YWCA Rhode Island

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing women shaping a better future.

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the strength, love, and resilience of mothers and caregivers in our community. And recognize the challenges they still face every day.

With gratitude and solidarity,

YWCA Rhode Island

05/08/2026

YWCA Rhode Island is a proud provider of early childhood education. Thank you to our talented teaching teams!

Are you interested in learning more about our Early Childhood Learning Center? Contact Angela at YWCA, 401-769-7450 x20.

05/05/2026

📣 Attention families! The Rhode Island Pre-K lottery is now open! Parents and guardians - you must submit applications by June 22 for your child to be considered for the free seats. The RI Pre-K program offers free, high-quality learning opportunities for children who will be four years old as of September 1, 2026.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗞 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻! RI Pre-K provides free, high-quality Pre-K education to over 2,800 4-year-old children in 20 communities across RI. To be eligible to attend, children must be 4 years old on or by September 1, 2026, not be eligible for kindergarten and reside in the city where they apply to RI Pre-K.

04/23/2026

Thank you to Xander Howell for completing his Eagle Scout Service Project with YWCA Rhode Island. In December, his team of volunteers installed new playground surface tiles and planter boxes.

Friends in our early learning center are now starting to enjoy the blooms.

Looking for a quality childcare program in Woonsocket for your infant, toddler, preschooler, or school age child? Call Angela at YWCA to enroll, 401-769-7450.

04/15/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗞 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻! RI Pre-K provides free, high-quality Pre-K education to over 2,800 4-year-old children in 20 communities across RI. To be eligible to attend, children must be 4 years old on or by September 1, 2026, not be eligible for kindergarten and reside in the city where they apply to RI Pre-K.

04/09/2026

CHALLENGE: Literacy tests were weaponized to suppress Black voters until they were outlawed in 1965. The Louisiana literacy test shows how intentionally arbitrary and confusing questions were used to systematically disenfranchise Black communities under Jim Crow.

Following the Civil War, many southern states administered literacy tests to prospective voters. However, some states enacted a grandfather clause in the ear...

04/06/2026

Follow along April 6 - May 4 Challenge Days.

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04/01/2026

There is still time to make a difference with YWCA.

https://www.401gives.org/organizations/ywca-rhode-island-9fa1dfdc-e843-40fc-95e8-882a635ed29c

Please consider making your gift today (till 6pm).

Big impact, please consider YWCA Rhode Island as you support .

https://www.401gives.org/organizations/ywca-rhode-island-9fa1dfdc-e843-40fc-95e8-882a635ed29c

We are here:
- honoring the past and embracing the future
- adapting to change and planning for innovation
- serving everyone in a welcoming environment

Your support is needed and appreciated as together we:
- provide quality childcare and deliver STEAM programming including Rosie's Girls
- lead the largest Veterans' transitional housing program in Rhode Island
- help women navigate breast and cervical cancer education, screening, and treatment

Be a champion; thanks for being on our team!

03/31/2026

Big impact, please consider YWCA Rhode Island as you support .

https://www.401gives.org/organizations/ywca-rhode-island-9fa1dfdc-e843-40fc-95e8-882a635ed29c

We are here:
- honoring the past and embracing the future
- adapting to change and planning for innovation
- serving everyone in a welcoming environment

Your support is needed and appreciated as together we:
- provide quality childcare and deliver STEAM programming including Rosie's Girls
- lead the largest Veterans' transitional housing program in Rhode Island
- help women navigate breast and cervical cancer education, screening, and treatment

Be a champion; thanks for being on our team!

03/26/2026

Thank you American Legion Post 85 and Senator Mellissa A. Murray (District 24) for the kind donation of emergency blankets.

Michael McRae, Director of Veterans Affairs (far right), receives blankets for Veterans at YWCA Gateway to Independence.

WOONSOCKET — Rich Allain wants to make sure that no one goes without this spring, and that’s why he reached out through the federal McKinney-Vento Act to request help in