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YWCA Central Carolinas Opens Families Together
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The ribbon cutting ceremony for Families Together, a transitional housing program for homeless families, was held on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at the YWCA on Park Road. Breakfast began at 9:00 a.m. followed by a short program - guests were then invited to tour the new Families Together facility.
Families Together, the YWCA Central Carolinas' first new program in 40 years, provides on-site support to children and their families as they transition out of homelessness and work towards permanent housing. With the addition of Families Together over 100 women, children and their families will live at the YWCA on Park Road... (read more)
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A Warm Welcome for Homeless Families
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We know that many of you look for volunteer opportunities to share with your family and friends, co-workers and church groups. This year the YWCA Central Carolinas has made giving easy by registering at Target stores nationwide. Items purchased off of the YWCA Target gift list will be used to “furnish” the YWCA Families Together residences.
You can pull up the YWCA gift registry at kiosks located inside Target stores and also by visiting www.target.com. Click on Target Lists, then click on Find a List and enter first name: YWCA last name: Central Carolinas. You can also click on the following link http://www.target.com/lists/3LL327RUCEPB1 to go straight to our site. As always your help is appreciated.
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Programs of Service
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Families Together Program
Families Together, the YWCA’s transitional housing program for homeless families provides on-site support to children and their families as they transition out of homelessness and work towards permanent housing.
Sarah Belk Gambrell Fitness Center
The YWCA is Charlotte's co-ed comfortable fitness alternative, providing effective exercise programs for men, women and children of all fitness levels. Our center features a warm water pool, land and water and aerobics classes, yoga and Pilates, a cardio theater, an outdoor fitness trail, two tennis courts and personal training services.
Women in Transition Program
Serving 105 at-risk women annually, Women in Transition (WIT) Program participants receive safe affordable housing, intensive case management, support services and connections to the web of available community services as they work toward becoming economically stable and permanently housed.
Youth Development Program
A 50 week-per-year program serving approximately 350 children ages 5 to 15 at 13 sites located in Mecklenburg and Union Counties public housing communities and fragile neighborhoods. The Youth Development Tolerance and Prevention Initiative provides weekly workshops to engage at-risk youth in character-building activities that address communication, anger management and conflict resolution.
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