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July 2024 - Mountain Express - Lack of swimming lesson options leaves Asheville parents frustrated
July 2024 - WLOS - Longtime YWCA aquatics director has taught thousands to swim
March 2024 - Fox Carolina - YWCA of Asheville offers part-time child care solution
July 2023 – WLOS – $168,900 in wireless hotspot donations aim to bolster equitable learning in Buncombe
May 2023 – Mountain Xpress – Grant offers job training for low-income young adults after incarceration
November 2021 – WLOS – YWCA of Asheville receives grant for a program that provides flexible child care
February 2021 – Asheville Citizen-Times – Herd immunity: Buncombe County experts talk all things COVID-19 vaccine
February 2021 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA, Buncombe HHS to hold a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Feb. 10
January 2021 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA, Buncombe HHS to hold a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccine and racial health disparities Wednesday, Jan. 27
January 2021 – Mountain Xpress –YWCA names Amieris Lavender as Chief Program Officer
November 2020 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA of Asheville names Diana Sierra as interim CEO
November 2020 – Business Buzz – YWCA announces Interim CEO
November 2020 – Mountain Xpress – Local nonprofits stand firm in the fight for racial justice
November 2020 – Asheville Citizen-Times – Bracing for a Shecession: the onset of our nation’s first female-led recession
December 2019 – Mountain Xpress – Collaborative community effort tackles rising health inequities
November 2019 – Mountain Xpress – New in nonprofits: Notable happenings in local organizations
September 2019- Asheville Citizen-Times – Duke Energy contractor wrongfully cut mature trees at Asheville YWCA, city investigating
September 2019 – WLOS – Duke Energy contractor accused of wrongfully cutting down trees at YWCA of Asheville
August 2019 – WLOS – Asheville organization signs letter urging governor to veto HB 370
June 2019 – Mountain Xpress – Buncombe County faces a lack of affordable, accessible child care
June 2019 – Asheville Citizen-Times – Asheville, Buncombe schools top county government’s $3.6M list of early childhood funding
June 2019 – WLOS – Free kids’ swim program at YWCA helps all kids stay safe in the water
April 2019 – WLOS – Asheville School Kids “Stand Against Racism” with YWCA
March 2019 – Asheville Citizen-Times – Foster grandparents: Project brings together kids, elders across WNC
February 2019 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA Asheville seeks community input and new leadership
February 2019 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA launches 2019 diabetes wellness and prevention program
November 2018 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA Asheville to host open house to celebrate expansion of its Early Learning Child Care Program
November 2018 – Asheville Downtown- YWCA Increases High-Quality Childcare Capacity in Asheville
November 2018- Asheville Citizen-Times – Commissioners want to spend over $3 Million Annually on Kids. Can they pay for it?
October 2018 – Biltmore Beacon – YWCA of Asheville Expands to Help Childcare Shortage
October 2018- Asheville Area Arts Council– Call To Artists: YWCA Mural
October 2018 – Citizen-Times – Dogwood Health Trust board lacks the diversity WNC deserves
October 2018- Mountain Xpress – Asheville Choral Society celebrates black composers with fall concert
August 2018 – Mountain Xpress – YWCA adds new classrooms for NC Pre-K
June 2018- Mountain Xpress – YWCA increases high-quality childcare capacity in Asheville
June 2018 – WLOS – Western North Carolina charity organizations for children & families
May 2018- Mountain Xpress- Local nonprofits work with donors for planned giving
May 2018 – Mountain Xpress – Nonprofits compete for city, county grant funding
April 2018 – Mountain Xpress – Asheville- area women demand more respect at gyms
April 2018 – Citizen-Times – Healing after homicide: Support groups forms for families of Buncombe murder victims
March 2018 – WLOS – Asheville City preschoolers learn water safety swimming skills
March 2018 – Mountain Xpress – Buncombe County moves up to 14th in state for overall health outcomes
January 2018- Mountain Xpress – Historic Grove House sold to Ohio investors for $2.9M
November 23, 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Learning from the rich history of the YWCA Asheville
September 5, 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tuesday History: YWCA’s 75th anniversary celebration
August 29, 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tuesday History: Controversy surrounds the merger of YWCA’s two branches, 1970
August 1, 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tuesday History: Thelma Caldwell calls out the YWCA’s shortcomings
July 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tuesday History: Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1956 visit to Asheville
July 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tuesday History: YWCA outrage over Langston Hughes’ unreported visit to Asheville, 1949
July 2017 – Mountain Xpress – MotherLove teaches teen moms about baby food
July 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tuesday History: The YWCA of Asheville’s 1930s integration attempts
June 2017 – Asheville Citizen-Times – Portrait of the Past: A young beauty queen at the YWCA
May 2017 – UNCA News – Students Help Find YWCA’s ‘Hidden Histories’ for 110 Year Anniversary
May 2017 – WLOS – Asheville YWCA Celebrates 110 Years
May 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Buncombe County commissioners proclaimed May as YWCA Asheville Month
April 2017 – Urban News – YWCA 10th Annual Stand Against Racism
April 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Tactics for change: YWCA schedules a month of Stand Against Racism events
March 2017 – Asheville Citizen-Times – Asheville YWCA unveils historic photos amid celebration
March 2017 – Sheville.com – Empowering Women: Women’s History and the YWCA
February 2017 – Mountain Xpress – Exercise and a healthy diet help prevent Type 2 diabetes
March 2017 – Citizen Times- Asheville YWCA unveils historic photo amid celebration
January 2017 – The Laurel of Asheville – YWCA Diabetes Wellness and Prevention Program
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