanna E. Pergola
who is the chairperson of Professional
Women in Building Jersey Shore Chapter.
The excitement in her voice strongly spoke
of empowerment, cooperation, and pride.
This effusive conversation left us inspired
and ready to be a part of the effort that has
touched so many lives in such a short time.
Here are her words.
BB: Can you tell us a bit about
Professional Women
in Building?
GEP: Well, our motto is “Professional
Women in Building is dedicated to promot-
ing and supporting all aspects of building
and empowering women within the indus-
try.” We received our charter in January of
2016. Since then we have been extremely
busy and very active.
BB: Can you tell us about
your achievements?
GEP: We are happy to say that we have
already won two awards; one for Community
Outreach Programs, and we won the 2nd
place award for Innovative Programs. This was
an amazing recognition of our efforts, plus we
were given money to put towards two scholarships.
We now have the wonderful job of coming up
with the criteria for each scholarship and of
course awarding the scholarships. This was
truly exciting for us. It was so empowering to
be at the awards table and see so many people
from our counsel all around us. We made our
mark rather quickly and it was an honor to
have that so publicly recognized.
BB: Can you tell us about
your message?
GEP: Our message is quite similar to Shore
Builders just with a different voice. We have
a very strong passion for our philanthropic
and educational efforts and that comes through
in everything that we do. For example, one
of our projects was “Tools for School” with
the United Way. We were able to collect school
supplies and make backpacks for under privileged
children and local families in need. Another
example was when we asked our community
to bring pet supplies to one of our association
events. It was amazing how many people rallied
around that. We were able to raise $1,400 in
cash and gift cards as well as 1,100 products
for local animals just by getting the word out.
We also participated in National Women’s
Build Day and joined forces with Habitat for
Humanity. We all took part in the demolition
and rebuilding of a deck within the community.
What was amazing during this event was how
impressed everyone was with how much
was accomplished.
BB: How can people get
more involved?
GEP: You can join this amazing group
What it boils down to is there is nothing
better than giving back to our community.
We truly put effort into making this
community a better place to live.
Interview with
GIOVANNA E. PERGOLA
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