The Junior League of Toledo celebrated more than a half century of work with the YWCA of Northwest Ohio at a ceremony early in October, presenting the YWCA with its 2018 “Community Partnership” award. The Junior League’s award commemorates its partnership with the YWCA on programs that, since 1966, have supported teens, children, and victims… Continue Reading JUNIOR LEAGUE HONORS PARTNERSHIP WITH YWCA
Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a particularly aggressive and difficult to treat form of breast cancer. It occurs in about 10 to 20 percent of diagnosed breast cancers and is more likely to affect black women than their white counterparts. That was the message Winda Birt, the YWCA’s director of its Healthy Connections program… Continue Reading HEALTHY CONNECTIONS DELIVERS BREAST CANCER MESSAGE
The YWCA, with support from the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio, has taken steps to address infant mortality in Lucas County. Not only is Lucas County’s infant mortality rate higher than Ohio’s statewide average, but the mortality rate for African-American infants is more than twice that of Caucasian children. There are a number of explanations… Continue Reading YWCA FOCUSES ON INFANT MORTALITY
Good causes deserve support. And that’s why YWCA CEO Lisa McDuffie risked reputation and bodily injury as one of the featured celebrity dancers taking part in The Catholic Club’s Sock Hop fundraiser in October. She was joined on the dance floor by other area celebrities in a Dance with the Stars format that included former… Continue Reading DOING GOOD – AND HAVING FUN
The holiday season is great time to adopt a family spending their holidays in the YWCA’s domestic violence shelter. “This can be an especially difficult time for mothers and children,” says Jan Bruggeman, director of the YWCA’s domestic violence shelter. That’s why we invite our friends in the community to ‘adopt’ a family spending the… Continue Reading ADOPT A FAMILY – FROM TOLEDO TO EL PASO