Host families needed in Rockland County, NY

Hello and Happy late spring,

I wanted to inform you about this special program - info below - being initiated at RCC this fall, for your own interest or if you have friends or colleagues who might be interested in hosting. I met with Laurie Pina, the coordinator at Rockland Community College, recently. The program sounds well structured and intense, with an intention to prepare the women participants to make a significant contribution to their home country. A requirement is that they must return home after the two year program.

I have agreed to host a student in my home. This fits quite well with Whole Women Healing's mission to facilitate women's healing and empowerment, and our commitment to join FOR's delegation to Colombia in August, from which I will return to greet my student.

But what is most exciting for Whole Women Healing: we have entered into discussion with Laurie to provide stress reduction, leadership training, and communication skills to these women over the course of their 2 years of residence here, and to engage the women in community service here in the county.

For non-profit organizations, this is an opportunity to involve these students in community service and volunteer activities.

Please consider whether you would like to host one of these women in your home for the coming academic year. The women will reside in host family homes the first year, from mid-August until June '09. And please pass this announcement along to friends and colleagues, and consider whether your non-profit organization could benefit.

And please mark June 26th, 5:30 - 9pm in your schedules as our summer solstice gathering and official goodbye to Sue Bouder, our Assistant Director, upon her move to Orlando, Florida! A notice will go out in the next day.

Thanks very much.

Yours in peace,

Joan

Joan Campbell Whitacre
Executive Director
Whole Women Healing