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Current Events • Services & Other AnnouncementMonday, July 5Women's Resource Center closed for July 4th Holiday The Women's Resource Center will be closed on Monday, July 5, in recognition of the July 4th Holiday. We will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6.Monday, July 12 Small Business Center consultations at WRC Noon to 4 p.m. , Women's Resource Center Joe Keck, executive director of the Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College, will be available for one-hour business consultations starting at noon on Monday, July 12. You should have a good idea of what you want to do and an outline of a business plan before meeting with Keck. Call the WRC at 247-1242 to make an appointment.Pro-Se (Do-It-Yourself) Divorce Clinic 6 to 8:30 p.m., Durango Public Library Do-it-yourself divorce clinics are held the second Monday of the month from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Durango Public Library. The clinics are offered on the second month of each month by Colorado Legal Services, the Southwest Bar Volunteer Legal Aid, and the Women's Resource Center. Free legal services may be available for qualifying individuals based on income. For more information, contact Colorado Legal Services at 247-0266 or the Women's Resource Center at 247-1242.Wednesday, July 14 Sharpen business skills during the Women's Small Business Conference 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in Durango WRC Book Club 5:30 p.m. Rochester Hotel The WRC Book Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 14, at the Rochester Hotel to discuss Heart of the Canyon by Elisabeth Hyde. The book club is open to anyone interested in reading. Contact Connie Rauen for more information.Thursday, July 15 Sharpen business skills during the 5th annual Veterans Conference 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in Durango The 5th annual Veterans Small Business Conference will follow the Women's Small Business Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 15, also at the Doubletree Hotel. Topics include:Wednesday, July 20 Wild Women Writing group meets at Crossroads The next Wild Women Writing group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, in the Crossroads Building Conference Room 308 at 1199 Main Ave. Wild Women Writing is open to both published and unpublished writers who are interested in fiction, nonfiction, journaling, screenwriting, poetry or another format. The Writer's Group offers a safe environment to share ideas, create and read original compositions, and receive kind, constructive feedback. There is no fee to join the WRC Writer's Group! For more information contact Molly Childers at 970-759-9993 or stealingplums@yahoo.com.Saturday, July 24 Climb a "Fourteener" Fund-Raiser for Volunteers of America 8 a.m. til ???? at Handies Peak Volunteers of America will host a mountain-climbing expedition on Handies Peak starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, at the American Basin trailhead for Handies. Hikers are invited to raise funds for their climb and earn incentive rewards for funds raised. Proceeds benefit the Southwest Safehouse and Durango Community Shelter. Sign up packets are available on the VOA Web site at www.voacolorado.org/southerncolorado or by calling 259-1021.Tuesday, July 27 Tickets go on sale for Girls Night Out Ticket sales for Girls Night Out go on sale beginning today at Maria's Bookshop, Rylee Mac's Market and Cooking School, the Women's Resource Center, and online at wrcdurango.org. Tickets for the festive event are $45 each. Girls Night Out will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 10, at the Blue Lake Ranch Ridgewood Events Center. Read more about Girls Night Out here . . .Friday and Saturday, July 30-31 TOP, a juried garment design exhibition and auction, applications due 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Durango Arts Center New Face Productions, a fund- and awareness-raising group that supports the Durango Arts Center, seeks artists for TOP, a juried garment-design exhibition and auction that will be on Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Durango Arts Center. Artists are invited to create designs for a high-quality t-shirt-style garment for a juried fashion show and auction. Selected artists will receive 50 percent of the commission on successfully auction designs.Saturday, July 31 Come see us at the Durango Farmers Market 8 a.m. to noon at the First National Bank parking lot Pick up an Extraordinary Woman Award nomination form and buy your tickets to Girls Night Out from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 31, at our