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SPA Day - April 24th
View Flyer Spa Day!
Sunday April 24th, 2016 11:00AM – 3:00PM
A Day to honor and thank our UNSUNG HEROES, wives of Wounded Warriors.
Spa Day gives women the opportunity to enjoy being a woman, bond with other women going through similar transitions, focus on their own care, and refresh and recharge. Spa Day includes massages, facials, swim & sauna, guest speakers and lunch by the pool.
To place your name in the drawing for a massage or facial simply click http://conta.cc/1NDCVrX to submit your Name, Phone Number and a brief description of your life as a caregiver & what you have found helpful to relax and rejuvenate amidst your challenges. The drawing will be held on March 28th and if chosen you will be informed by phone/email by March 30th.
Lunch is hosted by Hotel Del Coronado
RSVP BY: March 24, 2016
Questions call: 858-268-4432
SPONSORED BY:
Mother, Love, Fighter Sage Foundation
Southern Caregiver Resource Center
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Living out many of our colors is not new in the history women. One ancient woman who lived out her colors is the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut (1479 - 1457B.C), whose name means "the Foremost of Noble Women." She had married her half-brother Thutmose II, and upon his death, declared herself Pharaoh, though he had a son by a lesser wife whose legacy should have been to immediately become King, with his mother as his advisor until he was older...
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American activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was certainly a warrior and a sage as well as a mother and lover. Married with seven children, she spoke in 1848 at the first convention on women's rights organized by women, The Seneca Falls Convention, named for where it was held in Seneca Falls, New York. There, she presented a document for which she was a principal author: The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions...