100 Women Who Care Foothills has had a change in leadership.

Local business owner Julie Boake was chosen to lead the group, after the announcement that founder Karen Love will be moving out of the province.

Boake says the decision came from Love herself.

"In November at our last meeting, Karen announced she's moving. So she was looking for someone to take over 100 Women Who Care to keep it going. There was a couple of people that threw their hat in the ring, and I finally talked to her and said I'd like to take it over, and so she granted it to me."

She says she intends to build on the strong foundation that Love established in founding 100 Women Who Care Foothills.

"She's been working on the non-profit and charity organizations for a long time, and she brought this to Okotoks in 2015. I bring the other side, where I use social media, and I understand marketing and creating that awareness, creating that buzz. I'm hoping that that strong foundation that Karen has brought, with my social media and marketing, can help it get to the next level."

Work is already underway, with Boake having recently launched a new website for the group.

She says she wanted to make the registration process easier.

"We used to have forms for people to sign up. Being a bit more modern and wanting to make it really easy for everybody, I put the application form right on the website, so people can just go directly to the website and sign up there."

100 Women Who Care Foothills currently sits at 68 members, though Boake says the group's membership tends to fluctuate around the 50 mark.

The organization made its most recent donation on Friday, December 20th, which was also their last one of the year.

They'll meet in February for the first of their quarterly meetings.

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