Category Archives: Days for Girls

Days for Girls in Yakima!

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Here’s what a Days for Girls event looks like!  If you want to find a room of happy women and girls, find a DfG event.  Here’s what we did this evening in Yakima.  It was fabulous.  We had women and … Continue reading →

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Days for Girls comes to Yakima!

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Originally posted on Our Washington Yakima MissionIf any of you knew me before last month, you’ll know that for the last couple years, I’ve been very involved with a non-profit organization called Days for Girls.  We make re-usable feminine hygiene … Continue reading →

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Watching DfG Utah From a Distance

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I know I’m out of town and a bit out of the loop these days, but not entirely.  I hover over emails and text messages and love every bit and piece read about the work my dear friends at home … Continue reading →

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A new home for Days for Girls Utah! Building Q is soon open for business!

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Today I said good bye to more of my dearest friends ever–Debbie Young, Melissa Clark, Wendy Barton and I met in our new DfG digs in north Orem, where we have been moving things from our homes, into beautiful new … Continue reading →

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Moving Day!

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

There’s lots of moving going on around here!  This photo was taken in front of Building Q, located at 1200 North and 600 East in Orem, where our new Days for Girls Sewing Center is being set up.  Adam helped … Continue reading →

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Look at these Beautiful Faces! DfG Brings Joy.

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Look at this beautiful face.  Look at that harsh thorn bush behind her.  This beautiful girl has just stepped away from circumstances that might have prevented her from realizing her dreams.  She steps away with a Days for Girls kit … Continue reading →

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Having Trouble Stopping

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I’m supposed to be packing my bags.  Instead I keep packing kits.  This morning we prepared 520 kits to be picked up off my front porch.  Daniela Larsen and her non-profit organization, Small Candles, are taking 210 kits to Nepal this … Continue reading →

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I keep telling myself, “It’s not a funeral. It’s a departure. It’s not a funeral”

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Two weeks from today we enter the Missionary Training Center, before departing for 3 years.  I am walking around in a blur.  Some days I feel like I’m attending my own funeral.  I keep repeating the words from Elizabeth Degen Bushman’s … Continue reading →

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Huge Days for Girls Event in Los Angeles this weekend!

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I returned late last night from a trip to Los Angeles this weekend, where we held a huge Days for Girls event in the historic Los Angeles Stake Center.  We’ve been planning this event for months with Carol Turley, wife … Continue reading →

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“Bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light”

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This morning we attended a grave side service for our neighbor’s granddaughter who was born still this week.  As we stood, under umbrellas, surrounded by their family members and friends, I felt a warmth inside that transcended the solemnity of … Continue reading →

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