Name: Niki Van Kirk Volunteer Positions: Meal Server Holiday Market Attendant and more! Started Volunteering: 2017 What are the most critical results you expect our organization to produce? I expect to see YWCA continue to be a safe haven for women. I am lucky because I have been able to volunteer in several different areas… Continue Reading Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Niki
Name: Makayla Wolfe Volunteer Positions: Volunteer Leader for Bible Study / Arts and Crafts Group Women of Influence Volunteer Started Volunteering: 2017 Tell us about you! How would you describe yourself? I am empathetic; I can easily relate to other people. In the last few years, I have been told by important mentors in my… Continue Reading Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Makayla
If you have participated in our 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge, you have read about our country’s long history of disenfranchising and silencing communities of color. Marginalized communities have endured endless campaigns of exploitation, violence, mass incarceration, housing discrimination, and economic disinvestment. Recent reports are showing how the COVID-19 pandemic plays out along… Continue Reading COVID-19: Highlighting inequities
When you sign up to volunteer with YWCA Dayton, you can expect a day filled with service – and also, most likely, a Celine Dion-inspired playlist. “If you believe that women still need to be empowered and racism still needs to be eliminated, by the time you walk in and greet me, you will be… Continue Reading Service, self-discovery (and Celine Dion)
Referencing the CDC’s most recent recommendation to use face coverings in the fight against coronavirus, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton recently said, “I need your help, Ohio. I need you to wear both a cape and a mask now.” On any given day, upwards of 100 women and children are cared for… Continue Reading Safety superheroes