These organizations have the space to store these donations. YWCA Central Virginia serves seven counties and one city, an area of 4,400 square miles with a population of over 400,000 community members. Donate Support YWCA Be a part of helping families in. Founded in 1912 by a dedicated group of women, who had incidentally been told that creating an organization for women and by women would never fly, YWCA Central Virginia has grown and adapted to meet the varying needs of the communities we serve. About YWCA Central VirginiaДЇor over a hundred years, YWCA Central Virginia has been serving the women, children, and families of Central Virginia. floor lounges, a library, and CogsMart (the small, in-house store) and in. YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Much more than housing, residents make Cogswell Hall a community of amazing. You can learn more about YWCA USA at their website by clicking HERE. YWCA is creating a safer, more just world by offering safe and secure emergency shelter, transitional housing, and long-term housing to victims and survivors of gender-based violence so they can avoid homelessness and rebuild their lives. To combat this growing inequity for women, YWCA worked with our partners to create Lakehouse a pop up housing project that gives us the capacity to keep nearly 40 older women safe, warm and supported at any one time. Today, we combine programming and advocacy in order to generate institutional change in three key areas: racial justice and civil rights, empowerment and economic advancement of women and girls, and health and safety of women and girls. YWCA Toronto operates on the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. YWCA has been at the forefront of the most pressing social movements for more than 160 years - from voting rights to civil rights, from affordable housing to pay equity, from violence prevention to health care reform. We are one of the oldest and largest womenвЂ™s organizations in the nation, serving over 2 million women, girls, and their families. YWCA USA is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities.

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