WHV Invites You to Celebrate
Women & Girls' Wellness Month!

Women & Girls’ Wellness Month (WGWM) was created in 2002 to encourage organizations around the state to work together to highlight issues, programs, and services that address the concerns of girls and women of all ages. Since “wellness” is a broad concept we include a wide variety of events, including educational programs, special health services, athletic events and exhibitions, and cultural and social events.

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:
  1. Host an Event: Any health, professional, civic, faith or other organization can designate any program that it has planned in April — including regular meetings or activities — or create a special program as a Women & Girls’ Wellness Month event.
    • Events can be as large or small as you choose and for any audience, including staff and volunteers, the women and girls you serve, or the community at large.
    • Want to host but need some ideas? Look below at a list of past organizations’ events, or drop us a line for more suggestions.
    • To be a hosting partner, email us for more information.
  2. Attend an Event: Bring a friend and attend one of these unique programs in your area to learn, be inspired, socialize, and celebrate wellness. To see the full calendar of events across the state, keep your eyes trained on our WHV Calendar.
  3. Be a Contributing Partner: Giving to Women & Girls’ Wellness Month is an incredible way to promote a wide variety of services, education, and programming to women and girls across the state. Many businesses host special promotions or donate a portion of their sales of certain items on designated days in April. Contact us by e-mail or phone at 434-220-4500.
  4. Volunteer for WHV: Women’s Health Virginia is reaching out to organizations across the Commonwealth to gather hosting partners and we need your help:
    • Work in our office as primary contact with our hosting partners to organize and publicize their events.
    • Be a regional contact: working remotely, connect with groups in your area and invite them to participate.
    • Want to volunteer? Email us!

 

This Year’s Celebration

Businesses, schools, governmental agencies, faith and community organizations, groups, and individuals are all part of the statewide celebration. Here are some of the organizations that have already committed to hosting events in April to raise awareness of issues that affect women and girls’ wellbeing:

Creciendo Juntos-Growing Together hosts "Panel Discussion on Latinos and Mental Health," April 8.
Division of Criminal Justice Services hosts "Law Enforcement Response to Adult Sexual Violence Training for Trainers," April 21-23 (Lynchburg).
Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board Prevention Services hosts "Girl Power Program," weekly.
Foods of All Nations hosts "All for One: Fund/Friendraiser for Women's Health Virginia."
JMU Note-oriety hosts "Note-oriety's End of Semester Concert," April 25.
La Leche League of Roanoke, New Life Birth Center and ICAN of SW VA hosts "Birth and Baby Expo," April 17.
League of Women Voters of Charlottesville & Albemarle County hosts "Keeping Our Kids Healthy—The Goals, Actors & Actions," April 20.
LINC: Legal Information Network for Cancer hosts "Working Through Cancer Treatments," April 14.
LINC: Legal Information Network for Cancer hosts "Legal and Financial Planning Seminars," April 20.
Mary Baldwin College Physical and Health Education & Women's Health Virginia hosts "5th Annual Wellness Walk and Health Fair," April 10.
Piedmont Arts in conjunction with Minds Wide Open hosts "ArtJam," March 6 through April 24.
Piedmont Arts in conjunction with Minds Wide Open hosts "Cherish the Ladies," March 25.
Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) hosts "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, April 18."
VCU Institute of Women’s Health hosts VCU’s 6th Annual Women’s Health Research Day, April 7.
Virginia Department of Health's Division of Injury and Violence Prevention hosts "Assessing Risk of Intimate Partner Violence with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Consumers in a Health Care Setting," April 14 (Frederiscksburg).
Virginia Department of Health's Division of Injury and Violence Prevention hosts "Assessing Risk of Intimate Partner Violence with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Consumers in a Health Care Setting," May 3 (Lynchburg).
Women’s Health Virginia hosts "Reflecting Women’s Wellness: Juried Art Show", April 3rd-24th.
Women’s Initiative hosts "Goddess Quest 2010," April 23.
Yogalaughs hosts "Laughter Yoga-Decompress Your Stress," April 10.