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“Improbable doesn’t mean Improbable” Spring 2018Every Woman Works, Inc.’s Mission Statement: Helping womenmove from dependency to self-sufficiency in a non-threatening andsupportive environment. Every Woman Works, Inc. Learning Centeris a safe, therapeutic and supportive environment where women whoare homeless, recovering from alcohol and drug dependency, Intransition from the penal systems, recovering from domestic violence,living in poverty will have an opportunity to develop solid, transferablework skills, to strengthen their sense of self confidence and to obtainFinancial independence.“DAILY BUZZ”Spring 2018From the Desk of the Executive Director, Stacey HowellGreetings, from Every Woman Works! We are movingahead with great strides as we rely on our (GPS) model”Going Places Successfully”. We have just finished our first quarterand I amapproaching my one year anniversary with our organization. ”Yeah”!!!It has beenquite a year of learning and observing the needs of our community,meeting new andold partners and cultivating our students. I have a wonderful team of peoplewho remainpassionate and committed to the mission of Every Woman Works (EWW).As I collected the honey pots and explored the bee hives of our community and spoke to many of you, I began toinitiate a strategic plan. We are moving to build a vocational extension to our program as well as a retention plan tohelp the students maintain their employment status beyond 90 days and 1 year. We are shopping for two morelocations in Metro Atlanta to help reach our goal of serving 200 women in 2018. We continue to sharpen our tools “asiron sharpens iron” to be the best Work Development program in the area. My IT background aided in ourupdating our offices to be more technologically leading edge. New computers are on the way! We are moving ahead, ittakes time, but all is also in God’s time. We have wonderful spiritual support from our community.I realize the importance of partnerships. For every organization serves some portion of the continuum of care tomake our people and community stronger. I appreciate all of the work that each of you are dedicated to and Iwelcome an opportunity to have EWW do its part on the continuum of care spectrum. Thank you for all of yourgracious help and support for me as I joined the community and EWW. I received a warm embrace even though Ms.Tillie’s shoes are really big on my feet. We continue to teach a woman to fish so she can move out and feed a nation.Onward to building a prosperous year for many using our GPS!BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
Page2BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering StudentsAnnual Christmas Graduation 2017We’re off to a great start for our Sandy Springs campuslocation. We ended our 2017 year with a wonderful graduationand holiday celebration for all the women who completed classesduring the year. We donated gifts to the children of the alumni.The season of giving was a wonderful blessing for us in both givingand receiving; we are thankful to all of our friends, colleagues andsupporters who helped us to be impactful. We ended our year,culminating our work at the City of Refuge as wellBEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
Page 3BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students2018 ProgramsWe are now looking for two new locations to expandour work and our reach throughout the Metro-Atlantaarea. We are hoping to expand into a downtownAtlanta location as well as one in Cobb County toserve the 40,000 veterans registered Classes on theSandy Springs Campus kicked off with 17 womenfrom our partnership with Mary Hall Freedom House.We serve as theeconomic workforce development partner forMary Hall Freedom House. We were delighted to have 5 of ourgraduating students from our recent class receive employment. Four of them made anearly departure from the program to pursue employment opportunities. We continue to work withthe remaining students in their job search. We are now in the third week of class two.Consequently, we continue to look for our additional campuses and work on our new objectivesfor the year.GOVERNANCEAt the end of 2017, our Founder, Ms. Tillie O’Neal retired for asecond time. Realizing how important she is to the legacy of thisorganization, she remains on the Board of Directors. She isdelighted to be working on her third chapter of something greatin our community.BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
Our Bee Hive is buzzing with New BeesWe have welcomed 5 new board members who joinedus at the end of the year. We are pleased to announcethe following additions to our Board of Directors: Tom Mahaffey, President/CEO of the SandySprings-Perimeter Chamber of Commerce. Earnest Williams, President of Cobb County’s OmicronMU Lambda Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and a long time philanthropist in Metro Atlanta;Yvonne Washington O’Reilly, a longtime employee of IBM and member of Delta Sigma ThetaSorority; Madison Roberts, our 2017 winner for our Star studded Stars dancing Gala event lastOctober. Madison serves as Counsel to Turner Broadcasting; Stacey Lipscomb, independent CPAand member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Stacey has served many philanthropic non-profits asthe financial consultant and Treasurer. We are newly energized with an expanded network andinitiatives for 2018. We have reflected, made new plans and are moving full speed ahead to ensureour program is one of Star Excellence.PARTNERSHIPSWe are pleased to announce that we have engaged in a new extendedpartnership with Chick-fil-A. The Women in Business Leaders, an ancillary group of 400 womenwithin the corporation and led by Beth Medford, have agreed to work with Every Woman Works.These volunteers willbecome the Success and Mentor coaches for ourstudents both duringthe course and post-graduation. As we preparethewomenforemployment, Chick-fil-A volunteers will join usin a mentoring and jobcoaching process that will follow our graduatesfor one year ofemployment. As the volunteers are introducedto the women, theywill work with them 1-1 on their career paths,development plans and day to day operational success. Through our outlined mentoring process, weare building outcomes that speak to job retention and healthy employment journeys throughout theyear.BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
