Cottage Industry: St. George Signature – Service With a Smile
Like nearly everything related to Big Ocean Women, the newly formed St. George, Utah cottage began with one person inviting friends to attend a Big Ocean meeting or activity. Cathy…
Giving Aid During Covid-19
Fatima, the cottage leader in Nigeria, wrote this to Big Ocean Women: “We were given a free day today so I was able to get to the bank and then…
A Legacy of Sustainable Growth through Education
2020! What a year to be a woman! In the United States we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment that granted the vote to women and unleashed…
Women Connecting to Meet Needs
As women we have a unique and innate capacity to see another’s need and to meet that need. Our outreach is not limited to only those we know or those…
Cottage Industry: Shared Respect and Gifts between New Friends
The Provo Cottage joined forces in December with others to gather household items for refugees from Afghanistan. That’s the condensed version of what they accomplished, but certainly not the complete…
On Abundance
I can never remember the start of things, the way they begin, the very first tender stirrings of memory—I am more clear on the way that they end. It is…
A Family Affair
Remember Tom and Becky Rogers who moved to Ghana on a dream and a prayer to mentor families? We asked Becky how her children participate in their rapidly growing projects…
A Thousand Points of Light: Voices from CSW – Betty Abah, CEE-HOPE
Imagine a neighborhood floating on water, where roads look like rivers, and where children play on vast bridges and verandas and rafts. Imagine a community where you take a boat…
A Thousand Points of Light: Voices from CSW – Rita and Juany
Some of the most frequent questions I received when I returned from New York City after attending the Commission on the Status of Women were, “What do you do there?…
A Mother’s Dream for the Rising Generation
As Big Ocean Women we define a mother as any woman who has the best interest of the rising generation at heart. Our friend, Karyn Denny, is a mother both…
Creating a Life Culture in Your Community
The womb is the first environment every human experiences. When we were carried by our mothers, their bodies were our shelter. And when they breathed, they imparted to us the…
Mmonbeydo and the Fiamah Cottage
Mmonbeydo Harrell of Monrovia, Liberia is no stranger to difficulty. Growing up as a refugee during civil war, she knows what deprivation means. As a survivor of sexual abuse, she…