April 2026 - 828 News Now - At YWCA Asheville, empowerment starts with connection

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