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Women Blessing Women
To serve, bless and empower women to achieve their potential, obtain living wage jobs and break the cycle of poverty.
Description:
Women Blessing Women is a 501( c) 3 non profit that provides a comprehensive and holistic employment program for women 18 years of older who are living in poverty. There is no fee to participate in the Women Blessing Women program. The center is open five days a week, Monday through Friday, from 9:00am until 5:00pm. The Employment Program address the root causes of poverty: lack of educational; lack of job preparation, employment skills;and lack of job behaviors . The program is delivered through tutoring and group sessions and spiritual retreats. The women are empowered to set goals and develop the tools needed to become self-sufficient, independent and take themselves and their children out of poverty. Women Blessing Women's staff consists of 3 full time time staff. Therefore Women Blessing Women's volunteers provide much of the support for the program with their gifts of talent, love, service. Volunteers help women to increase their self-confidence and lift themselves and their children out of poverty by obtaining living wage employment. Volunteers are needed for: job coaches, computer tutors, G.E.D tutors, empowerment and employment skill workshop leaders, marketing, fund-raising, strategic planning, financial development and Board members..
History:
Women Blessing Women was started in 1998 as a project of women religious. The program originally was a job and education outreach to women's shelters. The program grew quickly and in 2000 rented a store front on Lagrange St. as a drop in center for GED, job readiness and spiritual retreat. In 2003, Women Blessing Women moved into the old rector/house of St. Mary's Parish at 223 Page Street, Toledo 43620 where the center is currently located. The program changed to the current empowerment program for women 18 years of age and older who are living in poverty to learn the skills and behaviors needed to break the cycle of poverty.
Women Blessing Women serves annually over 400 women. Funding is from individual, business, church donations, grants, contracts and fund raing events
Contact person: Glenda Brown, Interim Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (419) 241-9791
Address:
Web Site: http://www.womenblessingwomen.org
Directions:
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Between Cherry St. and Franklin Ave; near St. Vincent's Medical Center. For detailed directions, call Women Blessing Women at 419-241-9789
Nearest Bus Stop: Page and Cherry; Page and Franklin, 3minutes minute walk |
| Last updated on November 5, 2009 |
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Overall Experience
Having the satisfaction of knowing that I've helped the marketing and communication efforts of this worthwhile organization
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I retired in late 2005 from a 14-year career in the communications field, where I held a stressful job with regular deadlines. The first year of my retirement, I spent time at home catching up on little tasks I had put off for so long because of time constraints, enjoying the freedom of doing what I wanted when I wanted. After awhile, I found myself somewhat bored without the daily challenges I had enjoyed so much at my job. I needed some new challenges to keep my mind active and involved and at the same time, give back to my community some of what I had enjoyed. I hoped to make a difference for those less fortunate.
Researching online for volunteer opportunities in the Toledo area that might be interesting to me and beneficial to others, I found a request from Women Blessing Women in the Blade’s Log, a listing of local volunteer opportunities. It requested volunteers with marketing and Web design skills. The organization’s mission of helping women find living wage jobs and lift themselves out of poverty resonated with me.
I found the volunteer application online and faxed it in with my resume. Several minutes later, Director Chris Palmerton called. “Would I come in for an interview?” That was the beginning of my new volunteer marketing job.
Since then, I’ve taken on some wonderful new challenges and solved some difficult and unique problems. I take a great deal of satisfaction that I have contributed to the marketing goals of WBW and enhanced the communications with the organization’s supporters, volunteers, participants and staff. I enjoy editing and designing a quarterly newsletter, working on the annual report, brochures, flyers and other communications tools and especially the task of redesigning the Website utilizing an open source content management platform. I look forward to continuing my work with Women Blessing Women and hope I can continue to provide assistance with enhancing the organization’s marketing efforts.
posted by elliew on July 26, 2008 |
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