YWCA Hamilton September 30th is The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation offers us a moment to pause and reflect on settlers’ treaty obligations to care for and share land. We must also acknowledge historic and ongoing colonial ... Advocacy Community Truth & Reconciliation
YWCA Hamilton YOU Power YWCA Hamilton – Read Our Impact Report 2023-24! Dear YWCA Hamilton supporters, I’m so pleased to send you our 2023-24 Impact Report! In our last fiscal year, we made meaningful, tangible change in our community, uplifting and empowering women, girl... Advocacy Community Economic Empowerment Employment & Skills Development Gender-Based Violence Health and Wellness Immigration & Settlement Services Impact Report OAK Programs & Services
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 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 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
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 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
YWCA Hamilton YWCA Hamilton, in partnership with 110th Grey Cup Festival, celebrates youth at RISE & Shine Young Trailblazers Breakfast “Show up as you are” shared Kia Nurse, a Hamilton legend, basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Keynote speaker for RISE & Shine Trailbl... Community Programs & Services Youth Programs
YWCA Hamilton The Road to Hope is Never Travelled Alone – Thank you for Supporting YWCA ENCOREplus The Road to Hope is never travelled alone, and our community showed up with overwhelming support for survivors of breast cancer and YWCA ENCOREplus. On the weekend of November 4th and 5th, the 2023 Ha... Community Encore Events Health and Wellness Programs & Services
YWCA Hamilton Meet Lorraine – YWCA Hamilton’s 2022- 2023 Volunteer of the Year We are proud to announce the winner of our 2022 – 2023 Volunteer of the Year Award Winner, Lorraine Kearsey-Carter! A CMHA – Certified Psychological Health & Safety Advisor and President of Rubicon Sa... Community Events