booth at the Durango Farmers Market. Ticket sales begin Tuesday, July 27, and will be available at Maria's Bookshop, Rylee Mac's Market and Cooking School, the Women's Resource Center, and online at wrcdurango.org. Get your tickets early for this sell-out event!If you have an event you want published on Member Events, please contact Deborah Uroda at members@wrcdurango.org. ServicesBodywork Sampler PackageRelax and TAKE A BREAK from the daily grind on Thrive! Your free package of services will be provided over a couple of visits and includes an introductory chiropractic health evaluation, followed on your next visit with a Report of Findings and gift certificate loaded with 30-minutes of massage at flo:the massage studio! Limit one per person. Offer limited to people living or working in the Durango area. Call today to reserve your free package at 970-259-0968. True Life Coaching & Retreats True Life Coaching & Retreats, directed by 2009 WRC Extraordinary Business Woman Award Winner Victoria FittsMilgrim, has plenty of offerings to support your personal development and living a life of joy, meaning and fulfillment. Offerings include 1:1 coaching; the iJournal, an online Sanctuary for Journal Coaching; leadership training and women’s retreats to nourish your Soul. This August is Victoria's premier 6 day/5 night retreat Quest for Your True Life: Embracing Change with an Open Heart. This program uses extended time in nature, on a mini Vision Quest as a tool for transformation. All-inclusive program rates are affordable, lodging and food are taken care of and tools for sustainable change are highlighted. Find out more at www.truelifecoach.net/summerretreats2010.htm For general information go to www.truelifecoach.net. Mommy and Me Dance of Durango Experience the joy of dance with your little one with Mommy and Me Dance of Durango! For boys and girls 4 months to 4 years! Introduce your little ones to the world of dance with energetic and educational classes that include props, musical instruments, and a variety of fun music! To register, view upcoming classes and events, get session prices or for further information please visit Mommyandmedanceofdurango.com or call 970-769-2938. WRC members receive a 10% discount! Community Connections TAMBO Respite Program Community Connections’ Tambo Respite Program seeks volunteers to participate in a group respite time for children with special needs. Tambo meets one Saturday per month at the Mason Center in Durango, and the program needs volunteers to serve as “buddies” during a fun evening of recreation and socialization. A criminal background check is required. For more information on how you can be involved in Tambo Respite, contact us at tamboprogram@hotmail.com or 385-3451. Deeper Waters Coaching: Splendid Support for the Emerging Entrepreneur Are you aching to launch the business of your dreams? Does fear keep derailing you from your authentic path? Are you sick and tired of feeling stuck? My name is Carrie Garber and I am a transformation coach. I work with aspiring entrepreneurs who are longing to create a business rooted in passion and meaningful service. They are aching to launch the business of their dreams but are stuck in fear, self-doubt and feelings of overwhelm. I help my clients cultivate the clarity, confidence and courage they need to move forward with living their visions. Curious about how coaching might nurture you and your journey? I invite you to visit www.deeperwaterscoaching.com. Sign up for your FREE e-course, "A Recipe for Richness: Seven Essential Ingredients for Cultivating a Juicy Journey in Life and Business." I look forward to the possibility of supporting you with the transforming of your dreams into reality. Carrie Garber, CPCC. 970-426-9318. Free Teleclass on June 14: "Growing into Your Entrepreneurial Dream with the Power of the 5 C's Deeper Waters Coaching will offer a free 75-minute Teleclass on growing your entrepreneurial dream starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 14. The class will cover:
