WOD Past Nominees 2018

As part of a multi-disciplinary team supports job seekers by providing employment support and job training to female identified and non-binary youth aged 15-30 years old with self-identified barriers including but not limited to high school non-completion, physical and mental disabilities, new immigrant and lack of job market experience.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team supports job seekers by providing employment support and job training to female identified and non-binary youth aged 15-30 years old with self-identified barriers including but not limited to high school non-completion, physical and mental disabilities, new immigrant and lack of job market experience.

Ensures the efficient daily operation and activity in before and after school programs, camps and recreation programs and activities, working collaboratively with the Supervisor, Recreation Programs.

Provides daily Front Desk reception, customer service, security, and membership and program sales.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team supports job seekers by providing employment support and job training to female identified and non-binary youth aged 15-30 years old with self-identified barriers including but not limited to high school non-completion, physical and mental disabilities, new immigrant and lack of job market experience.

Provide delivery of direct support services to all residents within the home and ensure the physical and emotional well-being and safety/security of all individuals within the residence.

Provides daily Front Desk reception, customer service, security, and membership and program sales.

This employee will work in an assigned primary 24-hour group living/supported living residence for adults with a developmental disability; who may also have behavioural challenges, mental health diagnosis and/or physical or complex medical needs.

TYPE: In-person
TIME COMMITMENT: Monthly; Minimum: 2 hours
TERMS OF POSITION: Six (6) month commitment

The YWCA Hamilton Donation Room Organizer Volunteer, while providing assistance to the Philanthropy & Communications team, will organize, inventory and distribute donated items across all YWCA Hamilton locations to our service users.

TYPE: In-person
TIME COMMITMENT: Monthly; Minimum: 2 hours, Maximum: 10+ hours
TERMS OF POSITION: Six (6) month commitment

The YWCA Hamilton Donation Driver Volunteer, while providing assistance to the Philanthropy & Communications team, will pick-up donated items from community members and businesses in designated communities across Hamilton and Halton and drop them off at YWCA Hamilton locations.

TYPE: In-person
TIME COMMITMENT: 1-2 shifts/ month; Sunday from 11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
TERMS OF POSITION: One (1) year commitment

The YWCA Hamilton BINGO Volunteer, will attend scheduled events at Princess Bingo Hall in Hamilton, ON. Bingo Volunteers sell bingo cards to attendees and funds are raised to support the important programming and services offered at YWCA Hamilton

TYPE: Virtual
TIME COMMITMENT: Monthly; 1-5 hours
TERMS OF POSITION: Six (6) month commitment, October to April

The YWCA Hamilton Auction Volunteer, while providing assistance to the Philanthropy & Communications team, will seek, inventory and organize donated items to support our signature annual auction for the 2022 YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Awards.

TYPE: Virtual
TIME COMMITMENT: Monthly; 2 hours
TERMS OF POSITION: Six (6) month commitment

A member of the youth-led RISE Collective at YWCA Hamilton will make a change in their community. RISE Collective members are between the ages of 15 and 30 years and focus their efforts on amplifying the voices of young women, non-binary, and gender fluid youth across Hamilton and Halton.

At YWCA Hamilton, we see the realities of homelessness every day – but there are still many misconceptions and stereotypes [...]

Provides support to women accessing the Carole Anne’s Place program, an Out of the Cold program, designed to provide a safe, warm, supportive space for women when shelter beds are full.

Assists with the efficient daily operation and activity in an early learning and licensed child care center, working collaboratively with child care staff and the Supervisor, Children’s Programs.

It’s been a week of celebration and cheer at YWCA Hamilton as our staff came together to celebrate the season [...]

Three years ago, Emma Farr started a program that changed her life. “I was having a really hard time in [...]

Facilitates and directly supervises visits and exchanges between visiting parties and children both in person and virtually.

Provide delivery of direct support services to all residents within the home and ensure the physical and emotional well-being and safety/security of all individuals within the residence.

