My Recipe For How To Have a Good Day -by Laura Starbird A heart full of hope, a soul full of joy, A sky full of sunshine for all to enjoy. A house filled with warmth from family and friends Where peace always rules and love never ends. A mind full of goals to reach...

Today is International Women's Day, which this year celebrates a 100th anniversary. From the IWD website: It is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and...

IN A PERFECT WORLD The Writing Group used a book by Robert Bender called Lime Beans Would be Illegal: Children's Ideas of a Perfect World. It is a wonderful collection of the thoughts of children about what a perfect world would look like. One of the members of the...

We had a great pumpkin carving party!  Two dozen pumpkins were donated by The Maine Apple Company in Monmouth.  [slideshow]

The Center for Wisdom’s Women, a drop in center in Lewiston, announces the celebration of its 2nd anniversary with an Open House on October 23 from 10:00-12:00. The Center was begun by The Daughters of Wisdom as Wisdom’s Center in 1999.  When it closed in June of...

In the course of one week, two women called The Center for Wisdom’s Women, nearly in tears, saying that they had found bed bugs on their beds. One of them within a week was finding bugs in other places. What to do? The Executive Director, Klara Tammany, remembered...

We have been building a focus on health and wellness that we have come to call “Strong Women” programs. They include: A monthly series of classes about eating healthy on a budget (offered by The Nutrition Center), and presentations on tenant rights by the Housing...

The Retired Episcopal Bishop of Maine, the Rt. Rev. Chilton Knudsen, came to talk about her work with women in Haiti. She brought slides and a traditional Haitian meal of rice and beans. Here she is with Billie Jean, who shared her dream of doing similar work

Yes, there IS a tooth fairy!  It is Cindy Leavitt, a local dental hygienist who had an idea to start a non-profit business called Healthy Smile 4 ME!  During the school year as Tooth Fairy Inc. she visits schools and provides basic dental care to local school children...

Respect is the primary value in our work at the center.  It is not always easy to define. We have especially wrestled with the issue recently as we experience new women coming to the center, many who bring differing backgrounds into our midst. As part of our ongoing...

Despite the dismal economy, at the end of our first full fiscal year (July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010) we are in remarkably good shape!  Our gratitude to all of our donors who made it possible!  Because of your generosity, we finished with only a small deficit, which we...

Meet two wonderful supporters of the work of our center: Tammie Fowles, LCSW, PhD Tammie has a local private counseling practice in Lewiston called “Sage Place.” She came to us offering her time and she now provides a monthly hour of clinical supervision for our...