Ongoing Programs and Activities

Joining our programs is rewarding. It is an opportunity to give to the community, to build new skills, make new friends and have new experiences.

Community Services:
How to Be True to You
Give wisely and carry a big stick
By Scott Russell Sanders (Readers Digest).
I knew a man, a very tall and spare and gentle man, for several years before I found out that he visited prisoners in our county jail, week in and week out for decades. He would write letters for them, carry messages, and fetch clothing or books. But mainly he just offered himself. He didn’t preach to them, didn’t pick and choose between the likeable and the nasty, and didn’t look for any return on his kindness. All that mattered was that they were in trouble. Why did he spend time with outcasts when he could have been golfing or watching TV? “I go in case everyone else has given up on them”, he told me once. “I never give up.”...

A cause needn’t be grand; it needn’t impress a crowd to be worthy of our commitment... The challenge for all of us is to find those few causes that are peculiarly our own - those to which we are clearly called - and then to embrace them with all our heart… The members of the Community Services Committee did not give up. Monthly visits are still organized; they provide medical checkups, needed medicines and other supplies like jogging suits, electric fans to ward off the heat of summer etc.. Lately a brand new Concord fridge was offered thanks to the kind donation of Limatec sal for which the inmates are very thankful. These deeds help in lifting the spirits of the inmates and assure them that they are not forgotten.

Ad-Dukkan:
Ad-DUKKAN TAKES ON A NEW LOOK!
During this past year, major work was done to renovate the YWCA gift shop. The walls were painted in a light sage green, old furniture was refurbished, and new decorative items were added. In addition to that, much needed sunscreen curtains were installed, thanks to a generous donation by the American Women’s Club. The YWCA gift shop continuously receives new items every week and offers a variety of artisan products. The shop, run by volunteers, promotes handcrafts of other benevolent associations and encourages Lebanese artisans. Gift items are selected in terms of originality and reasonable prices.
Whenever you need to buy a present, visit Ad-Dukkan and our volunteers will be happy to help you choose the perfect gift. Please remember, your purchases will help a person in need.

Membership Activities:
Monthly membership meetings, lectures, concerts, fundraising programs, community services, and Flower Show are among the many opportunities through which members develop their personalities, realize their potential and develop new friendships.

Extension programs:
- Jazz Danse (Wednesday 15:00 – 16:00)
Teacher: Salwa al-Khatib
- Pilates
Teachers: Nadine Yafi (Monday & Wednesday 15:00 – 16:00)
Ghada Jaber (Tuesday & Thursday 9:00 – 10:00)
Maha Alameddine (Tuesday 18:00 – 19:00 & Wednesday 19:00 – 20:00)
- Sewing (Monday 11:00 – 13:00)
Teacher: Norah Katul
- Percussion for Adults (Friday 10:00 – 11:00& Kids Saturday 10:00 – 11:00)
Teacher: Jad Balaben
- Painting for Adults (Thursday 10:00 – 13:00 & Kids: Wednesday – Friday 16:00 – 18:00)
Teacher: Jacqueline Gedeon
- Make Up (Thursday 11:00 – 13:00)
Teacher: Norma
- Yoga (Monday 14:30 – 16:00)
Teacher: Nabil Najjar
- Self Defense (Tuesday & Friday 12:00 – 13:00)
Joe Habis

Please register with Suzan
Tel.: 01-367750/1 – 360789.

Garden Club: This club aims to preserve the environment and improve one’s knowledge about herbs as well as sun or shade loving plants. Activities include monthly meetings, demonstrations from florists, lectures and visits to private gardens.

Care For The Environment
The quality of life in Lebanon is being threatened as a result of inadequate provisions of basic environmental services such as water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. In relation to waste management there exists at present proper collection of waste in 70% of the country. It is the issue of post collection that needs to be addressed. Collected waste is being dumped in inadequate landfills that are becoming serious environmental and ecological threats resulting in air pollution, under-water contamination, coastal pollution and the destruction of natural habitats.
The Care for the Environment Committee decided to take a role in raising public awareness to the problem among members and college students.

How can the community reduce waste?
As every single person produces approximately 336kg/year, one can, by sorting at source, reduce and recycle more than 50% of the landfilled waste such as glass, metal, paper and plastic. Thus members were encouraged to start reducing waste by sorting at source and using the special bins allocated by Sukleen for recycling.
The students of the Technical College were also encouraged to form their own Care for The Environment Club. Active students revealed their concern in posters, visited Sukleen and made their own bins to encourage other students to recycle.
So join the cycle – Recycle!
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle

If you are interested to join our programs: contact us.

(World YWCA)