WBF was founded in 1993 as the philanthropic arm of the Women’s Bar Association; it offers pro bono legal aid to low-income and indigent individuals, primarily women and children, in four projects: the Family Law Project for Battered Women, which has helped 500 victims; the Elder Law Project, which has helped 250 seniors with preparation of wills, durable powers of attorney, and healthcare proxies; the Women’s Lunch Place Project, which has helped hundreds of homeless women with myriad legal issues; and the Framingham Project for Incarcerated Women, which has assisted women prisoners on family-law-related matters and clearing of criminal warrants. Women and children in these situations are under extreme emotional stress, which legal procedures exacerbate. WBF recruits, trains and mentors its volunteer attorneys to ensure its services are compassionate as well as supportive. WBF has won several awards for excellence, including a 2004 National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations Award, and the 2003 Adams Pro Bono Publico Award from the Supreme Judicial Court. It now plans to replicate its model throughout Massachusetts, which will require continued recruiting and training attorneys and raising funds. You can help by providing a growth investment that will multiply this wonderful productivity.