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Dixie

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Dixie Scheiderer has enjoyed a life filled with love and hard work. This summer, Dixie chose to share her blessings with NOSW, offering a $20,000 matching gift if NOSW could raise $20,000. More than 30 people and organizations pitched in during ... [Continue reading]

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Chris

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Christine Trout Van Tatenhove is a champion for women—especially women from Eastern Kentucky, where she grew up. And to put an even finer point on it, she has a special connection to women who have overcome trauma. Chris grew up in Letcher County, ... [Continue reading]

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Quilting women’s stories

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When folks visit NOSW, one of the first things they see is the quilts, many of them lovingly finished by Dianne Stinebrickner. Dianne has been a financial donor to NOSW for many years, but for the last seven or eight years, she has also been the ... [Continue reading]

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Kim Cox supports NOSW from afar

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Kim Cox first learned about NOSW when she saw a small article about the program in a magazine about 20 years ago. “I had been supporting a number of global missions, and the article made me realize the huge need in my own country,” Kim ... [Continue reading]

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Partnership benefits NOSW and Firestone

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In the spring of 2022, NOSW received a message from Kanisha Hughey, human resources manager with Firestone Industrial Products in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The company wanted to know more about the program and how they might support it. Sister ... [Continue reading]

Alys Smith finds many paths to service

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Alys Smith believes in the power of women working together to strengthen communities. “We need to reach out to pull each other up wherever we can,” she says. “Because when you help one woman, you’ve actually helped a lot of women.” An attorney ... [Continue reading]

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Judge Coffman became a believer

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As a federal judge, Jennifer Coffman saw many defendants in front of her bench. One day she met a woman whose confidence was so low she couldn’t make eye contact. The probation officer recommended that this woman attend the New Opportunity School for ... [Continue reading]

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Daughter of NOSW grad learned to serve others

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Veronica Gayle learned early that you can always make a difference. Her mother, Berta Gayle, raised nine children, encouraging them all to pursue their dreams. Berta always wanted to better herself and consistently helped others do the same, Veronica ... [Continue reading]

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Anne Blakeney wants to impact women’s lives

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Anne Blakeney first learned of the New Opportunity School for Women in the late 1980s. She says she was “awestruck” by the difference the program could make in a woman’s life. Anne grew up in Morristown, Tennessee. Her early career took her to ... [Continue reading]

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Their sister’s work lives on through NOSW

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Anne Christensen and Jeannie Christensen Fischer speak with love and admiration of their big sister, Katherine Christensen. “She was funny with a very dry, scholarly sense of humor,” says Anne (at right in photo). “We would joke about how she ... [Continue reading]

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