Ruth D. Witte
My blogs
| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Administrator and Educator |
| Location | Dansville, New York, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | I spent my childhood in a Boston suburb and adolescence in a small community in central Maine. After two years studying education and psychology at University of Maine, Farmington, I received a B.A. Human Services, from S.U.N.Y. @ Buffalo, 1981 My work in the field of human services from 1980-1988 includes mental health, youth and family services, substance abuse program development, counseling and prevention, independent living, and teen parent education and prevention. In 1995 I founded Growing Places, Inc., featuring a garden, art, community-based enrichment program for families of children ages 1 to 12, parent support and education, and personal growth opportunities for women; it became a non-profit organization in 2001. I am the middle of five children. My husband and I have been married for 25 years and have 4 grown sons. |
| Interests | Gardening, Writing, Art and Writing with Children, Birds, World Cultures, Road Trips, Issues in Parenting, Friendship Between Women, Creating a Better World, Time, Psychic Phenomena |
| Favorite movies | GranTorino, And Justice for All, People, Crash, RainMan, Love Actually, Last Samarai, Ghandi, Life is Beautiful, Winged Migration, Simon Birch, Fried Green Tomatoes, Grand Canyon, Pay It Forward, Harriet the Spy, Young at Heart |
| Favorite music | Natalie Merchant, Michael Franti, Mediaeval Baebes, Loreena McKennett, Putamayo, Cusco, Nightnoise, Tom Chapin, Norah Jones, Moody Blues, Cat Stevens, William Ackerman, Aztec Two Step, Carmina Burana |
| Favorite books | Simple Abundance, The Artists Way, Tao of Pooh, A Fine Balance, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Red Tent, Year of Wonders, The Space Between Us, Kindred, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help |