September 18, 2013
What does an anniversary mean to you? Usually, we celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries, but this September is special to Calvary in a different way — this month marks 30 years since Cal…
September 13, 2013
“’I see a community that was left without, underserved,” he says. “It is gross what is being done to our people. But rather than curse the darkness, I made it a mission of Everlasting Life to…
September 10, 2013
What’s your favorite way to stay fit? Do you take a spin class at the gym? Maybe you’ve joined a walking group? For many women at Calvary, the new favorite fitness activity is Tai Chi. Over the su…
September 6, 2013
“Last month, the World Health Organization released an international study (confirming decades worth of others) documenting epidemic rates of gendered violence that revealed no less than 35 percent…
September 3, 2013
Calvary Women’s Services is excited that Janae Detwiler, who has worked with us part-time for the last year, has joined the team full-time. If you have not yet had a chance to meet Janae, please co…
August 30, 2013
A recent study shows that financial strain significantly impairs the ability to make good decisions. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/08/29/poverty-decision-experiment/2727439/ (US…
August 27, 2013
Every Monday afternoon in July, a group of women at Calvary settled in to read. Books in hand, characters highlighted, the women worked with a volunteer to read a script – the play was Broke-ology,…
August 20, 2013
Volunteer Jen Smyers has spent the last six years inspiring Calvary staff and residents with her dedication and seemingly endless well of positive energy. What drives her to keep giving back to the c…
August 16, 2013
The Nation’s “This Week in Poverty” blog shares some of the written testimony submitted to the House Budget Committee by Tianna Gaines-Turner, whose family of five struggles to make ends meet a…