| A Night Out in Support of the YWCA’s Domestic Violence Program |
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For the third year, V-Day Lawrence will be presenting Fuerza: A Night of Spoken Word & Art, as well as three performances of The Vagina Monologues... |
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| STEM Initiative Completes Blood & Guts Curriculum |
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The YWCA’s STEM Initiative, a unique educational program for girls age 10 to 14 to encourage, excite and educate about Science, Technology, Engineering & Math, recently completed its long awaited Blood & Guts curriculum... |
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| Commissioner’s Leadership Award to Vilma Lora |
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YWCA Director of Women’s Services, Vilma Lora, was recently awarded the Commissioner’s Leadership Award from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in recognition of her work surrounding issues of domestic abuse, health care, and housing... |
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Peer
Educators Funded by DPH and The Gillette Company |
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Since September 2003, three teams
of women, trained by the YWCA as educators about
breast and cervical health, have conducted 19 peer
education sessions reaching more than 120 other
women across the Northeast region. Fifteen additional
sessions and another peer training are scheduled
for March... |
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YWCA
Hosts "Agilent After School" |
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The YWCA was recently named an Agilent
After School site, where children in the Girls Center
and the YWCA co-ed after school program will enjoy
a hands-on science program... |
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| Banknorth
Charitable Foundation Helps Rape Crisis Center |
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Banknorth Charitable Foundation took
a strong and generous stand in support of area rape
crisis and assault services recently when it made
a significant contribution to the YWCA’s Rape
Crisis Center... |
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| The
Mother Connection Helps YWCA Kids |
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The Mother Connection has chosen
to provide children enrolled in YWCA child care,
after school and residential programs for teen mothers
and victims of family violence with a new backpack
and school supplies... |
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The
Gillette Company Funds Breast And Cervical Cancer
Program |
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With support from The Gillette Company,
the YWCA of Greater Lawrence has improved its ability
to link medically underserved and uninsured women
to breast and cervical cancer screenings... |
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| YWCA
and Businesses Unite to Fight Breast & Cervical
Cancer |
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The YWCA of Greater Lawrence
is offering a new breast and cervical cancer initiative... |
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| Quota
International Establishes YWCA Library & Reading
Program |
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Quota International, represented
by members Sue Adams and Beth Poulo, both of Andover,
recently donated more than 150 children’s
books... |
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| YWCA
Financial Education Conference Draws 700 Women
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More than 700 women from throughout
the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore recently
attended the YWCA's Money Conference for Women...
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| Statewide
Education & Training to be Managed by YWCA |
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The Massachusetts Department of Public
Health recently funded the YWCA of Greater Lawrence
to coordinate two statewide training and education
programs in partnership with DPH’s Women’s
Health Network... |
