impact – YWCA Spokane

YWCA Spokane ECEAP Builds Healthy Lives for Kiddos

July 5, 2019

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Advocacy, Community Engagement, Early Childhood Education, ECEAP, impact, youth advocate

Good health during early childhood is a necessity for kiddos to grow into well-developed adults. Health habits set during childhood are often indicators of the lifestyle these children will grow into. During these key years of development, if children do not receive the correct nutrition, immunization, or physical care, they can be exposed to disease, …

2019 Transformations Camp – Recap and Photo Gallery

July 1, 2019

| By Olivia Moorer

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Advocacy, Community Engagement, impact, transformations, youth advocate

Thank you to all who participated in Transformations Camp 2019! This past week has been one of empowerment, celebration, and leadership for young women of color in our community. We are so grateful to all these young women for joining our program- and we are so proud of them for their tremendous growth and …

YWCA Director Honored With Victim Service Specialist Award

June 21, 2019

| By Olivia Moorer

Categories: Advocacy, Awards, Community, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Advocacy, Awards, Community Engagement, Domestic Violence, impact, Survivor

Congratulations to Morgan Colburn, LICSW! YWCA Spokane’s Director, Morgan Colburn, was awarded Lutheran Community Services NW Victim Service Specialist Award At Their Partners In Justice 2019 Awards Event. This June at Lutheran Community Services Northwest’s annual Partners In Justice Awards ceremony held at Barrister Winery, Morgan Colburn, Director of Counseling, Advocacy, and Outreach, won the …

About Pride

June 21, 2019

| By Olivia Moorer

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved

| Tags: Advocacy, Community Engagement, Domestic Violence, impact, Pride

As our Spokane community, and communities across the globe, celebrate June as Pride month, many of us may know what Pride is, but not why we celebrate it. Pride is often a source of kinship, community, and fun activities including marches and festivals. However, Pride was not always full of rainbows and parades. Pride began …

Thank You to Spokane County United Way for your Tremendous Support!

June 20, 2019

| By Olivia Moorer

Categories: Advocacy, Awards, Community, Donations, Fundraising, Get Involved, Impact

| Tags: Advocacy, Community Engagement, Domestic Violence, donate, impact, job readiness, Survivor, Volunteer, Women's Opportunity Center

Thank you to the Spokane County United Way for your grant to benefit YWCA Spokane’s Advocacy and Counseling Program, as well as the Women’s Opportunity Center! Because of their amazing support, YWCA Spokane’s Advocacy Services and Women’s Opportunity Center will be able to reach more women and families in need in Spokane, while also filling …