In late November, EveryWoman Works partneredwith the AlumnaeChapter of Delta SigmaTheta, serving theMarietta-RoswellCommunity. Thesorority is comprised of 632women. Thepartnership has broughtforth facilitators toteach classes such asFinancial Literacy& participate in ourfundraisers. Most recently, they provided a generous donation in of 431 purses, 150pieces of jewelry and over 200 pairs of shoes for our women.We have engaged in a wonderfulpartnership that occurred lastsummer and continued throughoutthe year with Dress for Success in Atlanta. Pamela Owunta and Stephanie Parker haveblessed the women in our program with ongoing professional style and wisdom to selfesteem and confidence in the workplace. Again, this is another example of the servicesEvery Woman Works provides in the building of the whole woman through leveragedpartnerships. There are plans throughout the year for us to share in upcoming events.Some of our ladies will be attending an Atlanta Hawks Wellness Day on April 3rd.Dress for Success has invited our students to attend a giving day by the wives of theAtlanta Hawks players. This day will serve as a work-out day at the new Brookhavenfacility. Another day to feel good about oneself.On March 25th the Real Housewives ofAtlanta aired a new episode that included afew of our ladies who were invited to a Dayof Beauty for Domestic Violence Victims.Students along with Stacey Howell,attended a beauty day in a well-knownmidtown salon. The day included makeup and hair before attending an evening cocktailparty in gowns donated by the Atlanta housewives. The women were beautiful andshared the evening with several celebrities on the red carpet. The day was hosted byKendra Moore who debuted her own personal story of escaping domestic violence.BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
Page 5BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering StudentsAuto-GiftWe are also pleased to announce a new leveraged partnership with a new partner,Auto-Gift who is working to donate cars for transportation allowing single mothers anopportunity to provide for their children’s safety and success. Auto-Gift is providinganother strand of support thataids in success by easing thechallenge of transportation.We have learned that ourpartnerships give us the ability to be a full sourced program. Reliable transportation ismandatory in the success of employment and managing a family household. EveryWoman Works is proud to be part of building the success of the whole woman andhaving the ability to clearly outline the needs of our women and the ability to respondthrough our larger network. Bob Kilinski, a long- time board member and supporterof Every Woman Works has made this offer possible in 2018. This was a discussionthat originally ensued via our founder, Tillie O’Neal and Bob for the need of our owngraduate at the time, Sonia Simon. Sonia was the recipient of a donated a car thatgreatly aided in her success for herself and her son at a time when transportation was ahindrance for them. Out of this collaboration between Every Woman Works and BobKilinski’s heart, Auto-Gift was birthed.ChurchesRoswell United Methodist ChurchZion Missionary Baptist Church Roswell Presbyterian ChurchMt. Pisgah United Methodist Church“Improbable doesn’t mean Improbable”EWW Calendar of EventsEvery Woman Works Annual Charity SpringLuncheon, May 18, 2018Inspirational Women’s Breakfast in August 2018October Stars Dancing Gala - October 13th, 2018BEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
Every Woman Works Appreciates Our Partners and DonorsHow Can I Help?Your support is appreciated in the following ways:FinancialMonetary DonationsWal-Mart, Publix and Kroger Gift CardsLarge ItemsAccess to a pickup truck (to pick-up and deliver donations such as furniture and appliancesOffice SuppliesCopier Paper and File Folders Easel PadsTri Fold Display BoardsGift ItemsUnused Gifts for Bee Bucks StoreClothing and Misc.Professional clothing—especially larger sizes Shoes & AccessoriesLiteratureNew Living Translation Bibles Purpose Driven Life—Rich Warren Praying God Words—Beth MooreBattlefield of the Mind—Joyce MeyersPower Thoughts –Joyce MeyersKingdom Woman- Tony Evans Chrystal Evan HurstEvery Woman Works, Inc. is a 501-3c non-profitOrganization. Donations are tax deductible and may be written and mailed to Every Woman Works, Inc.A Publication of Every Woman Works, Inc.1215 High Tower Trail Bldg. DRoswell, GA 30075Phone (770) 998-3392www.everywomanworks.orgBEES NewsletterDesigned by Alexia B Clark Personally Yours by Alexia * 678-764-7790That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the beesBEES—Busy Educating and Empowering Students
Battlefield of the Mind—Joyce Meyers Power Thoughts –Joyce Meyers Kingdom Woman- Tony Evans Chrystal Evan Hurst Every Woman Works, Inc. is a 501-3c non-profit Organization. Donations are tax deductible and may be written and mailed to Every Woman Works, Inc. . A Publication
