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Help support our program, scholarship and building funds!
For over 77 years, the YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester has touched the lives of women and girls. It began in a small way in 1929 with the formation of a girls club. Next followed the purchase of a home rented out to women in need. Today, 185 women reside at the YWCA Residence and over 4,000 Westchester County residents are enriched each week by our array of programs from day care to gymnastics. Thousands of children participate in the YW’s child care, nursery, after school, teen, summer camp, aquatics and gymnastics programs. Adults enjoy our fitness center and classes; they participate in parent/child activities as well as special lectures and events.
However, the YWCA is more than a fitness center, a swimming pool, and a classroom. It is a place where friends and families can learn and share experiences together. We are committed to advocating for and providing services that strengthen the health and well being of our community, especially for women and children in need. The YWCA offers:
* a broad diverse community
* youth programs
* a free place to talk for at-risk adolescents
* free and low-cost breast cancer screening
* an affordable residence for 185 low income women
* a safe place for visitation of children and their non-custodial parents
* support for abused women
* programs for people with developmental disabilities
* a nurturing learning environment
These programs and services are not simply recreational - many of them help save lives from teaching a child how to swim to providing critical health care screening. It is a place where adolescent girls are encouraged to believe in themselves, teenage mothers are supported in their efforts to finish high school, and the developmentally disabled can train for the Special Olympics. The YW also provides one of the only affordable housing venue for women in White Plains. Without the YWCA, a majority of the women currently living at the Residence would be homeless.
We strive to keep all of programs affordable so that working parents have a place to send their children that is safe, fun and educational. The YWCA’s Annual Fund plays a critical role in helping us bridge the gap between revenue generated by fees and grants so that we can offer scholarships and waivers for families that cannot afford to attend otherwise and to support key mission based programs.
Program Fund: Supports ongoing and special program needs from supplies, books to special activities.
Scholarship Fund: Tuition support for preschoolers and youth in our early childhood, after school, camp, swimming, gymnastics, and fitness programs.
Building Fund: For capital improvements to support classroom and general facility needs.
To make a gift to the YWCA of White Plains, contact L. Danielle Cylich, Director of Development at 914-949-6227 ext 147 or via email at dcylich@ywcawhiteplains.com.
Your gift can help change a life!
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