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The Women with Children program at Misericordia University is selling thousands of pieces of new designer clothing as a special fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12 in the lobby of the Anderson Sports and Health Center. The sale is open to the public. Modeling some of the designer clothing for sale, first row from left, are Terry Eckert, advisory board, Women with Children program; Amy M. Lahart, dean of students, and Laura Angeline, residence life. Second row, Theresa Doughty, coordinator, Women with Children program, and Katherine Pohlidal, director, Women with Children program.

DALLAS — The Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children program at Misericordia University is selling thousands of pieces of new designer clothing as a special fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12 in the lobby of the Anderson Sports and Health Center near the North Gate of campus. The sale is open to the public.

An anonymous supporter of the program donated about 6,000 articles of new clothing. The donation consists of athletic wear, hoodies, heavy- and light-weight sweaters, cardigans, dresses for all occasions, business attire, casual clothing, and more. The items are packaged in boxes and inside plastic bags, and still contain the designer apparel tags.

All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Women with Children program’s emergency fund. The fund pays the supplemental living expenses for the women enrolled in the program. Unforeseen expenses include winter clothing, medicine, gas cards, special dietary foods, emergency car repairs and more.

The Women with Children program was established in 2000 to provide housing and support for academically qualified, single mothers and their children at two houses owned by the university. The program – one of only eight of its kind in the country – has prepared graduates for rewarding careers in nursing, education, communications, occupational therapy, social work, medical imaging, psychology, business administration and speech-language pathology.

The program has the capacity for 10 families: 10 single mothers with up to two children each. To date, 51 women have participated in the novel program. Although priority is given to women from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, students from as far away as Utah have graduated from it.

For more information about the WWC program, please log on to www.misericordia.edu/wwc or call Katherine Pohlidal, director of the program, at 570-674-6728.