YWCA Hamilton Rona+ Hamilton N.E. & the Rona Foundation’s Home Sweet Home Helping to Rebuild Lives in September 2024 Help Women and Children Rebuild their Lives after Violence this September! Thank you to RONA+ Hamilton N.E for raising $11,000 in support for families fleeing violence at YWCA Hamilton’s Phoenix Place... Community Events Gender-Based Violence Housing and Shelter Putman Family YWCA
YWCA Hamilton YWCA Hamilton opens doors to a new MakerSpace Earlier this month on August 10th, YWCA Hamilton hosted an open house and welcomed community members to its new MakerSpace! Housed at the Putman Family YWCA on Ottawa Street, the MakerSpace houses cut... Community Economic Empowerment Employment & Skills Development Putman Family YWCA
YWCA Hamilton Meet Sheryl and Stella – YWCA Hamilton’s 2023-2024 Volunteers of the Year! YWCA Hamilton is proud to announce the first-ever dual Volunteer of the Year Award recipients, Sheryl Boblin and Stella Lehto! Sheryl and Stella both act as co-chairs on the YWCA Hamilton Seniors Advi... Community Volunteer Opportunities
YWCA Hamilton YWCA Hamilton Celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day June is Indigenous History Month and June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This month offers us an important opportunity to honour the contributions, traditions, and resilience of Indigenous c... Advocacy Events
YWCA Hamilton This World Refugee Day – We Commend the Stories of Resilience, Determination, and the Power of Community Support World Refugee Day was established by the United Nations in 2001 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It is a day to honour and celebrate th... Advocacy Community Immigration & Settlement Services
YWCA Hamilton Celebrating Two Spirit, LGBTQIA+ communities during pride month: How visibility, representation & joy make queer and feminist movements stronger June is Pride Month. Hosting and attending events where Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ folks come together to celebrate and are celebrated by allies can foster inclusion, diversity and equality. Now, more th... Advocacy Events Programs & Services
YWCA Hamilton YWCA Hamilton’s Seniors’ Active Living Centre 55+ Opens its Doors Again An epicenter of friendships, personal in-person connections, and community over generations – YWCA Hamilton’s Seniors’ Active Living Centre 55+ opens its doors again! YWCA Hamilton was proud to welcom... Community Events Health and Wellness
YWCA Hamilton Advancing Reproductive Justice in a Housing Crisis: A collective effort to understand and build solutions In late March, YWCA Hamilton along with LEAF Hamilton , invited community at large to join us for an evening of solutions-based conversations about the intersection of pregnancy and homelessness at an... Advocacy Events
Alisa Teptiuk VISIBLE – A Celebration of Trans of Visibility A collective of community-serving organizations and community members is bringing transgender people together for Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st! Every year trans-community serving organi... Community Events
YWCA Hamilton 2024 Women of Distinction Awards – an Unforgettable Celebration What a night of community and empowerment! Last night, March 7th 2024, 1000 guests came together to celebrate and honour the incredible women and girls making a difference in Hamilton and Halton for t... Events Women of Distinction
YWCA Hamilton YWCA Hamilton marks Black History Month with a reading challenge As Black History Month comes to a close, we at YWCA Hamilton are proud to share an exciting project we’ve embarked on as a staff team to engage with some remarkable stories. During the month of Februa... Advocacy
YWCA Hamilton YWCA Hamilton advocates for Reproductive Care for unhoused community members at the 10th Women’s Health Days with Greater Hamilton Health Network Last week, February 7th and 8th, Greater Hamilton Health Network (GHHN) held its tenth Women’s Health Days at YWCA Hamilton’s MacNab St. location. Women’s Health Days have been instrumental events in ... Advocacy Community
