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YWCA Peterborough Haliburton Education Awards Committee welcomes applications for the 2024 Hazel Education Bursary. Applications are due Thursday April 18, 2024. The YWCA Hazel Education Bursary is intended to help women who have experienced gender-based violence reach their goals through education or training. YWCA Peterborough Haliburton Board of Directors, through the Education Awards Committee, and …

YWCA Announces the Hazel Education Bursary Call for Applications Opens on International Women’s Day Read More »

Thanks to the support and generosity of our community, the 20th annual YWCA Empty Bowls event raised just under $20,000 in support of our Nourish Food Program. With the funds raised this year, supporters of Empty Bowls have now helped raise over $210,000 for the YWCA over the event’s 20-year history. Close to 200 guests …

20th Annual YWCA Empty Bowls Raises Just Under $20,000 To Help Fight Hunger and Food Insecurity in Peterborough Read More »

Peterborough real estate agent Mark Sokolski and his team at The Sokolski Real Estate Group have made an incredible donation of $41,952 to YWCA Peterborough Haliburton. Mr. Sokolski raised funds for the YWCA by participating in the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation’s Ecuador Challenge for Shelter. In November, Mr. Sokolski joined more than 100 other Canadian …

Sokolski Real Estate Group Donates Over $40,000 to YWCA: Funds Raised from Trek to Volcanic Peak in Ecuador Read More »

YWCA Peterborough Haliburton is seeking volunteers to join the Board of Directors and Board committees. “We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about women’s issues and have the desire to be involved with an organization that provides life-saving programs, tools and resources that help women and children thrive. The YWCA plays a vital role in our community and its sustainability depends …

YWCA Seeks Board Directors and Other Volunteers: Dynamic Women Who Want to Make a Difference in the Lives of Women and Children Read More »

Addressed to The Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance, c/o Budget Secretariat YWCA Ontario is a provincial coalition of YWCA Member Associations that serves more than 40,000 people each year across Ontario. We offer a range of programs to meet the needs of women, girls and gender diverse people across the province. Our programming includes …

Ontario Budget 2024: YWCA Ontario Pre-Budget Submission Read More »

For the first time in five years, YWCA Peterborough Haliburton is bringing back our much-loved local fundraiser, Empty Bowls, for an in-person seated lunch event. Taking place on Friday, February 23 at The Venue in downtown Peterborough, Empty Bowls will raise funds to support the Nourish food program operated by the YWCA, which provides fresh …

YWCA Empty Bowls Fundraiser Returns for 20th Year To Help Fight Hunger and Food Insecurity in Peterborough Read More »

That first phone call was so hard to make. Saying the words out loud: I’m in an abusive marriage. I need help. I don’t know what to do. I’d known about the YWCA for a long time. But I had felt embarrassed to reach out before now. I’d just had a baby, and I didn’t …

Bailey shares how the YWCA Haliburton Women’s Centre helped save her family Read More »

YWCA Peterborough Haliburton, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre and the Peterborough Domestic Abuse Network applaud Peterborough City Council’s approved motion to declare all forms of gender-based violence an epidemic in our community. Fulfilling the first recommendation from the Renfrew Inquest, the City of Peterborough has become the 74th municipality in the province of Ontario to declare …

City of Peterborough declares gender-based violence an epidemic after successful delegation Read More »

Leaving the house that morning was the scariest moment. I took the kids and walked out the door. I had a suitcase that I’d spent a week packing, in secret, so that my husband wouldn’t catch on. We took nothing else with us. My friend met us near the house and drove us to Crossroads …

A holiday letter from Gabby about her time at Crossroads Read More »

YWCA Ontario, a coalition of 10 YWCAs across the province, is pleased to see two new initiatives that will impact the safety, well-being, and economic success of women and families: Ontario signing on to the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence, and a provincial investment in child care workers. First, the federal government announced …

YWCA Ontario responds to two major investments in women, gender-diverse people, and families Read More »