Volunteers Needed
Spring Clean Up at the YWCA, April 27, 2010 from 4pm-7pm. Bring your gloves, yard tools and dress for the weather. Refreshments will be provided. Please call 326-2011 to RSVP.
Annual Child Services Spaghetti Dinner
The YWCA Child Services Spaghetti Dinner will be held Thursday, May 6, 2010. Tickets can be purchased from any child enrolled in the program or from the Child Services Office at the YWCA beginning the week of April 26, 2010. Again this year we will be providing a 50/50 Raffle as well as a Chinese Auction. Hope to see you there.
YWCA Annual Meeting
YWCA Westfield Annual Meeting
At the Annual Meeting of the YWCA Westfield, members reelected –Deb Higginbotham and Ivelisse Higginbotham to the board and elected Gaye Mason to her first term on the board. Each will serve a three year term on the YWCA Board of Directors. The membership also elected Carol Best and Shannon Bills to the nominating committee.
The evening meeting was opened by co president Loreen Ginnitti and featured the 2009 financial report from the board treasurer, Deb Higginbotham as well as program reports from Luci Petrella and child services report from Brenda Backus, both YWCA staff.
Newly appointed executive director Katie Smith provided the membership with a look forward and the plans for growth and expansion of YWCA activities.
Lori Jafarjian, consultant to the board of directors, reviewed the strategic plan and the introduced the mission and the vision adopted by the board of directors. The YWCA Westfield mission mirrors that of the National YWCA, “….. dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.”
The vision was adopted by the local board and is unique to the YWCA Westfield. It states “YWCA Westfield is the wheel that drives the community.” Local artist Wendy Gollnitz Santilli has designed a wheel logo the gives this phrase life. The community will begin seeing this wheel on our materials” stated Ms. Smith “the national YWCA has designed a logo that speaks to the mission but locally we can add our wheel to our advertising, correspondence and other printed material. Over the next several months this wheel will become more evident and people will begin to recognize it as symbol of their YWCA.”
Co President Loreen Ginnitti added; “our strategic plan is complete, it is a workable document that we plan to share with the community in the upcoming months”
Individuals interested in learning more about the YWCA Westfield are invited to call 326-2011, stop by the building at 58 S. Portage St. Westfield or log onto the agency website at www.ywcawestfield.org.
YWCA Westfield Vision:
The YWCA sets its sights toward this vision:
To show our commitment to this vision we are dedicating ourselves to expanding mission related services for women and girls and working with local organizations to furthur our goals.
We will be the wheel that drives the community!
The YWCA Mission:
YWCA Westfield is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
