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
The first two cohorts in the YWCA’s pilot initiative, Young Women Choosing Action (Choosing Action), have graduated from the 12-week program that helps them discover tools and techniques to develop leadership skills, expand their physical and emotional responses to trauma, cultivate personal well-being practices, and build their capacity as leaders. The YWCA of Northwest Ohio… Continue Reading LOCAL YWCA SELECTED AS PILOT SITE FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES PROGRAM
Jan Bruggeman, director of the YWCA’s emergency domestic violence (DV) shelter, has been selected to serve as a member of a statewide steering committee developing policies and procedures to address opioid addiction issues that confront providers of DV services in the state of Ohio. “The problem of addiction – and the power of the drugs… Continue Reading DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DIRECTOR NAMED TO STATEWIDE STEERING COMMITTEE
STATEMENT BY YWCA USA CEO ALEJANDRA Y. CASTILLO “Domestic violence continues to be an epidemic impacting one in four women in the United States. One of the primary reasons domestic violence continues at this pace is because abusers face little to no accountability for their actions. Often, they are protected by other people in power,… Continue Reading YWCA USA: Stop Allowing Abuse