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CHANGING
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WRCCO
E-Newsletter
September, 2009 |
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We hope you enjoy our
new format:
The Women's Resource Center of Central Oregon
continues to offer trainings and counseling to
our communities . . . we hope you will take advantage of
our Life Transitions and other training opportunities.
We are trying to update our own skills, image, and
programs. We've also
begun to offer regular social activities, so that we can all
have support of good friends during the month. Join us
this Tues. night for Bunco and on the 25th for Last Friday
Chick Flicks! Let's have fun
together! | |
Fall Femme Festival
Signature Sponsor: Bend Obstetrics &
Gynocology
Celebrate
the beauty of women, their incredible spirit, and sense
of joy.
The Fall Femme Festival will be
a huge SPARTY (spa + party) held at St. Charles' Center
for Health and Learning on October
17. Come, enjoy a massage, acupuncture,
mini spa treatments of various types, beauty treatments,
have your psychic reading, and enjoy several
workshops. Vendors will offer fun shopping
opportunities, too . . .bring your holiday shopping
list! Entry fee of $20 will include 2 glorious
treatments or workshops. You can purchase
tickets for more treatments at the door. Tickets for the
event will be available mid-September, both on-line and
by mailing to our PO Box at the bottom of the page.
Sponsorships, Vendors,
and Service Providers are currently being
sought. Plan to highlight your
business and help WRCCO offer classes and services to
our clients. More information on www.wrcco.org, and registration for
booth/service can be
downloaded. |
| Sing,
Sing a Song,
Sing out Loud, Sing out Long . . .
Have you ever
wanted to sing on stage? Now is your
chance!
Harmony4Women is a new
holiday chorus that offers an open registration to
Central Oregon women and teens. Connie Norman,
award-winning Music Director of the Central Oregon
Showcase, directs the chorus that will present two
inspiring performances at Summit High School on November
21st--to the Central Oregon public for only $10 per
ticket.
Harmony 4 Women evolved from four nonprofit
women's organizations working together to benefit 4
women's groups by inviting guest singers to sing 4-part
harmony in a holiday chorus. Event organizers and
non-profit beneficiaries are Grandma's House, Saving
Grace, Women's Resource Center of Central Oregon (WRCCO)
and Central Oregon Showcase Chorus.
Come shine and have fun with us and build a
long-lasting memory for yourself, your mother, your
daughter and your buddies by enrolling in Harmony 4
Women now. Once enrolled you will receive detailed
information about the rehearsals and the music. Weekly
rehearsals begin Monday, September 28th at the Redmond
Senior Center, and continue every Monday evening until
Novem-ber 16th. You CAN do this. You CAN learn 4-part
harmony, and you CAN sing. You'll be part of something
that will "spread more joy than you ever imagined."
The $35 registration fee includes: 8 educational
rehearsals, specially arranged 4-part harmony holiday
music, some learning tools and a festive scarf for the
performance. Enrollment is limited. Reserve your
space on the risers and register NOW! . . . 8 weeks of
practice . . . carpooling . . . lots of fun! Some
donations have been made for scholarships for
singers. Call Nancy below for more
information.
More Information at www.wrcco.org. Download
the singer form, and send in your check to WRCCO, PO Box
8693, Bend 97708, or sign up on line. More info,
call Nancy, 383-3142. or e-mail to her, nueland@bendcable.com.
Ticket information and more about the program will
be in next month's Changing Directions
e-news.
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Special
offering- Clothing Dept.
Do you know of someone who is
homeless, or has lost a job?We have a rare
opportunity for our students, and our families to offer
some shoes for those who cannot afford them, as we have
had a donation of many pairs of shoes. We do not
have all sizes, but many . . . women's shoes.
Those of you who know of someone who might benefit,
please have them call Linda, 385-0356. Our classes
have been few this summer, so we have not been able to
offer many pairs through our normal
channels.
Women who need clothing can also come to us, and we
have some vouchers to be used at the Bend Community
Center. We send clothing donations to them,
too. We do best when we all help each other.
Office Hours at
the Center
Many of you know that we are short staffed, in an
effort to keep our expenses down. We could use
some computer and phone savvy volunteers to help us
cover the office. If you have any interest in this
kind of volunteering, please contact Cyndi, 480-2878, or
cyndirf@bendcable.com. If you
call and leave a message, we'll do our best to get back
to you as quickly as possible, which might be like 24
hours. | |
Monthly Activities
Fun times together!
Our Monthly
regular activities are Bunco/Game Night and Last Friday
Chick Flicks. We offer you dinner or heavy snacks
and an opportunity to talk and make friends over games
or a movie. Please RSVP so we
have enough dinner . . . 385-0750 or
info@wrcco.org
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 5:30 to 8 ish
join us for Bunco/Game
night. $10 donation.
Friday, September 25, 5:30 to
8:30 ish, Last
Friday Chick Flick
Evening Social and Dinner . . .
Laugh your way through How to Lose a Guy in 10
Days. $10 donation.
Friday, October
30, Last Friday Chick Flick & Halloween party
. . . come in costume, if you wish!
Please vote by e-mail for your choice of flicks .
