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Given the ongoing concerns around coronavirus/COVID-19, we do not want to create a potential for exposure at our inaugural Steppin’ Up auction luncheon on April 3. To help keep our community safe, YWCA Hanover will be following CDC recommendations for social distancing by postponing Steppin’ Up to later in the year. We thank those who have registered… Continue Reading Steppin’ Up Auction & Luncheon POSTPONED

If you are or have ever been in an abusive relationship, we want to support and help you. YWCA Hanover Safe Home is offering a free support group in Gettysburg, PA for those who have been impacted by domestic violence. Groups are facilitated by caring, experienced professionals. As a group member, we hope to: provide… Continue Reading Domestic Violence Support Group

Students Grade 7 – 12 Last Thursday of Every Month 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM An upstander is someone who recognizes when something is wrong and acts to make it right. Being an upstander is being a hero: We are standing up for what is right and doing our best to help support and protect… Continue Reading Upstanders: Youth Council

Women of Hanover Network  Sponsored by Cindy Fremont – Edward Jones Co-hosted by Little Art Bank Thursday, September 17, 2020 As a program of YWCA Hanover, Women of Hanover Network (WHON) serves as Hanover’s leading resource to inspire and empower women in business and the community. WOHN provides opportunities for professional women to make meaningful… Continue Reading Women of Hanover Network 9/17/20

Winter 2019 Newsletter FULL NEWSLETTER HERE In This Issue Safe Home Serves Adams COunty & Hanover Area YWCA Hanover Celebrates Centennial Year Girls Loving Life 2019/2020 Events & Programs In the spring of 1920, members of the Girls Club of Hanover voted to form a Young Women’s Christian Association in Hanover. Leadership development and a… Continue Reading Winter 2019/2020 Newsletter

This is a free program but space is limited Sign up here: Register Girls in grades 2-8 participate in activities, friendship, and fun. Girls in grades 9-12 participate as mentors, role models, and youth leaders. Girls Loving Life focuses on five tenets to build self-esteem, encourage kindness, and help girls develop resiliency, grit, and compassion:… Continue Reading Girls Loving Life Winter 2020

YWCA Hanover offers a School Days Off Program for K-6th grade children. Service for all area schools. Runs regardless of how many schools are off! Cost is only $35 a day. The School Days Off Program includes: Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack. All meals follow USDA/CACFP guidelines Activities may include gym time and field trips Drop… Continue Reading School Days Off Program

The International Men’s March To Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® asks men to literally walk one mile in women’s high-heeled shoes. It’s not easy walking in these shoes, but it’s fun and it gets the community to talk about something that’s really difficult to talk about: gender… Continue Reading Walk A Mile In Her Shoes

Who’s it for? LGBTQ+ Youth Ages 14-21 from the Hanover/Adams County area. What is it? Qmmunity is an accessible, positive, safe place for young people to explore their sexual and/or gender identity, and learn to love themselves fully. The program is designed to provide a recreational, social, educational, and supportive environment to support, enrich, and… Continue Reading An LGBTQ+ Safe Place

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