At Clare Oasis, our “bottom line” is a transformed life: to see women’s, men’s and
young people’s “lives transformed to peace, hope, joy, confidence and lasting
productivity.”  

We hope to have a positive impact on each person we serve, but how do we determine
that a life has been transformed?

For retreats, presentations, workshops and the like, we determine success based on
participant evaluations and feedback from group leaders, volunteers and other
community / family / friend support comments.

For our women residents, we have specific and measurable criteria which we believe
to be predictors of future success:

•     Are connected with a Higher Power
•     Are connected or reached out to connect with family members
•     Are committed to valuing themselves, taking initiatives and goal setting
•     Have secured a job and a place to live
•     Have a plan for the future, including an established support system

During the years 2002 - 2005, Clare Oasis’ successes included:

•    Graduating 40 women and 3 men from our residency program
•    Designing 37 retreats
•    Facilitating 55 retreats
•    Presenting 76 workshops
•    Welcoming 38 groups who utilized the Clare Oasis facilities
•    Recruiting 120 volunteers
•    Designing and implementing Clare Oasis website
•    Operating with 3 full-time and 1 part-time volunteer staff
•    Meeting our established financial goal of a zero balance....zero debt...