Holding a small white board, she draws 15 Xs to form the shape of a triangle, with a single X at the top. Some have delivered the money in a box of chocolates or a bouquet of roses, or stuffed in red peppers with clever notes. Women rarely have access to big chunks of money like this. It's enough to pay off credit-card debt or school loans or put a down payment on a house. No need to grovel before Regis Philbin.
Women can take care of their own.
The group operates on trust and integrity, Victoria explains. There are no printed materials and no leaders. Volunteers give the presentations and track the progress of the members on computer. Several women attest that while they were at first nervous about taking so much money out of the bank in cash, they soon found the experience of holding and controlling their own money empowering. And giving it away, they all agreed, was as good as the idea of getting gifted themselves.