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Programs, Skills, and Activities

The Sewing Program is just one of the electives offered as part of the three-year program at the Center.

Sewing classes have become an integral part of the program. The goal is to employ graduates of the program in a business where ordinary scrubs are made by extraordinary people.

The sale of the scrubs lifts women out of poverty and makes them productive members of society.

The N.E.W. Life Center is based on a three-year Program of Life Change.
Program components include:



Personal Growth Parenting Budget Planning Nutrition Job Preparation
  • Weekly Personal Support
  • Quarterly Goal Setting
  • Individual Counseling
  • (CPR Training Red Cross Certification)
    • Accepting and loving your child.
    • Stages of growth.
    • Appropriate response to negative behavior.
    • Discipline of child.
    • Respecting your child: Infant, child, adult.
    • Income amount
    • Expenses - Paying Bills on Time
    • Elga Credit Union
    • Savings account
    • Checking account
    • Credit rating
    • Budget Seminar - daily budget plan
    • Cooking using commodities
    • Planning healthy meals
    • Clipping coupons
    • Healthy choices
    • Reading labels
    • Food proportions
    • (Certificate from MSU Extension)
    • Job Searches
    • Resume Preparation
    • Personal Portfolio
    • Computer (basics)
    • Appropriate clothing for interviews
    • Appropriate behavior in work place
    • Mock Interview
    • (Certificate of Completion)
    Computer Education Anger Management Education Opportunities Personal Care Medical Seminars by MD
    • Getting to Know the Keyboard
    • Using Windows
    • Typing
    • Using MS Word
    • Intermediate
    • Using Excel
    • Using MS Publisher
    • Admission of anger problem
    • The Anatomy of Anger
    • Cause(s) of anger
    • Dealing with/facing angers
    • Role Playing
    • Full Day Seminary (By Pat MacDonald, OP,
    • Author of two books on anger)
    • Literacy for those without High School Diploma
    • One on one tutoring
    • Computer Enhanced Learning
    • After School Tutoring for school age students
    • Blood pressure checks done regularly and records kept
    • Consultation on medications
    • Visiting Nurse
    • Open Forum on medical questions and/or issues
    Self-Esteem Building Basic Life Skills Exercise with Instructor Volleyball Electives
    • Mary Kay makeover and make-up for home
    • Make fleece blanket
    • Massage (back and neck with massage students)
    • Belly Dancing
    • Cooking
    • Baking
    • Gardening and Canning
    • Make your own laundry detergent & softener Doing simple home repairs
    • Aerobics
    • Upper Body Strengthening
    • Machine exercising
    • Weight control/weight loss
    • Weekly records kept
    • Team building
    • Stress release
    • Playing by the Rules
    • Jewelry Making
    • Crochet/Knit
    • Cake Decorating
    • Sewing