Updated May 16, 2012
The Other Bank would like to ask for donations of Toilet Paper & Dishsoap & Laundry Soap we are OUT! Any brand is accepted, thank you! Please also donate Plastic Grocery Bags! We are starting to get low on toilet paper as well, this is such an important item we ask that you keep this item in mind at all times. Thank you!
“As you are traveling this summer, remember to collect the goodies from your hotels and donate them to the YWCA. We use travel size products in our hygiene kits that we distribute to kids in need. Throughout the school year we hand out over 12,000 kits!”
We are going to be having our annual Open House on Wednesday, May 23rd from 4 to 6pm, please join us in celebrating! For more information go to our Events page.
Our Annual Report is ready! Please take a moment to read all of the exciting happenings with the YWCA of Olympia.
Spring Into Action raised a total of $14,320!! Thank you to all who donated to our girls’ programs! Watch for updates this summer!
ART Raffle to benefit the YWCA! Childhood’s End Gallery is celebrating their 40th anniversary by raffling two pieces of art. The raffle ticket sales will be conducted at the Gallery on the corner of Water & 4th Avenue, April 24 – June 1. The drawing will be held at 6:00 pm June 1st. Tickets are $5 each and all donations will benefit the YWCA of Olympia programs for women, girls and low-income families. Buy your tickets now!! {Click here for Childhood’s End Gallery website}
There are so many people we want to thank throughout the year for their contributions to the Other Bank and our other programs and not enough space to keep them all listed here on the home page. So, we have a new page added to keep our thanks going all year long! THANK YOU! is our new page located under the Home page.
The Spring 2012 Newsletter is HERE! See what all we have been up to and what exciting things are coming up in our future!
Now that winter has ended, our day center for homeless women will be closing. We will continue to offer assistance for specific needs to women on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. During the winter, women were offered hot drinks, use of the computers, phone and bathrooms as well as a bed in the event they were ill. They also did art projects and provided company to each other. We connected them with resources. The service was only made possible by a group of kind, generous volunteers who hosted the day center and offered practical assistance and words of encouragement. Thank you to all those volunteers.
CELL PHONES! Please consider donating your used cell phone to the YWCA of Olympia! We are collecting cell phones and sending them to the Shelter Alliance program that in turn provide us with funds to help with our programs. For more information visit www.shelteralliance.net and learn about this great program.
Office Hours Monday – Thursday 9am to 5pm Friday 10am – 2pm
The Other Bank Wednesday 1pm to 3:30pm
Women’s Resource Monday or Thursday – Call or Walk-in for counseling/resource help (The Center is now closed for the season)
The YWCA has a signature Archibald’s Scent!
It is called “Y” – proceeds benefit the YWCA! Stop by and check it out 
