Houston Cottage – Serving in Sweet and Personal Ways
The Houston cottage understands and promotes individual worth, especially the worth of girls and women. This past year the cottage, led by Nikki Brown, has served in very sweet and…
Cottage Successes
Retreat: Lighting the Way from St. George, Utah
When leaders for the St. George, Utah, cottage attended the global retreat in Fairview, Utah in August, they were inspired. Since most of their members couldn’t attend, they organized their…
Cottage Industry: Virtual Cottage Meeting Fosters Knowledge and Wisdom
A virtual cottage meeting in August included members from several cottages. Big Ocean leaders added their thoughts and encouragement. Each attendee came away with a better understanding of the challenges…
You Are Saving Lives Throughout the World
Our governance committee has a special view of Big Ocean Women and the impact of our organization. We are the ones who watch the donations come in, and we are…
Ukuy Warmi Ecuador
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Cottage Industry: The Ukuy Cottage in Ecuador – Seeds for Changing Lives
The seeds for the new cottage in Ecuador were planted in 2016 when Big Ocean representatives attended Habitat III there. Vilma Sagebin saw Ana Carolina Gualinga Cuji (also called Anita)…
Cottage Industry: St. George Signature – Service With a Smile
Like nearly everything related to Big Ocean Women, the newly formed St. George, Utah cottage began with one person inviting friends to attend a Big Ocean meeting or activity. Cathy…
Cottage Industry: Shared Respect and Gifts between New Friends
The Provo Cottage joined forces in December with others to gather household items for refugees from Afghanistan. That’s the condensed version of what they accomplished, but certainly not the complete…
Heart to Heart
The lovely old library in Provo, Utah is a beautiful building, all worn old brick and shining burnished wood floors and hushed recesses filled with books and interesting ideas. But…
Cottage Industry Series: Provo Cottage
Provo Cottage Industry: Women of Wisdom Finding and Sharing Wisdom Grace Garn, a young adult member and one of the leaders for the combined Provo Student and Provo Cottage, described…