About Coconut Grove Negro Women's Club, Inc.

The Coconut Grove Negro Women’s Club, Inc. (CGNWC) was founded in 1957 by the late Mrs. Helen B. Bentley and a group of extraordinary women who possessed a desire to provide scholarships to our young ladies and be of service to the Coconut Grove community with the realization that only when you render service to mankind do you render service to God. The scholarship program was revised in 2017 to include a formal mentoring component (Ladies of Legacy) which is designed to EDUCATE, ENRICH and EMPOWER young ladies who enter college and also equip them with skills to succeed in college and then later in life. Each mentee participates in life-skill activities; i.e., Technology, Financial Literacy, College Preparation (Readiness), Social Responsibility, Social Decorum, Health and Wellness and more.