The Well Experience

Address: 1803 Philo Rd, Urbana, IL 61802

Phone: (217) 530-0147

Email: thewellexperienceinc@gmail.com

Website: thewellexperience.org

Healing. Engaging. Restoring. Empowering... at The Well.

March is Women's History Month and we have been making an extra effort to remind women of their beauty, value, and worth. We want you to know that we honor you and appreciate the work that you do! Our mission HERE, at the Well, includes lifting up, motivating, and inspiring women and girls to be their absolute best selves. We support holistic growth, healing, resiliency, empowerment, restoration, and physical and mental health by providing resources, education, empowering activities, social connectedness, and more!

Although we celebrate all women every day, we appreciate having this month to highlight how special you all are! :) Your contribution to your community and to the world is valuable and important.

Through our Hope in Action project, we have been working diligently to provide collaborative care and support services to WELL and DREAAM families. See some of the highlights below!

Hope in Action is made possible through a collaborative community initiative between The Well Experience & DREAAM Opportunity Center.

Bring your building skills and join us for our Lego Competition at Family Game Night! On Friday, March 26th, at 6:00 PM, your family will have the opportunity to show off their skills! Space is limited, so register now!

Well Family Game Night has been an amazing experience every month! We are happy to build moments for families to disconnect from technology, connect with each other, and have fun!

Help us celebrate Ry'Leigh! This beautiful bundle of joy loves to play in her walker and hang out with Mommy. Her amazing mother, Niya, continues to beat the odds by attending school and learning how to do hairstyles! Niya is a great braider and hopes to become a licensed cosmetologist. She recognizes her strengths and focuses on being the best person she can be for herself and Ry'Leigh.

Niya's Quote: "I love learning new things, and I find it great that somebody from the community is willing to help me and teach me and other young women."

Join us in celebrating Niya! She is an amazing Teen Mom Who Rocks!

The Well Teen Moms Program provides a safe space for pregnant and parenting teens. We provide workshops to enhance our parenting skills and increase awareness of self and child, academic support, career development, and mentoring in a group or individual setting. We believe in our teens and their promising future! If you know a pregnant or parenting teen who can benefit from this support, please click here to contact us.

The rewards of volunteering are endless! Have you ever done something for a friend or a stranger and noticed that burst-of-sunshine feeling you get on the inside? That feeling is the inner joy that is intrinsically inspired by helping others! Research shows that selfless volunteering can lead to happier, healthier, and longer lives (American Psychological Association).

If you are interested in volunteering, click here to complete the Volunteer Interest Form. If you have questions, reach out to us at The Well Experience! We have several opportunities waiting for awesome volunteers like you!

Through Sisters Engaging Together, The Well Experience provides a motivational, educational, healing, restoring, and fun gathering for Women. In these sessions, women are invited to freely share their concerns and have open discussions about challenges and possible solutions to family and community issues. We also have a lot of fun and build new connections!

Our next gathering will be in April. Stay tuned for more information!

For more information, email thewellexperienceinc@gmail.com.

Women, join us on Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. for WELL Fitness! This is a time of healthy fun as we plan exercises to focus on physical and mental health that promotes the overall wellness of individuals. And guess what? We provide a Well Kids! Fitness Class for your children during that time. Bring the kids and enjoy one hour of fitness, motivation, and empowerment with your sisters! Please email thewellexperienceinc@gmail.com for more information.

Restoring the Narrative of Each Woman back to Her

The ReNEW Her project highlights the lives of women (and their daughters), and teenage girls after being incarcerated and released from prison or jail. Through the ReNEW Her project, The Well Experience teaches women healing through the power of art. Using poetry, spoken word, dance, and painting, the ReNEW Her project will inspire healing, restoration, and empowerment while reconnecting women to society through service projects that bring light to their traumatic experiences through love and support that heals.

If you are interested in the ReNEW Her program or to refer a woman or girl, please click here.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Illinois Humanities through its Envisioning Justice initiative. Illinois Humanities awarded these funds with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed by speakers, program participants, or audiences do not necessarily reflect those of the Illinois Humanities, our partnering organizations, or our funders.

1st - Girls 2 STEM --- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

2nd - G2L Virtual Program --- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

2nd - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

3rd - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

4th - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

4th - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

6th - WELL Fitness! --- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

9th - G2L Virtual Program --- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

9th - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

9th - TWE Board Meeting --- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

10th - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

11th - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

11th - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

13th - WELL Fitness! --- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

15th through 19th - Spring Break --- CLOSED

17th - Well Teen Moms Group Session --- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

20th - WELL Fitness! --- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

22nd - Girls 2 STEM --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

23rd - G2L Virtual Program --- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

23rd - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

24th - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

25th - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

25th - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

26th - Family Game Night --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

27th - WELL Fitness! --- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

29th - Girls to STEM --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

30th - G2L Virtual Program --- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

30th - Career Development/Financial Literacy --- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

31st - ASPIRE --- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

*Subject to change

Summer is quickly approaching, and we want to make sure our children have a safe space to learn, play, and grow. More information to come! Stay Tuned!

If you have questions or would like to offer support for our summer program, please email us at The Well Experience, or call 217-530-0147.