Pivot and Ardmore Baptist together were featured the January/February edition of Outreach Magazine. The article (click here – PDF 96 KB) describes how Ardmore identified an untapped demographic, women without children, and how Pivot is empowering these women for better life and work opportunities.
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A new semester of in-person classes with up to 10 women is scheduled to begin February 23, 2023 with COVID precautions
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Do you know someone? Is it you? We are eager for conversations with potential participants, mentors, and other volunteers. Spring 2023 semester will be here before we know it. Click here if you’re interested in volunteering or mentoring. Let us know about a potential participant by making a referral.
Leadership Winston-Salem (LWS) is proud to announce the selection of Pivot Ministry as one of eight Action Learning Project recipients. The purpose of the Action Learning Project is to assign a group of eight community leaders to focus on a specific need of the organization. The team works together to provide a solution or recommendation for an issue or goal during a nine-month immersive learning experience. LWS is excited to partner with Pivot Ministry to help fulfill its service mission to the Winston-Salem community.
Action Learning Program (ALP) Overview:
Action learning projects bring LWS class participants together in a diverse team setting that fosters collaborative thinking and problem-solving. The Leadership Winston-Salem Action Learning Project program coaches new Flagship class participants through groups focusing on a project deliverable and the leadership learning process through inquiry, reflection, and feedback. ALP teams explore complex problems or potential opportunities for non-profit organizations through a fresh set of eyes and work together over nine months to meet specific goals that elevate how the organization impacts the community.
After receiving one of two site grants from the national WMU Foundation earlier this year, Pivot and our part-time employee and Pivot graduate, Kim McDermott, were featured in an article that appears in two publications:
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Pivot was the featured nonprofit in the March 2022 issue of Winston-Salem Monthly magazine! The article delves into what Pivot does, notes how we impact lives across our community, and raises awareness of Pivot. YOU can help spread the news, too! Check out the article HERE, and then share the link and your comments about Pivot within your sphere of influence via text, email, or social media.
PLUS: Consider donating – and asking others to donate – to reach our $15,000 spring goal, since YOU make #PivotPossible. Click HERE to donate.
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Graduates of Pivot’s Fourth Class with their Mentors
On Saturday, December 11th, Pivot held a graduation ceremony for its fourth class of participants (Click here to watch on YouTube.) We are praising God for:
We’re so grateful for all these things and our God who makes then possible.
Join us in celebrating all God is doing.
Pictured is volunteer instructor Debbie Loftis.
For its fourth semester since inception, Pivot classes resumed in person in August with four passionate and motivated women and COVID protocols in place. Ranging in ages from 19 to 72, each of the participants is eagerly seeking new direction and next steps for her life. They are bonding to form community, laughing, crying, growing, and sharing with each other their challenges, celebrations, and progress, while already serving as accountability partners for each other. Incredible volunteer instructors are pouring into participants life-changing tools, knowledge, and growth opportunities. Mentors and participants are now matched and are beginning to develop trusting relationships. Pray for 100% graduation rate, so that all four women overcome barriers and follow through. Pray for participants, instructors, mentors, meal providers, and staff that this semester will be successful and life-changing so that each will flourish to be all God created them to be in relationships with themselves, with God, with others, and with their respective resources. Also pray for protection from COVID and other illness so that the classes will continue safely in person.
