Harmony, Community Service

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Community Service

We are dedicated to community service here at Harmony. Every month we offer at least 1 class for free and accept donations for worthwhile causes.

Listed below are organizations that you have all supported through your generous donations:

New Milford Loaves & Fishes
Did you know that in our community there are families that do not have enough food? Loaves & Fishes, which operates by volunteer help and donations, provides 1 main meal a day and a bag lunch to anywhere from 20-50 people in our community daily.

The Women's Center of Greater Danbury
The Women's Center is an establishment that offers free one-on-one as well as group counseling for any woman dealing with domestic or sexual abuse. The Center also offers a 24-hour hot-line which is run 100% by volunteers and is always available to support a woman in need.

Healing the Children
Healing the Children - Northeast, Inc. is a humanitarian aid organization based in Connecticut, which provides medical treatment to children throughout the world who lack sufficient access to necessary medical services. Their mission is accomplished through the delivery of three programs: Medical Teams Abroad, International Inbound and Domestic Kids. Since 1979, when Healing the Children was founded, their medical programs and network of volunteers have served more than 75,000 children located in over 65 countries.

The Danbury Regional Child Advocacy Center
This essential organization is helping people right here in our own community. Incorporated in 1976, the Danbury Regional Child Advocacy Center is a private, non-profit child abuse prevention agency, providing timely and effective services which help high risk parents increase skills and knowledge necessary to prevent out-of-home placement of their children.

Heifer International
Heifer International is a wonderful organization. Read on about their mission:
Heifer envisions…A world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet.

Heifer’s mission is… To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.

Heifer's strategy is…To “pass on the gift.” As people share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe.

Heifer’s History ... This simple idea of giving families a source of food rather than short-term relief caught on and has continued for over 60 years. Today, millions of families in 128 countries have been given the gifts of self-reliance and hope.

The Renfrew Center Foundation
At The Renfrew Center, the country's first residential eating disorder treatment facility, they empower individuals to actively participate in their own growth and recovery. Specializing solely in the treatment of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder, their innovative programs emphasize the value and healing potential of healthy relationships

The Avon Foundation - the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
One of Glo's first yoga students, Mary Jackson, is walking this year (2007) and through our community classes our students were able to make donations to her and this very important cause. The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade is a program of the Avon Foundation, launched in 1992. The Crusade now supports breast cancer programs in more than 50 countries. Since its founding, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade has raised and awarded more than $450 million worldwide for access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer, with a focus on the medically underserved. Funding supports five areas: awareness and education; screening and diagnosis; treatment; support services; and scientific research.