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YWCA Annual General Meeting
June 21, 2018
Starts: 5:15 PM Ends: 7:00 PM
Please join us for our 2018 Annual General Meeting. Social & Light Refreshments: 5:15 pm – 5:45 pm Wendy’s Story: 5:45 pm – 6:05 pm AGM Business: 6:05 pm – 7:00 pm Please RSVP by Monday, June 18th to Denise at 705-743-3526 or info@ywcapeterborough.org. Guest Speaker: Wendy Hicks “I’ve been a lawyer, a business owner,…read more
The Country Legends Tribute Tour
September 6, 2018
Starts: 7:30 PM
Connect Marketing presents “The Country Legends Tribute Tour” at Showplace Performance Centre on Thursday, September 6, 2018, with proceeds supporting YWCA Crossroads Shelter. The show features the music of the biggest names on the Country scene including Keith Urban, Garth Brooks and Zac Brown Band and includes well known musicians hand-picked by the impersonators. Each singer…read more
Publications
Fall 2017 Newsletter
We truly appreciate your continued commitment to women and children in our community and hope you’ll enjoy learning more about the latest YWCA initiatives (including what’s new at Crossroads Shelter!) and how women describe the positive effect your support has had in their lives in our Fall 2017 Newsletter. Lives are saved and forever changed…read more
2017 Impact Report
We think it’s incredibly special when someone who used our services lets us know how it all turned out. Because while we work with thousands of women and children each year, that work typically remains quiet and confidential. Often, even our front-line staff don’t know how life changed for the women they’ve supported. This year, our…read more
News
Highest tally ever for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in Peterborough
Friday, June 1, 2018 – The Peterborough Examiner – by Jessica Nyznik Sarah Myles holds the YWCA Crossroads Shelter near and dear to her heart. That’s why she joined the walk on May 25 and raised enough money to fund 31 safe nights of sleep at the shelter. Crossroads supports women and children fleeing abuse….read more
Walking a mile, pumps optional
Friday, May 25, 2018 – The Peterborough Examiner – by Jessica Nyznik Joseph Peterson has toddled in Walk A Mile in Her Shoes since shortly after taking his first steps. Still under a year old at the time, Joseph held his dad’s hands for stability during the jaunt. Now three years old, Joseph ran most…read more
Encouraging women to enter politics focus of ‘Cultivating Change’
April 27, 2018 – KawarthaNow – by Paul Rellinger Besides representing Peterborough politically, what distinction do current MP Maryam Monsef and former MPP Jenny Carter share? If you answered they are the only two women to ever represent the city at the provincial or federal level, step to the front of the line. (Editor’s note:…read more