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Month: October 2018
Peterborough YWCA helped me build a better life: Single mom
October 18, 2018 – Peterborough Examiner, by Jessica Nyznik When Carissa McIntyre was in a bad relationship and had nowhere to turn with four kids, she called Crossroads women’s shelter. Staff took her and the children in that night, offering them adjoining rooms and toys for the kids to call their own. It wasn’t at…read more
Crossroads Shelter has been at full capacity for two years
October 5, 2018 – Peterborough Examiner by Jessica Nyznik More crisis calls compared to when expanded YWCA shelter first opened in Peterborough in 2011 Turning away a woman in need of shelter from domestic abuse is a horrible feeling, but it’s a reality employees face at the YWCA shelter. “It’s awful for our staff to…read more