. . possibles: Signs, Taken, Freaky Friday,
Halloween, Friday the 13th, Dracula, Witches of
Eastwick, or????? your suggestion! info@wrcco.org Other
Opportunities:
The Enhance Your Life Seminar,
Sat., Sept. 12 from 9-12, is an
opportunity to explore who you are, what you truly
value, what you want, and how to manifest it. In this
seminar your will learn effective, easy to implement
methods to design and enhance relationships, family,
fun, career, and business. Increasing important in our
world today, you will be equipped with user friendly
tools to navigate through any type of personal or
professional transition challenges to create optimum
ongoing success for your life. Learn the unlimited
potential of this method and begin now to create the
life of your own design. By the end of the Enhance Your
Life Seminar, you will be equipped to use your Manual,
(price $25.00 not included in price of seminar) to
implement the user friendly tools in any area of your
life. With your Manual tool box you will be continually
empowered to successfully move through transitions and
create life enhancing changes. $5.00 plus
manual. The manual is required, as the
key to your life changes, $25.00.
Lunchtime Yoga.
Mondays, beginning Sept. 28 for 6
weeks, at our 14th and Kingston
location, 12-1:15 . . . bring peace,
harmony, tranquility to your day and week. Wendy
Howard will lead this yoga experience. Explore
fundamentals of Hatha Yoga, learn to breathe properly,
use proper alignment principles, and work at your own
level. Bring a mat, wear comfortable
clothing. Sign up on line . . . donation
only. Or leave a message at
385-0750. Direct questions about the program to
Wendy, 389-7861.
November 7, 10-4.
WRCCO's 2nd Annual Holiday Craft Fair,
at our building at 1010 NW 14th. An
excellent place to purchase wonderful holiday
gifts. More information on the day, in our October
newsletter. Purchase a Craft
table for only $25, and sell your creations to our
friends and neighbors. Contact Cyndi at
cyndirf@bendbroadband.com, or call her 480-2878.
Tables are going fast.
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Life
Transitions I
Life Changing 6 weeks
Training &
Support Group
A Recent comment by a student's husband, "We
have both been bored in our marriage, but after the Life
Transitions class, my wife has become a new
person. She is so much more interesting, can carry
on a great conversation, is so much
more self-confident. I've fallen in love with
her all over again!"
Life Transitions I will be offered on Sept.
22, 6-8 p.m. for 6 weeks, and there is a support group
component, which the participants truly
enjoy. This is incredible work on the self, and it
is good for anyone, any time, any walk of life or
age. $200.
Instructor, Vicky MacRitchie
We have several requests to hold a Life Transitions
II Training . . . Continue the work with Vicky, and make
your life plans and goals come alive . . . call or
e-mail to let us know you will be ready for this
class. Possible beginning Date Nov. 3, Tues.
385-0750, info@wrcco.org. |
Support
Groups
WRCCO has offered several
types of support groups . . .
We have held Divorce Support Groups, Life
Transition Support Groups, Career Focus Groups, and we
are now talking about a Family Care Giver support
group. This would be led by Gerontologist, Debra
Light M.S.G. ERYT as the facilitator.
Are you finding yourself in that "Sandwich"
Generation-- Caught between the kids leaving and
the parents needing help? Let us know which of
these support groups speaks to you . . . and if you are
in need of this Sandwich Generation, family caregiver
support. info@wrcco.org,
385-0750 | | |
Partnerships & Activities:
Healthy Hometown . . .Friday Sept. 11, 10-6, St.
Charles Bend
A free celebration of
healthy activities, music, entertainment, demonstrations,
health screanings, Farmers Market, and hands-on
activities. Partners include Cascade Healthcare
Community and RSVP. National Day of Service and
Remembrance. Prizes, too. Learn about the joys
of volunteering.
Project Homeless Connect . .
. Saturday Sept. 19, all day at the Fairgrounds/Expo
Center
A huge collection of partners
with services, activities, and assistance for our
homeless neighbors. Organizing partner, The
Partnership to End
Poverty.
Harmony4Women Partners &
Sponsors:
Our Partners include
Grandma's House, Saving Grace, and Central Oregon Showcase
Chorus.
Sponsors include:
BendBroadband
Cascade Publications
Combined Communications, Clear
101.7 The Roundhouse
Foundation
William Dahling,
DDS Bank
of the Cascades
Hands on Physical
Therapy Clarissa
P Green,
Counsellor
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We thank you for your donations of time, energy and money
to WRCCO. We are grateful for all you do for us.
Did you know we have arranged for you to be able
to donate on line? Check out our new, still under
construction web site . . . with links to event & class
registrations and donations on-line.
Partners in
Transition Project
Ask Linda( trixytazzy@yahoo.com) or Vicky
(vmacritchie@yahoo.com) about our offering of transitional
training to newly homeless women and families with children .
. . Our transitional tools are proving helpful to these
individuals to sort through their lives and make plans for
their future. Vicky has taught a mini version of this
training at Bethlehem Inn, already. Our project is more
than half funded, but we still need additional funds to get it
rolling, and offer it at nearly all agencies and
shelters this winter (approx. $10,000). Your
donation to this project can be extremely valuable to our
newly homeless families in Central Oregon. We
have received funding from Oregon Community Foundation,
Deschutes County, Chambers Family Foundation, Soroptimist
International of Bend. Won't you help us kick this
project off for maximum impact on our local homeless
families?
Sincerely, 
Women's
Resource Center of Central Oregon
PO Box 8693, Bend OR
97708 385-0750
info@wrcco.org
www.wrcco.org | |
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Available
385-0749
Call today! |
The Women's Resource Center of Central
Oregon creates opportunities for all women to increase their
personal and professional growth through training, counseling
and access to community services for the betterment of
themselves their families and our
community. |
| WRCCO Mailing: PO Box 8693 Bend
OR 97708 www.wrcco.org info@wrcco.org Located: 1010 NW 14th St, Bend
Ph/fax
385-0750 | | |
