Though the stock market has retreated from its historic highs earlier this year, this still may be a good time to consider making a year-end gift of appreciated securities to the YWCA. Not only might you realize a tax benefit by gifting stock, bonds or mutual funds, you may also be able to increase the… Continue Reading MAKING A GIFT OF APPRECIATED STOCK
At its retreat held last month, members of the YWCA’s board of directors focused on race and racism, as part of their introduction to the YWCA’s Dialogue to Change program. Dialogue to Change, which was originated in 2013 by the late Reverend Karen Shepler and the Toledo Community Coalition in an effort to address institutional… Continue Reading BOARD MEMBERS ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE TO CHANGE
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