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Women's Resource Center in Alamance County recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary (in 2021), honoring its visionary founders, Becky Mock, Tennala Gross, Bea Holt and Martha Smith. In the 1980s, these visionaries recognized the need to offer education, encouragement and support for displaced homemakers — those who had spent years care-giving then found themselves back in the workforce trying to support themselves and, many times, a family. Today, WCRAC's average client is a 34-year-old woman with 2-3 children, struggling to make ends meet. COVID has amplified the need for the services of Women’s Resource Center in Alamance County. WCRAC Mission: We are dedicated to empowering women to improve and enrich their lives. We support them through life transitions to achieve stability, self-sufficiency, sustainability, and success. "A wonderful and impactful quote from American professional tennis player great Arthur Ashe has become our daily mantra," Executive Director Susan Watson tells us.
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"To achieve greatness, Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can." —Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe won three Grand Slam singles titles and was the first African American player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
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This quote from Arthur Ashe speaks to the way he managed the challenges in his life. Whether he was competing at the highest level on the tennis court or breaking the color barrier in the sports arena to bring about radical change at a time of deeply ingrained racism, he lived this principle throughout his life by opening the door for others. Through his foundation he provided access to the game for young black athletes throughout the world. At the Women’s Resource Center this belief not only guides its approach in serving the women in Alamance County, but the quote has become the daily mantra. "We meet clients where they are," Watson goes on to say, "knowing that each person who walks through our door has their own set of tools for achieving their goals. We believe our function is to help our clients recognize their tools, how to best use them, identify what may be missing, and support them as they build their own empowered toolkit. We coach and mentor, assisting with goal setting and identification of potential barriers to their success, or obstacles which could get in the way. Our Success ToolKit program is unique because it focuses on building a life by design instead of living a life by default."
