Women's Recovery Services --Walking the Talk
How is God alive in this world? Where is there hope? How can we be part of the solutions that life invites us to impart to others? By living compassionately and in loving support of those in need. A place where God is alive in this world is Women's Recovery Services (WRS), an addiction treatment program for women. Through you mission giving you are helping to support this excellent program, helping to save the lives of women and children who have benefited from the work of WRS .
As part of our church's effort to stay informed about the organizations in our community which we support, I went to WRS with members of our Outreach Board. I was deeply impressed -- Women's Recovery Services is an organization that does what it says it will do and does it well.
The Mission Statement of WRS says, "The mission of Women's Recovery Services is to assist alcohol, chemically and nicotine dependent women in their recovery from the disease of addiction...We offer the means for change of attitude and outlook whereby purposeful sobriety may take place.
As I said, I was deeply impressed by WRS. Twenty women and their children live at WRS. They work hard for their recovery, each day is filled with learning life skills, attending 12 step groups, learning parenting skills, learning to communicate with others and being engaged in activities and groups which enhance self-esteem. WRS has a comprehensive and effective program. The clients at WRS are fully involved in their recovery. Many rehab programs are 30 days in length. At WRS the women are in treatment for 90 days with options for transitional housing and aftercare once treatment is finished. A doctor and a nurse provide medical care to the women at WRS. In addition, there is a child care provider who tends to the children while mothers are engaged in their program.
Cheryl Stanley has been Executive Director of WRS for 14 years. She manages a successful enterprise that is healthy financially with the ability to do what they have committed themselves to -- they walk the talk.
You can rest assured that our monthly support of Women's Recovery Services is a wonderful expression of our ministry here at First Congregational UCC. If you would like to give more to Women's Recovery Services you can do so at their website.
Blessings, David
As part of our church's effort to stay informed about the organizations in our community which we support, I went to WRS with members of our Outreach Board. I was deeply impressed -- Women's Recovery Services is an organization that does what it says it will do and does it well.
The Mission Statement of WRS says, "The mission of Women's Recovery Services is to assist alcohol, chemically and nicotine dependent women in their recovery from the disease of addiction...We offer the means for change of attitude and outlook whereby purposeful sobriety may take place.
As I said, I was deeply impressed by WRS. Twenty women and their children live at WRS. They work hard for their recovery, each day is filled with learning life skills, attending 12 step groups, learning parenting skills, learning to communicate with others and being engaged in activities and groups which enhance self-esteem. WRS has a comprehensive and effective program. The clients at WRS are fully involved in their recovery. Many rehab programs are 30 days in length. At WRS the women are in treatment for 90 days with options for transitional housing and aftercare once treatment is finished. A doctor and a nurse provide medical care to the women at WRS. In addition, there is a child care provider who tends to the children while mothers are engaged in their program.
Cheryl Stanley has been Executive Director of WRS for 14 years. She manages a successful enterprise that is healthy financially with the ability to do what they have committed themselves to -- they walk the talk.
You can rest assured that our monthly support of Women's Recovery Services is a wonderful expression of our ministry here at First Congregational UCC. If you would like to give more to Women's Recovery Services you can do so at their website.
Blessings, David
posted by David at Monday, March 02, 2009
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