How do you negotiate screen time when you and your kids are balancing school, work, and socializing? Creating a technology contract is a great place to start.

Social isolation presents challenges when it comes to communication and conflict. As we transition to the majority of our school, work, and personal lives being confined to our homes, conflict is bound to arise with the family around you. Here are some tips on how to navigate conflict during social isolation.

Boundaries teach others how to best love and respect you. It’s important to tell others what our boundaries are. Here’s the best part: you set them for yourself. Here are tips for setting boundaries at home, with friends, and your significant other.

The Natural Sprinkles Co. bakery in Albany has a motto: “Sprinkle kindness everywhere.” On Friday, owner Jolene Wilson stayed true to that motto and guided seven young girls through the process involved in decorating a dozen cupcakes and opening the business to sell them. It was part of an outreach effort by Ophelia’s Place.

Ophelia’s Place Executive Director Verna Wise Matthews and Program Director Laura Sanchez chat with Tracy Berry of Community Forum on KKNU about OP’s programs its impacts on girls and community.

Ophelia’s Place Executive Director Verna Wise Matthews presented to an Oregon State Senate sub-committee and to an Oregon House of Representatives sub-committee about how Ophelia’s Place’s programs help schools make strides against bullying in Lane and Linn Counties.

Ramping up Ophelia’s Place’s services in a community requires partnership. In this case, the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum provided space and carousel rides to girls who stopped by our event to create vision boards for the new school year. Take a look at the wonderful news coverage provided by the Albany Democrat-Herald.

It began when the Junction City Soroptimists reached out to Ophelia’s Place and asked us to bring our services to their community. After two years of raising donations and earning grants, the new location became a reality.

In Albany, Ophelia does not yet have her place. But supporters of the girl empowerment program are determined to create one in Albany, concentrating on individual groups in the meantime. The Albany Democrat-Herald is staying on top of the progress we’re making to open our Albany location.