Blog Events Join Us Grants & Programs Latest PostsJune 26 – Women In NetworkingMay 23, 2019THIS IS A FREE EVENT Please join us and other women looking to be inspired! “More than just another networking group”. FRWRC WIN is open to all the women in our community. It was founded on the concept of women lifting each other up, through meaningful connections, opportunities to learn from one another and shared interests. We hope you will join us. Bring your lunch and business cards to share and a door prize if you like. Guest Speaker: Meghan Bowers Humane Society of Warren County (HSWC) Wednesday, June 26 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM 213 E Main Street (Open House-Meet in the Middle) Meghan Bowers joined the HSWC in December of 2018. Her passion for animal welfare and rescue began when she adopted her dog Ginger in 2015, and since then, she has dedicated her every thought to helping animals in need. She brings to the Humane Society experience from The Chance Foundation in Catlett, VA, and Friends of Homeless Animals in Aldie, VA. Meghan lives with her Boyfriend Will, dog Ginger, and cat Angel in Amissville. They enjoy hiking and exploring the small towns around our area. _ _ _ _ _ _ Thank You What Matters W2, Beth Medved Waller for being a FRWRC Gold Business Partner & for sponsoring this event: Beth supplies this great meeting space ❤️ In late March 2016, we opened a new space on Main Street in the Middle of Main building. It is called Team Waller’s Open House: Meet in the Middle” and will serve as a resource to our community. We will offer a wealth of real estate and community information, as well as cutting edge technology to learn more about listings, the buying process, and our local community attractions and resources. This space is for the entire community. We will open our doors to community groups to educate the public about the causes that are close to their hearts and also offer our space as a meeting venue to anyone in need of a local location. Helping our community grow and serve as a resource to our neighbors is "What Matters” to us. ______________________________________________________ About The Front Royal Women’s Resource Center- a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1996 to provide a support network for women in Warren County. Through monthly networking meetings, yearly grant presentations, special events, email connections and program activities, we have forged a link between women in our community. https://frwrc.org/... Read more...WomanGathering – June 20May 23, 2019THIS IS A FREE EVENT Please join us and other women looking to be inspired! WomanGatherings are informational and inspirational evenings intended to nurture the womanspirit in each of us. Guest Speaker: Robin Schroeder Topic: What is a Birth, Death & Bereavement Doula and what do they do? 5:30 PM - 213 E Main Street FB LIVE @ 6 PM with hostess Eka Kapiotis Pregnancy & Infant Loss – What is pregnancy/infant loss; the importance of acknowledging the loss that has been suffered; memory making; grief support; what family and friends can do; support services offered through Zanna’s HOPE Robin is a wife, mother, Navy Veteran, Birth Death & Bereavement Doula, Support Group facilitator, Reiki Level II Practitioner, Girl Scout Volunteer and all around, Jack-of-all-trades. While she is a mother to 3 living and beautiful children, she also is the mother of 6 much loved and desired babies who now watch over her and her family, giving her the passion and encouragement to help support others through pregnancy and infant loss. It is her own experiences with birth and death, not only of her children, but also that of other family members, which has put her on the path to companioning those experiencing not only pregnancy and infant loss, but women/families who are experiencing birth subsequent to a loss, as well as the terminally ill and elderly. It is Robin’s passion to serve the individuals and families she works with in assisting them to know and understand all options available to them, as well as support them in the best ways possible to bring their thoughts, feelings, preparations and wishes to fruition so that they may make the most of such sacred times of life’s bookends of birth and death, the life in between and the bereavement that follows.... Read more...Finding Your BalanceMay 14, 20192019 Women's Wellness Forum Finding Your Balance SAVE THE DATE - June 15th Registration Required by June 7th (540) 631-1554 ka.harris@thelaurelcenter.org FREE EVENT Click, Print & Share Finding Your Balance Flyer Hosted by FRWRC & The Laurel Center Event Sponsored by Sona Bank & Martin's June 15 - 9 AM to 3 PM New Hope Bible Church "Finding Your Balance" Morning snacks and lunch provided. Breakout sessions include: Key Note Speaker - Amber Valentine - Scale the Limit Self-defense Financial Wellness Embracing Change as You Age: Thriving in Your Mid-Life Years and Beyond Stepping into Exquisite Self-Care Easy (Chair) Yoga ... Read more...2019 May Book CommentaryMay 1, 2019Donated Book – Now available at Samuels Public Library Front Royal Women's Resource Center and Royal Oak Bookshop co-sponsor donations to Samuels Public Library that are by or about women. Nan Hathaway, Book Donation Sponsor & Coordinator, chooses our books each year. Thank you Nan! We highlight one of these books every third week each month. Our 2019 Book Reviews and Commentaries are provided by JoEllen McNeal. Thank you JoEllen! Sign My Name to Freedom By Betty Reid Soskin Edited by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor Sign My Name to Freedom is a memoir of a pioneering life. In Betty Reid Soskin’s 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national epidemic, blackface minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, white women had only just won the right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until her mid-20s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the times of terror and struggle for black folk that followed. In her lifetime, Betty has watched the nation begin to confront its race and gender biases when forced to come together in the World War II era; seen our differences nearly break us apart again in the upheavals of the civil rights and Black Power eras; and, finally, lived long enough to witness both the election of an African-American president and the re-emergence of a militant, racist far right. The child of proud Louisiana Creole parents who refused to bow down to Southern discrimination, Betty was raised in the Bay Area black community before the great westward migration of World War II. After working in the civilian home front effort in the war years, she and her husband, Mel Reid, helped break down racial boundaries by moving into a previously all-white community east of the Oakland hills where they raised four children while resisting the prejudices against the family that many of her neighbors held. With Mel, she opened up one of the first Bay Area record stores in Berkeley both owned by African-Americans and dedicated to the distribution of African-American music. Her volunteer work in rehabilitating the community where the record shop began eventually led her to a paid position as a state legislative aide, helping to plan the innovative Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond, California. This led to a “second” career as the oldest permanent park ranger in the history of the National Park Service. In between, she used her talents as a singer and songwriter to interpret and chronicle the great American social upheavals that marked the 1960s.... Read more...
