2017: We Can Do It! - YWCA Walla Walla

You make it happen! YWCA Walla Walla has been enriching the lives of women and their families since 1917. As a local affiliate of one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the United States, we have served the Walla Walla community for nearly a century.

Through healthy and empowering activities, we pursue our vision of a better world. We provide two quality childcare programs and community programs for enriching and empowering young people.

We’re there when women need us most. After a crisis, we work with women to find long-term solutions to abuse and homelessness. We provide shelter, counseling, resources and advocacy for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.

2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Rhonda Olson
President-Elect Denise Shives
Vice President Glynnis McClellan
Treasurer Andrea Unck
Secretary Cindy Ptacek
Immediate Past President Julie Mae Longgood
Members at large
Yadira Avila
Kristine Holtzinger
Liza Jacobson
Julie Mae Longgood
Terri Lyford
Brenda Michels
Anne Moore
Ann Schmitt
Claire Siegel
Linda Woolley Tam
Julie Titus
Sonja Trio
Executive Director Anne-Marie Zell Schwerin

A LETTER TO OUR SUPPORTERS

100 years on a mission!

I want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for your generosity and partnership this year. Your commitment to YWCA Walla Walla — every dollar donated, every item of clothing, every volunteer hour, every event you attended — played a critical role in pushing forward the YWCA mission of justice for all. This mission is rooted in love, compassion, and concern for the well-being
of others.

Your generosity tells me that you believe we can create an equitable community where women in violent relationships, girls, people of color, and other individuals who are marginalized by society can thrive. Thank you for holding this belief and putting your resources toward this vision. It’s going to take us all, working every day in ways big and small, to realize this future, but we can and we will.

The enclosed report is full of numbers — a lot of numbers. Remember this — every number has a face behind it. And many of those faces can tell stories of restored peace, justice, freedom, dignity. Stories of hope that happened because of you.

I look forward to a stronger partnership with you and the community this year, and to striving for greater solidarity with the women, girls and people in our community who are most impacted by racism and sexism. Together, we are creating a community where all people are valued and are free from oppression.

With gratitude and love,

Anne-Marie Zell Schwerin
Executive Director

CLIENT STATS & PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

FINANCIALS

It’s in the numbers. Your investment in the YWCA—whether you’re donating or participating in programs—directly supports our community.

THANK YOU, DONORS & VOLUNTEERS!

The YWCA’s work is only possible because of you. You believed in the women and families we serve, and you showed it every time you made a difference with your generous gifts or stood up and spoke out on behalf of those who needed your help. Thank you.

We appreciate every business, family, and individual whose cash donations made our programs possible. And your in-kind gifts to the YWCA—contributions of prizes for events, time as a volunteer, or basic necessities for women and children in our programs—also made life better for the people we serve. We couldn’t do it without you.

(Note: Individuals and families are alphabetized by last name. Foundations, businesses, trusts, funds, clubs and organizations are alphabetized by the first word (including “a” or “the”).

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