Donated Class Program


In October 2003, I founded Strategic Living, so I can continue to empower women through classes, speaking engagements and one-to-one consulting.  Since then, Strategic Living has partly or fully subsidized classes and seminars to non-profits serving women's and community interests. Organizations that have benefitted include transitional housing for women, food bank volunteers, youth, AmeriCorps programs and women out of abusive relationships.

The two ways I donate are through silent auctions and applications for a partly or fully subsidized training.

If your organization is holding a silent auction and would like a gift certificate for a personal safety seminar, please contact me.

If your organization is a non-profit and your employees, members, or clients would benefit from personal safety or violence prevention training please email me with your intent to apply. I will then send directions on where to send the answers to these questions:

1. Backgound and Present Situation: Why would your employees/members/clients benefit from this training?
2. What Are You Looking For: Are you requesting an interactive lecture or a hands-on seminar? More physical or more awareness and verbal skills? Why?
3. Future Changes: What outcomes are you expecting as a result of this training?
4. Students Buy-In: How will you ensure that your employees/members/clients attend?
5. Demonstrate Financial Need: Why are you requesting a class be subsidized?

There are a limited number of donated slots available. Selection will be determined in part by judgment of fit between the aims of the organization, strengths of the trainer, and commitments already made.