Live in the Light Event

After months of preparation an out pour of the community the Live in the Light become reality on Sunday March 14th at Stephens College in Columbia MO. The women who came were from Ladies Night Out a bible study group led by Miz Verna Laboy-Harris. The Bible study is part of Living Large which is a program that is run through Love In the Name of Christ (Love Inc). The chapter was strated by Pat McMurry and Jane Williams and today offers the Living Large program which has a number of classes to help people in need from the First Impressions clothing closet to help people "dress for success" to partening classes and bible studies.
The event strated in fiery getting everything prepared the decor came at about and the volunteers scurried about trying to get everything reading. There were several stations from the clothing closet where the women could get help picking out an outfit, to the hair-nail salon and makeup station and the goal setting workshop.

Kimberly Nelson setting up the clothing closet.

Clothing Closet with pusres from the Purse Project


The room set up decor by Stephanie LaHue from My Secret Garden

The Purse Project

So here goes the story the purse project is an idea that I have had since i was 15 the idea behind it is to collect gently used purses and to gather supplies a women would need for an interview. And so with the idea I ran with it and used Stephens College as the vessel for the project. Stephens is a all women's college of about 750. The project started in late March and fifty or so purses later in Mid march before the Live in the Light event we were able to put the pieces together. The purses ready to be set up.

Everything to go in the purses from makeup to posted notes.

Putting it all together

Once all the purses were all done it was time us as womn to empower other women.


Writing notes of encourgement to finish off the purses.