The YWCA Bellingham works to promote the empowerment of women and girls of all ages, backgrounds, races, and to advance their quality of life. Since 1907, the YWCA has adapted its services and programs to the needs of the times, but has never wavered in that mission. Today, the YWCA offers low-cost and free housing to women in crisis. Women come to the YWCA for many different reasons but our goal for each woman is the same: to give her an affordable, safe, supportive place to stay and to connect her with whatever resources she needs to get her life back on track.
Join Us to Honor Outstanding Women
We invite you to honor four Whatcom County women who have made exceptional contributions to their community. They will be inducted into the YWCA Northwest Women’s Hall of Fame during its 12th annual anniversary dinner at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Avenue.
This year’s honorees are:
--Linda Allen, interfaith minister, singer/songwriter and founder of Bellingham’s Threshold Choir that brings music to the bedsides of the terminally ill.
-- Patricia McKeown, Vice President of Instruction for Bellingham Technical College, who has provided women with career opportunities in new fields for 26 years.
--Kathie Wilson, Childlife Montessori founder, who is also a founding Sustainable Connections board member and volunteer with the Slum Doctors program in Kenya.
The Legacy Award for women of an earlier day who inspired later generations honors Catherine Montgomery (1867-1957), a Suffragette and “Mother” of the Pacific Crest Trail” that stretches 2650 miles from Canada to Mexico.
Dinner reservations ($30) and disability accommodations requests are due no later than March 17 by calling the YWCA, 734-4820 x 100, or emailing karen@ywcabellingham.org
YWCA Bellingham Sponsors
The YWCA of Bellingham invites you to join us as we take a Stand Against Racism on
Friday, April 30, 2010.
We are calling on organizations, corporations, schools, hospitals, houses of worship, and government agencies in Whatcom County to become Participating Sites during this exciting national event. By becoming a Participating Site, you will join your voices to ours and together we can take a bold Stand Against Racism.
The goal of the event is to raise awareness that racism still exists in our nation and community and that it can no longer be ignored or tolerated. Our strength is in numbers!
On Friday, April 30, 2010, the YWCA of Bellingham along with over 60 YWCAs throughout the country will be working closely with approximately 1,500 organizations that will cumulatively attract about 200,000 individuals. We hope you will be one of them!
As a Participating Site of the YWCA’s Stand Against Racism, we ask that you host a “Stand” – either open to the public or just for your group. Being a Participating Site is very simple. The national YWCA Stand Against Racism organizers will provide you with all the materials you will need (including a How to Run the Event Template that can be customized to meet your needs). There is no cost whatsoever to participate.
Please sign up online on the national Web site: www.StandAgainstRacism.org. The deadline to sign up is April 16, 2010. For more information on the national effort, email: info@standagainstracism.org. For questions about our local YWCA’s Stand Against Racism event, please contact Janet Marino at (360) 734-4820 or janet@ywcabellingham.org..
We seek to bring people together for one common goal – the elimination of racism.
We hope we can count on your support. Please join us!
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Click here to watch the interview
with Author Lynne Masland on KVOS
in our newly renovated ballroom.
NOW AVAILABLE!
Copies of 100 Years of Challenge and Change: Whatcom Women and the YWCA of Bellingham can be purchased at YWCA Bellingham, Village Books and the WWU Campus Bookstore. For information about purchasing on the phone call (360) 734-4820 or email janet@ywcabellingham.org. Books are available for $20 plus postage.
Please help us celebrate the publication of this historic book.
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