Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon is making the YWCA Crisis Shelter and Residence safer for both clients and staff. New intercom and alert systems are being installed to allow more timely and efficient communications throughout the facility, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Says Mirna Funes-Klaassen, Acting Co-Manager of the Shelter, “The Kinsmen’s Club’s investment in our Shelter not only improves everyone’s safety, but also recognizes that peace of mind is a key factor in recovery”.
 
Thank you Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon for your investment in the women and children of our community!

The Crisis Shelter at YWCA Saskatoon receives core funding which covers its basic operations. However, this funding does not allow for many of the other necessities the women and their families need or some of the comfort items that they have left behind. While we are always grateful for donations, due to our limited storage facilities we offer you the opportunity to help with current specific needs. Following is a list of some items we are currently in need of.
WISH LIST Spring 2012

Nearly 650 people attended the 2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards, which raised $86,000 for YWCA Saskatoon this year. “This event is a very special way to honour women. Everyone leaves the dinner touched by the achievements of women who have made, and are making, our community a better place,” says Barb Macpherson, Executive Director, YWCA Saskatoon.

Since its inception in 1981, the YWCA Saskatoon Women of Distinction Awards® has honoured the outstanding achievements of women in and around our city. Over 638 women have been nominated in its 28 year history for their achievements and accomplishments as mentors, volunteers, activists, teachers, leaders and researchers. Tonight, 14 women joined the 221 others who have come before them to receive the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction Awards.

This year’s recipients are:

Art, Culture & Heritage Carrie Catherine Horachek
Athletics Darcy Hryn
Community Building Susan Barrett
Education Laurel Chelsom
Entrepreneurship Vickie Dyck, Colleen Dyck and Jane Dyck-Friesen
Health & Wellness Barbara Schultz-Hurlburt
Leadership & Management Patricia Katz
Science, Technology or Research Colleen Dell and Sharon Acoose
Youth Tie: Lindsey Li, Ashley Smith
Lifetime Achievement Vera Pezer

Each year, in the city of Saskatoon, thousands of women find themselves and their children facing these circumstances. When they reach critical turning points in their lives and need somewhere to turn, YWCA Saskatoon is that place. It is a shelter in times of crisis, an employment support in times of transition, a childcare provider for working mothers and a foundation in the pursuit of health and wellness. We believe in women and work tirelessly to give them, and their children, a better future.

YWCA Saskatoon: Working to eliminate poverty, violence and homelessness for women and their families.