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Gardeners’ Festival Order Forms Available Here!
Gardeners’ Festival Order Form
Growing flowers helps grow better parents!
Our annual Gardeners’ Festival on April 28th benefits the YWCA Mom’s Time program where moms of young children receive parenting education and stress relief. Plus, the plants are all grown locally, so you are getting top quality and also supporting family-owned businesses.
At the festival, you’ll find a huge variety of annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets inside our building. We will also host a Gardeners’ Luncheon on April 10th where you can get a sneak peak at the plants offered, learn about container gardening, and enjoy a delicious lunch.
Clicking the link at the beginning of this post will open this year’s plant preorder form. (Call us at 232-4481 for an emailed or faxed version if you are unable to open the form.) While preordering is not required, there are benefits. Besides getting first dibs on the plants you want, you can pick up your preorder on Friday, April 27th starting at 4 PM and shop the Festival for additional plants before it opens to the public on Saturday. Even if you only know of a few flowers you’ll want for sure, preorder them and you’ll have early admission to hand pick the rest of your plants!
Luncheon: Tuesday, April 10th 11:30 AM-1 PM. Call the YWCA at 232-4481 for reservations. Cost to attend is $12.
Festival: Saturday, April 28th 9 AM—2 PM
Where: YWCA, 304 N. 8th Street (inside)
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Aquatic Center Announcement
February 16, 2012
YWCA Members and Friends,
The YWCA has been providing aquatics programming for almost 100 years in the St. Joseph community, so it is with great sadness that we announce that the Aquatics Center will close on June 1, 2012.
This has been a very difficult decision because of the impact it has on people – our customers and our staff, but it is the right decision. The YWCA has limited discretionary dollars and with recent grant cutbacks it is necessary that those dollars be redirected to critical services that are uniquely provided by the YWCA (domestic violence, sexual assault, childcare, teen pregnancy/parenting, child abuse/neglect prevention, etc.).
Over the years, we have worked hard to make the Aquatics Center self-supporting. We have increased revenue through new partnerships and programming and increased fees. We have reduced costs by cutting back service hours and restructuring staffing, but the operating costs continue to greatly exceed generated revenue.
We will continue to aggressively pursue a potential partner(s) to assume operation of the Aquatics Center. We will do our best to maintain the facility and retain adequate staffing to continue current programming through June 1. Upon closing, all customers will receive reimbursement for unused “punch cards” or pro-rated reimbursement for contracted “plans”.
Sincerely,
Jean G. Brown
YWCA Executive Director
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Kelsey Beshears Racial Justice Awards
The YWCA and the St. Joseph Chapter of NAACP invite you to nominate someone you know for the 2012 Kelsey Beshears Racial Justic Award. This annual award recognizes a community member who has been a leader in the area of racial justice. The nomination form is available here: Kelsey Beshears Nomination Form
The St. Joseph YWCA and the St. Joseph Chapter of NAACP will present the Kelsey Beshears Racial Justice Award at the Day of Commitment to Eliminate Racism breakfast on May 4th. The buffet line will open at 7:15 with the program starting at 7:30.
In addition to the presentation of the Kelsey Beshears Racial Justice Award, scholarships will be awarded to non-traditional Missouri Western students in Ms. Beshears name.
Cost to attend the breakfast is $15, payable at the door. For reservations, call the YWCA at 816.232.4481 or email efattig@ywcasj.org.
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Stand Against Racism
The YWCA’s Stand Against Racism is a partnership of over 70 YWCA Associations throughout the country with the goal of bringing people together from all walks of life to raise awareness that racism still exists.The YWCA Saint Joseph is inviting organizations to join us in taking a Stand Against Racism by becoming a Participating Site.
As a Participating Site you will host your own “Stand” at your location. It could be either private or public and can take many forms. Becoming a Participating Site is very easy and we’d be glad to answer any questions.
To learn more or to sign up, please visit www. StandAgainstRacism. org. You may also contact Ellen Kisker at ekisker@ywcasj.org or 816-232-4481.
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Women of Excellence
Nomination Form for Women of Excellence
We are now accepting nominations for the 2012 Women of Excellence Awards! Anyone can submit a nomination, and each woman and business nominated will be honored at the 2012 Women of Excellence Awards on June 21st at Civic Arena. Categories include Woman in the Workplace, Woman in Volunteerism, Woman in Support Services, Emerging Leader (woman under 40), and Employer of Excellence. You may nominate one woman or business in each category. Please click on our nomination form above for details and call us at 816.232.4481 or email efattig@ywcasj.org if you have questions.
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