YWCA Yonkers serves over 4,000 individuals in Yonkers annually. We offer curriculum-based childcare and summer camp; a college and employment prep program for teen girls; a residence for up to 49 vulnerable women; nutritious meals and a variety of activities for seniors; a twice-monthly food pantry; a computer center for work and housing search; and a clothing closet with complementary attire for women.
YWCA Yonkers is an affiliate of YWCA of the U.S.A., the country’s oldest and largest women's membership movement. The YWCA i s a global movement of women - 25 million across the world - who are brought together by the hope and acknowledgement that together we can create a better world, free from violence against women and sexual abuse, free from illiteracy and homelessness, free from hunger and HIV/AIDS and a fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom, and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women’s leadership.