The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Human Services , Young Mens or Womens Associations

After school care and summer day camp:after school care: the ywca offers an after school care program for working parents. Children are either picked up by a ywca van or parents drop them off from school. The after school care program is a structured program offering physical activity, games, homework time, and a snack. Summer day camp: the ywca offers a summer day camp program for children with working parents. This program allows parents to work knowing that their child is in a safe and controlled environment while having fun. Like the after school program, children receive a snack and are involved in physical activities and arts and crafts. The children are also given the opportunity to swim at least once a day during the summer program. girls on the run: girls on the run is a transformational physical activity based positive youth development program for girls in 3rd-8th grade. The program teaches life skills through dynamic interactive lessons and running games. The goal of the program is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness. yw buddies and yw teens: yw buddies mentoring program matches children with positive role models. The majority of the children are from single-parent homes. The children are between ages five and twelve. Our goal is to reinforce positive attributes, including a strengthened sense of self-worth at home, in school, and in the community. All matches are based on either site or school during the school months. Yw teens is a service and leadership training organization for high school aged girls. The goal is to enhance the quality of life in central louisiana by supporting the local mission of the ywca and by donating hundreds of hours of community service. Many girls gain work experience (volunteering) for future jobs. open swim and swim lessons: ywca offers swim instruction to all ages and group water exercise for adults and seniors. Ywca pool is used not only for instruction but for lap swimming, family swims and open pool times for young and old. Recreational gym: the ywca offers a recreational gym program at their turner street location, which allows members access to an olympic sized pool, a therapy pool, a workout area, and basketball courts. This program also offers members group fitness classes including yoga, pilates, zumba, and more.