HICKORY, NC - Women’s Resource Center will host a program on the health benefits of herbal nutrition from the Rainforest on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 from 11:30am until 1:00pm.� This program is hosted through WRC’s Lunch & Learn series, and is for anyone interested in obtaining optimal health through plant-based nutritional formulas while helping to preserve the Rainforest. The fee is $10 with lunch provided, and pre-registration is required.
Jean Bennett, representative of Amazon Herb Company, will share how the nutrition from herbal products produced from plants form the Rainforest, protects us from the effects of stress, excessive caloric intake, highly processed foods, and exposure to environmental toxins. By working with indigenous rainforest communities in the harvesting of herbs, the Amazon Herb Company has created a new income source for the area, and has helped to preserve over 300,000 acres of Rainforest land.
The Lunch & Learn series is the last Tuesday of every month and is just one of the many programs Women’s Resource Center provides focusing on life skills, health and wellness, and personal and professional development. The Center was opened in 1986 and has since been a place of resource and support to women and their families of this community. To find out more about its volunteer opportunities and the crisis assistance & referral services the Center offers, call or visit the website at www.wrchickory.org. Women’s Resource Center is a members agency of Catawba County United Way.
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HICKORY, NC - On Tuesday, October 10th, from 6:00pm until 9:00pm, Women’s Resource Center in collaboration with the Job Link Career Center will be offering the program “Say It Better.” It will focus on taking the threat out of speaking in front of others. The evening program is free and will be held at CVCC’s East Campus, Room #975. Registration is required through WRC at (828) 322-6333 or www.wrchickory.org.
Facilitating the program will be Suzette Plaisted, Executive Director of Catawba Valley American Red Cross and trainer/consultant to the corporate and nonprofit arenas. She will be teaching an easy to use 7 step process for creating speeches, and participants will learn how to say things better, explore key non-verbal aspects of effective speaking, and learn ways to overcome nervousness.
Opened in 1986, Women’s Resource Center has been a place of resource and support to women and their families in this community. The Center provides programs focusing on life skills, health and wellness, personal and professional development as well as crisis assistance and referral services. To find out more about WRC’s programs and volunteer opportunities, contact the Center at (828) 322-6333 or visit the website at www.wrchickory.org. Women’s Resource Center is a member agency of Catawba County United Way.
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