YWCA Hamilton’s brand-new building is taking shape on Ottawa Street – and members of the community say they’re eager to [...]

We asked. You delivered. When the Covid-19 Pandemic hit Hamilton, Steve Park was one of the many Hamiltonians who knew [...]

This employee will work in an assigned primary 24-hour group living/supported living residence for adults with a developmental disability; who may also have behavioural challenges, mental health diagnosis and/or physical or complex medical needs.

We are entering our seventh week of pandemic measures and many of us might be feeling a bit restless, patiently […]

Yesterday we learned that a client in one of our facilities has tested positive for COVID-19. The client who has […]

Last night, I, like many of you, scrolled through story after story that analyzed, examined, made predictions and reported on […]

We are now three weeks into the COVID-19 crisis and while we try to make sense of rapidly-evolving developments, the [...]

YWCA Hamilton's Response to COVID-19   Dear Friends, As we keep saying, this has been an unprecedented week. And every [...]

This has been an unprecedented week as the situation with COVID-19 evolves. Hamilton Public Health and leading health authorities world-wide [...]

To all YWCA Hamilton members, clients and visitors, We understand and share in your concern around the risks associated with [...]

The newly-reimagined Ottawa Street YWCA will be named The Putman Family YWCA, thanks to a $1 million donation from Hamilton’s […]

Provides daily Front Desk reception, customer service, security, and membership and program sales.

Provides support and services to women and gender non-binary individuals in life transition residing in housing at the YWCA Hamilton Transitional Living.

Delivers high quality health and wellness programs that reflect the needs of the YWCA Hamilton members, participants and community.

Ensures the efficient daily operation and activity in an early learning and licensed child care centre, working collaboratively with the Supervisor, Children’s Programs.

YWCA Hamilton wishes you all a holiday season filled with warmth, peace and happiness. Our holiday hours are: December 24: [...]

Cathy hunkered down inside an alcove near the GO station on Hunter Street where she and her partner Lindsey would [...]

Milli Gould touched a well-manicured hand to her face and leaned in to listen to Annah Yassin’s story. It was [...]

On a crisp fall evening in late 2018, then-manager of Transitional Housing Violetta Nikolskaya stood before a room of women [...]

Josie Rudderham was heading back to work after the birth of her first child when she was told her job [...]

YWCA Hamilton will close today at 4pm due to inclement weather. However, the MacNab Street Child Care Centre will remain […]

It’s definitely been a wild winter! YWCA Hamilton MacNab Street is closed and all non-essential YWCA Hamilton programming is cancelled […]

Nancy Oomen stands in the middle of her cheerily-decorated bedroom and holds up an Anne of Green Gables figurine. It’s [...]

The weather outside is still dreadful on Day 2 of this freezing rain storm. YWCA Hamilton remains closed today and [...]

For more than three decades, Kathy Hayes had a front row seat on the lives of students. As the Registrar [...]

You've asked and we listened! What will the new Ottawa Street YWCA look like? Will it be a building we’ll [...]

Earlier today, the federal government announced an investment in the Hamilton community by committing more than $10.08 million to the [...]

The wait is finally over! The backhoes are humming, the earth is churning. Last week we put metal to the [...]

Lucia Martinez stood in the lobby of the YWCA Hamilton, clutching the remains of her former life in her hands. [...]

As a girl growing up in Benghazi, Libya, Faiza Elbarghathi had one dream ­– to learn how to swim. Because [...]

You can help families feel safe. You can provide a home. You can provide a future. Last Christmas, my mom [...]

Turning Point Giving Circle funding Every year, members of the Turning Point Giving Circle democratically vote as a collective group […]

Two years ago, Neanette Atanas rolled over in a Stretch Sweat and Unwind yoga class and her life went sideways. [...]

“It was important to me as a business owner to have an ongoing affiliation with a charity or non-profit, to [...]

“The concept of Turning Point is so elegantly simple - a community of women supporting and cheering other women. It [...]