Norway Savings Bank supports the Center for Wisdom’s Women

Front row, L to R: Ian Pullen, Assistant Vice President, Commercial Lender, Norway Savings Bank; Klara Tammany, Executive Director, The Center for Wisdom’s Women; and Janice de Lima, Assistant Vice President, CRA Officer, Norway Savings Bank. Back row: The Center for Women’s Wisdom staff, volunteers, USM Nursing Interns, Americorp’s VISTA member and guests of the Center.

LEWISTON, ME (February 3, 2016) – Norway Savings Bank recently presented the Center for Wisdom’s Women with a donation for $500 to help support their programs.

The Center for Wisdom’s Women’s mission is to provide a safe place that supports and empowers women that often have no support systems elsewhere. The Center is open weekdays and offers a wide range of activities, programs and support groups. Volunteers assist visitors with finding resources in the area, encouragement and support toward healthy life choices, a safe and hospitable place for women who desire companionship, and a warm and inviting place on a cold winter’s day.

“Through deep and compassionate listening, engagement with the arts and through community life, we tend to the spirit of women who come, doing so in a way that honors all faith traditions,” said Klara Tammany, Executive Director of the Center for Wisdom’s Women.

The Center is hard at work on an exciting new development that will help further their mission by providing long-term transitional housing for women in crisis. The transitional residency will include support services for counseling, addiction recovery, medical care, job training and education in conjunction with local partner agencies.

“We appreciate this important work being done by The Center helping women who are often of limited means, by providing them guidance and support in a safe environment. You can really feel the caring and healing in this special place,” said Janice de Lima, CRA Officer at Norway Savings Bank.