With funding being cut and social programs biting the dust all around us, I’m relieved to see that the Displaced Homemakers Program has survived. Its commitment to reach out to women who find themselves in that hazardous transition from homemaker or unemployed to independence just gets stronger and stronger. It is the women who have gone through the program — and I’m one of them — who recognize how lucky we are to have a Displaced Homemakers Program office in our community. I would like everyone to be familiar with the name, to support it, and to encourage its growth. …

It isn’t necessarily altruium alone that motivates the men and women who support this non-profit organization. Adversity can be just around the corner for any of us. A good friend who is a single parent might lose her job or might be in despair because she has no future without more education. A widowed mother might find there isn’t enough money coming in to cover the bills. A daughter’s husband might become disabled. A neighbor might face a painful divorce. We’re all in it together.

The Displaced Homemakers Program has its door open to just such women at University College in Bangor. We can be proud of keeping that door open. Carol Anderson Old Town