Church Women United meet Aug. 11 with speaker Lisbeth Riis-Cooper
Published 10:24 am Monday, August 6, 2012
Church Women United Area I will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 11 at CooperRiis.
Registration and a tour of the facility will be at 11 a.m., lunch will be at noon and the meeting with speaker and worship will be at 1 p.m.
The speaker will be Lisbeth Riis-Cooper, cofounder of CooperRiis and founder of Mother Bear Community Action Network, a national group of women helping other women.
CooperRiis is a farm and healing community in Mill Spring where individuals with mental illness and emotional distress learn new ways to improve functioning and independence and obtain fulfillment.
To get to CooperRiis take Hwy. 108 to Mill Spring and turn on Healing Farm Lane, which is .4 mile east of the intersection of Hwy. 108 and Hwy. 9. Go to the first building, 101 Healing Farm Lane.
Reservations are necessary for lunch. Contact Linda Eiserloh at 828-859-9800 for more information.
– article submitted by Jane Janke