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Residential Program

This immersive two-week program equips women with the tools they need to define, pursue and achieve their goals.

Whether it’s getting a job, going back to school, starting a business, or exploring potential opportunities and restoring self-esteem, this free program turns motivation into transformation.

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What you can expect:

A holistic curriculum to meet your needs. Together, we will address self-esteem, wellness, career, education, arts, culture and community.

You will leave with:

A renewed sense of self and a real way to create change in your life. The skills to turn dreams into goals, and goals into action. Small steps turn into habits that develop confidence.

Most importantly, you will leave with the support of a sisterhood well beyond the program’s close.

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Stories of Transformation

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Amanda

For Amanda, NOSW two-week residential program was  a first step to change her life. Learning more about her Appalachian culture helped her see herself, and the skills she’d developed, in a new and positive light. Amanda had always been a volunteer  in the region, dividing her time between …

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Fran

When Fran applied to attend NOSW’s residential program, she was at her lowest point in life. A native of Flat Gap in Johnson County, Ky., she was nearing retirement age when she was unexpectedly let go from the nursing home she had been employed as a CNA for nearly 20 years.

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Learn how you can help empower women like Amanda and Fran to live their best lives.
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Explore the Non-Residential Program

Feedback from women desiring change, but unable to leave home, led us to develop our three-day community-based non-residential program. The focus is on self-esteem development, integrative health and wellness, and establishing and achieving new personal goals.

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    • Residential Program
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    • Online Offerings
    • The Sisterhood
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  • Stories
    • About Our Women
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    • More Quilts, More Stories
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    • Mission & Vision
    • History
    • Team & Board
    • Impact & Sustainability
  • Ways to Help
    • Ways to Give Now
    • Planned Giving
    • Become a Sponsor
    • Volunteer
  • News
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    • For Media
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  • Donate
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