Christmas Reflections by Becky Woolverton

My family has always had great fun at Christmas. As a child, I remember our home as a very modest, cramped home, with a coal bin. Yes, back then we had coal delivered to our house and dumped into a room in the basement via a tiny window. Thus, the threat of only receiving a "lump of coal" for Christmas was quite real.
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Women For Afrika Leadership Project Appeal Yvonne Taylor

To ensure the ongoing work of Woman Within in South Africa, it is necessary to train resident South African women as Facilitators.

Due to the high cost of 'importing' Facilitators and Facilitators in Training (Fits) on each weekend. Yvonne Taylor (Woman for Afrika's International Coordinator and Council Member) is assisting two exceptional women in South Africa by raising money for travel expenses to attend WWL2 Training in Texas, USA in January 2008.
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Woman Within International Multicultural Committee (WWIMC) by Harriet Hirsch

Last summer the WWI board grew from being a one-woman body to a three-women body. This new body, as I understand it, saw itself as transitional, and one of its goals was to help birth a realistic, representative, healthy new board of women to lead our Woman Within Community.

A letter was sent to all members of the community inviting them to join one or more committees that were being formed, representing a variety of aspects of the community.
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Finding Hidden Money for Scholarships by Pamela Kehoe

Through the Alliant Energy Foundation-Volunteer Program-Madison, Wisconsin, the Foundation recognizes and rewards personal involvement by current employees and retirees of Alliant Energy and its family of companies.

Program participants who give their own time to support a wide array of causes and events in their communities are eligible to provide grants of up to $400 annually to eligible charitable organizations of their choosing.
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Find Your E-Circle

If you’re looking for an Empowerment-Circle in the Chicago or Wisconsin areas, contact Emily Halliday, E-Circle Coordinator for Women in Circle, at 773-764-2980 (home) or 847-899-0315 (cell) or ecircle@womenincircle.org.

New Circle Forming in Madison, WI

A new circle is forming in Madison. There will be a meeting to discuss the formation on Thursday, December 13th at 7 pm. Please contact Angie Oler if you have any questions or want to attend. email to angietoler@sbcglobal.net or call 608-347-4768.

In Next Month's Issue . . .to be announced

Last Words: 

"When you need nothing other than to simply be, you have
every beautiful and wonderful and miraculous thing there is. Life's richness is never more than a single thought away. Breathe in deeply the beauty, the wonder, the miracle that is now. Know the joy that cannot ever fade."
Ralph Marston, http://greatday.com/cgi-bin/jsenter.pl?1833e03J7tma

Gloria Chatman, a member of our WWI community, died on Thanksgiving Day. In the early morning she was preparing for the big dinner, felt tired and laid down, closed her eyes and was gone.

Gloria was a woman whose twinkling eyes and sweet smile attracted all kinds of people around her, especially young people, because she was loving and kind to all.

Earlier this year Heartbeat featured an article about Gloria's experiences on her weekend in October, 1995. Many times she talked about how much the WWTW meant to her in helping her reclaim fun for her life.

~Louise in Kenosha