 Annual Appeal Kicks Off!
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This week, a group of WWFC board trustees and generous volunteers assisted in mailing out our annual appeal letter. You should be receiving your letter soon.
The week of October 18th, we will have a phone-a-thon to follow up with many who received letters.
We know people are feeling the strain of the overall economic distress and we certainly appreciate how that feels. The good news is that non-profits, in general, have continued to hold their own, thanks to the generosity of loyal donors. We have had to both trim our tuition fees and make some staff reductions in response to financial concerns.
Can you help us by donating to our Annual Appeal? No gift is too small and every donation makes a difference to a small non-profit like ours! To donate NOW, click here. Or mail your check to WWFC, 6906 Plainfield Rd., Cin. OH 45236. Please be generous... and thank you!
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The Body Journal
Oct 23, 1 - 3:30 PM ($30)
Learn to use writing as a tool for positive body image and support for a healthy lifestyle. Join writer Dawn Koch as she shares successes and struggles, using writing as a tool toward a healthy mind and body. This workshop includes writing, discussion, small group sharing and support for your own journey.
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Blogging Workshop
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November 6 $30 (1-3:30)
Tips for writing your own blog and putting your words online. Open to men and women of all ages. A panel of 4 WWFC bloggers, each with their own style and approach to blogging, will be sharing their experience in the following areas:
Their motivation to write a blog
How to get started
How to keep up with it
What tools and services are available
What are the benefits of blogging
What they wished they had known before they started
You'll come away with ideas for what your own blog could be; action steps for getting started and motivating courage to put your voice out in the world.
Featuring:
Sharon Trumpy
Heather Snyder
Phebe Beiser
Suzanne Fountaine
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Partnering with the Centennial Barn
We are excited to announce a partnership with the historic Centennial Barn, on the border of Hartwell and Wyoming. Originally built in 1898 and newly renovated, the beautiful space offers an opportunity to come together as a community and deepen your writing practice.
We are starting off with two programs, A Taste of Personal History and In Your Own Voice.
A Taste of Personal History
Do you ever wish you knew more about your ancestors? How they lived, what they believed, who they loved? Rest as sured that your descendants will have the same questions about you.
Join Women Writing for (a) Change for a 4-class series, "A Taste of Personal History." Personal Historians Jennifer Sauers and Kristi Woodworth will lead participants through 4 independent sessions that can be taken as individual sessions or a whole series.
Click here to download the full brochure
Schedule: Every other Tuesday beginning October 19 from 7-8:30 pm.
October 19 Every Picture Tells a Story
November 2 Cooking up Some Family History
November 16 The Time of Your Life
November 30 The One Hour Mini-Memoir
Cost is $30/session or $99 for the 4-class series.
Click here to register
In Your Own Voice: Journaling for Self-Discovery and Personal Transformation
 Journaling can help you discover your voice, create change, record memories, and become empowered.
In this class we will create a confidential writing circle in which to practice varied journaling techniques, share ideas, discuss published journals, and begin or continue a transformative journaling practice.
Learn to love writing...again or for the first time!
Experienced and beginning journalers welcome!
4 Week Session ~ 9:30-11:30 am ~ Tuesdays
October 19, 26, November 2 & 9
Cost $109
Click here to register
Class Location:
Centennial Barn
110 Compton Road
Cincinnati, OH 45215
(Near Vine St and Compton Ave in Hartwell)
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 Celebrate National Writing Day!
Of course, at WWFC every day is Writing Day! The rest of the world is discovering what we have known and been doing for almost 20 years-that writing is a key human need and instrument for connecting with self and others, navigating change, making meaning and giving voice!
According to the National Council of Teachers of English, "People in every walk of life, in every kind of work, and at every age write more than ever before for personal, professional, and civic purposes. (See Writing in the 21st Century.)
At WWFC we've been debunking outdated myths about writing such as, "real writers work alone" or "there's only one way to learn to write".
So how about celebrating National Writing Day by signing up for a class or a workshop, contributing to the annual appeal and/or writing to a friend and letting them know about this great place called WWFC.
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Executive Director Position Open
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Right Sizing Our Space!
In an effort to conserve our income, right size the space we need for our classes and programs and reduce some of our expenses, WWFC has attractive space to rent to the right tenant(s). Are you or anyone you know looking for rental space? Silverton is a great location situated near I 71. Please spread the word! Interested parties may contact Board President, Beth Fritsch, via EMAIL. | |
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Writing Prompt
| Today's writing prompt is unusual in its origin. It's the text of an Apple Computer ad, taken from lines of writing by Jack Kerouac. This is called "found poetry."
Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine.
They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do.
(Advertisement for Apple Computer,
adapted from the writings of Jack Kerouac)
Now, pick up the closest book, newspaper, pile of magazines or maybe all three.
Open up to pages you find interesting and start collecting lines. When you have about a dozen, arrange them into stanzas - 3 stanzas of 4 lines each.
If you're feeling really adventuresome, pick the pages and lines with your eyes closed.
The moral of the story? Poetry is everywhere.
Remember to follow your own crazy muse!
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