Disordered Eating Support Group offered Tuesdays Psychotherapist Emily Newcomer will offer a Disordered Eating Support Group from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. The group will assist those recovering from binge-eating, anorexia, purging through bulimia or over-exercising, and body-image issues. Call 970-903-7517 for a free pre-group consultation or visit Newcomer's Web site at www.emilynewcomer.com. Isagenix Isagenix is a full body nutritional cleansing program. 90% of the benefits are changes inside the body - 10% is benefit of weight loss and/or inch loss showing on outside of the body. Isagenix is not just for weight loss. We have children's nutritionals and products that help athlete endurance and stamina. Our whey protein is grade 7 (most of what is available in the USA is grade 2 - just above animal feed). Money back guarantee and free coaching available. Ask me how to buy wholesale. WRC member Annamarie Longfellow is offering a FREE Shaker Cup to 1st time purchasers. FREE Informational Taste Testing featuring Isagenix full body cleansing products are available. Call or e-mail for location and dates or to schedule in your home (minimum attendance of 10). To contact Annamarie Longfellow call 970.370.5614 mssg, or email mail.annamarie@gmail.com. Cleansing info is available at http://www.isamentor.com/toadally-healthy. (Product introductory bonus on new qualifying orders will be donated to The Women's Resource Center). Allergies, Immunology Susan Ristow is pleased to announce the opening of her new practice at 1800 E 3rd Avenue, Suite 103 (next to the new library). Susan is an Allergist/Immunologist in practice for 30 years with a multi- specialty hospital based group practice dedicated to serving all socioeconomic groups in Rochester, NY before moving to Durango last fall. Susan has medical boards in Internal Medicine and in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Her practice serves both adults and children with allergic disease including asthma. She was the cofounder and Medical Director of an Asthma Center in Rochester and 40% of her experience and training has been in the diagnosis and treatment of Rheumatologic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus and related illnesses. She is particularly interested in these diseases which occur predominantly in women. Please visit Susan’s solo practice at 1800 E. Third Ave., Suite 103, or contact her 259-9000. She takes most commercial insurances, Medicaid, CHP+, and Medicare and will give a discount and payment plan for the uninsured. She will be working as a consultant and not doing primary care. Body Talk Julie Gentry, MA, CBP, LMT is pleased to announce the relocation of her BodyTalk practice to her home office at 11752 US HWY 160 W in Durango (one mile east of Kennebec Cafe). BodyTalk is an astonishingly simple and effective energy medicine modality that stimulates the body's innate ability to balance and heal itself on all levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. BodyTalk's major assets are its simplicity, safety and the speed of its results. It is gentle, relaxing, non-invasive, objective in application...and fun. For more information go to www.bodytalksystem.com. To experience BodyTalk and a renewed sense of well-being, contact Julie Gentry at julierob915@hotmail.com, 970.385.5485 or 970.551.0146 cell.30 minutes of free Feng Shui consulting to WRC members! 30 minutes of free Feng Shui consulting to WRC members! Candee Pearson at Five Star Feng Shui can help you create a harmonious space to achieve your goals and dreams! Whether you are buying or selling, building or remodeling, overwhelmed with decisions, starting a new business, or unhappy with how you feel in your space. Five Star Feng Shui can help! Contact Candee at 970-764-5615 or candeepearson@fivestarfengshui.com. Are You Really Psychic? Yes! We all are. The truth of the matter is, it's impossible to be living on this planet and not be psychic. You and everyone else is equipped with an energy field, energy centers, and fine-tuned intuitive abilities. The only question is, do you know how to tap into your abilities? To learn more, please contact Dana at The Purple Phoenix for session work, audio classes and more. 970-375-1708 or read@thepurplephoenix.com or www.areyoureallypsychic.com or www.thepurplephoenix.com. Women's Wellness Connection WRC is a supporter of The Women's Wellness Connection and encourages women to stay healthy. No woman should go without annual breast and cervical screenings. To insure that every woman has access, the Women's Wellness Connection program, offers Pap tests, mammograms and clinical breast exams to women ages 40-64. These services are free of charge to women who live in Colorado, are legal residents, have no health insurance or are underinsured, and meet income qualifications. The screenings are offered by Planned Parenthood and San Juan Basin Health Department. To find out if they are eligible, women may call a state hotline at 1-800-951-WELL or locally call B.J. Boucher with the American Cancer Society at 259-3527. SASO Sexual Assault Services Organization (SASO) needs volunteers and is offering free training programs to learn about helping survivors heal, prevent child abuse, and inspire youth to intervene in potentially unsafe situations. Call 259-3074 to sign up. |
