MOMSS

Linda Liss  Co-Executive Director of "Making Ourselves Matter Services Society " in Prince George spoke to the Nechako Club about MOMSS, 

MOMSS's "Mission" is to provide a supportive nurturing environment that will empower young women at risk to become competent, productive, and contributing members of the community."

MOMSS  focuses on young women between the ages of 19 and 29 years of age, with the goal of "Empowering" these young women to succeed in our community with training to be:

Self Supporting, Resilient to negative peer pressures, Effective at managing drug and alcohol challenges, and being competent employees or post secondary students.

The program is an extensive 18 month holistic life skills empowerment program, utilizing therapeutic and healing strategies in overcoming the effects of the clients negative experiences.  The clients have the opportunity to practice independent living prior to reintegration back into the community. 

Linda was thanked by Rotarian Neil Godbout with a donation to our Polio Plus Program.  Thank you Linda and Neil.