On Thursday, June 13th, YWCA Princeton’s Robotics teams, the Robotic Rockettes and Prototype G, presented a recap of their season to SES. To a room of over forty SES employees, the Robotics teams offered an in-depth look into how they build and engineer robots. The presentation began with ice cream, provided by SES, and continued … Read More
PRINCETON, NJ– YWCA Princeton is eager and proud to host its 15th Annual ETS Firecracker 5K on June 25th at 7:00 PM at ETS, located at 660 Rosedale Road in Princeton. All proceeds benefit YWCA Princeton’s Bilingual Nursery School, which provides bilingual education to preschool children so that they are on-par with their peers and … Read More
Recently, Aparna, team captain of Prototype G, was asked to act as an honorary member of team 9971 LANbros (the #1 ranked team in the state) drive team, where she and the team competed at—and won the entire FTC World Championship. She was also selected to be 1 of 4 NJ FTC Dean’s List Finalists … Read More
In a discussion with Lynne Azarchi, Executive Director of Kidsbridge, the CEO of YWCA Princeton, Judy Hutton, discovered that bullying starts as early as age three. Concerned by this fact, the two organizations decided to bring the Kidsbridge bullying prevention program to the YWCA’s preschool in Princeton. Hutton was motivated particularly because bias, race, and … Read More
YWCA Princeton congratulates Aparna Rajesh and Anjali Dhayagude, captains of its all-girls competitive Robotics teams, for winning two awards from the New Jersey affiliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Aparna has been named Winner and Anjali has been named a Rising Star. “We are thrilled that Aparna and Anjali’s talents and leadership … Read More
On Wednesday, February 6th, YWCA Princeton hosted a visit from First Lady Mrs. Tammy Murphy and the NJ Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson. YWCA Princeton Board President, Megan Adams, and CEO, Judy Hutton, shared the organization’s success and strategies in pursuit of its mission to end systemic racism and empower women. Programs like affordable … Read More
Freedom of speech is among the most sacred rights in our constitution – this right allows us to foster an environment that acknowledges multiple view points and helps develop critical thinking. Unfortunately, under that same umbrella of free speech, white supremacist groups like New Jersey European Heritage Association choose to spread words of hate, bigotry, … Read More
35th Tribute to Women Awards Friday March 9th marked the 35th anniversary of YWCA Princeton’s Tribute to Women Awards, where eight inspiring women of excellence, were honored. The 2018 honorees were: Carolyn Biondi (Arm In Arm), Linda Mead (D&R Greenway), Catherine Milone (Junior Achievement of New Jersey), Carol M. Ober (AARP Foundation), Carolyn P. Sanderson … Read More
YWCA Princeton’s sincerely thanks all those who helped spread holiday cheer this year through the annual St. Nichola’s Project. This year, the event enabled 21 families of our Young Wonders CDC create the magic of Christmas for their children. A special thank you to Princeton resident and long-time YWCA supporter Jill Jachera for organizing this event … Read More
YWCA Princeton was proud to participate in the 2nd NJ Family Festival that was hosted by First Lady Tammy Murphy’s Office, Trenton Health Team, Trenton Public Schools, City of Trenton, and The Nicholson Foundation. The festival, that involved over 180 organizations in the planning process, was held on Saturday, December 8, 2018, at Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School … Read More