Upcoming events.
Join us for a Day of Beauty!
HOPE worldwide & YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester invite you to a FREE community celebration designed to uplift, empower, and inspire confidence at every age!
Saturday, April 25
10AM – 2PM
515 North Street, White Plains, NY
🌟 Event Highlights:
💃 Zumba & Yoga
💄 Beauty Stations
👗 Free clothing, shoes & accessories
🎶 Live DJ & Food
💫 Make-A-Wish Bracelet Station
🍰 Sweet treats & more!
Bring your friends, family, and your best energy—this is a day you won’t want to miss!
ITCOW 2026
Join us for the YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester’s annual luncheon, a celebration of shared impact and weaving what’s possible, together.
This year’s theme, She Is the Thread, honors the steady, often unseen ways women hold families, organizations, and communities together through leadership, care, courage, and commitment.
Girls Inc. Youth Leadership Summit
💪🏽✨ PERIOD POWER ✨💪🏽
Join us for the Girls Inc. Leadership Summit—a day of empowerment, education, and community
Breaking stigmas. Building equity.
May 9, 2026
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
YWCA White Plains (515 North Street)
What to expect:
Interactive workshops on:
• Advocacy
• Self-care
• Period products
🎁 Raffle prizes
🍽️ FREE lunch
🎟️ FREE entry
This is a safe, empowering space to learn, connect, and uplift one another
Let’s come together to break the stigma and build a future rooted in confidence, knowledge, and equity
Your Roots Are Showing
Join us on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. for a powerful screening and community conversation featuring Your Roots Are Showing.
This compelling documentary explores the intersections of identity, aging, and beauty through the lens of gray hair and personal self-expression. More than a film, it is an invitation to examine how societal expectations, shaped by culture, race, gender, and age, have defined beauty for us, often without our consent.
Grounded in the film’s powerful message to “shine a light on freedom,” this experience invites women of all ages and lived experiences to reflect, connect, and reimagine what beauty looks like when it is no longer confined by societal norms.
Come be part of a movement that centers authenticity, challenges norms, and affirms that beauty is not dictated, it is defined.
Y Leaders at Freedom School Summer Leadership Bootcamp
🌟 Calling all future leaders! 🌟
Join the Y Leaders at Freedom School Summer Leadership Bootcamp—a FREE, empowering 2-week experience for girls ready to lead, create, and make an impact
July 6–17, 2026
Mon–Fri | 10 AM – 3 PM
YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester
What to expect:
✨ Build confidence & find your voice
🎨 Explore art, journaling & creative expression
📚 Read & lead with younger scholars
✊ Take part in youth-led social action
Open to Westchester girls in grades 8–12
Walk away with stronger leadership skills, meaningful connections, and a summer experience you’ll never forget
WHITE PLAINS FOOD DISTRIBUTION
This distribution is a direct response to the needs of our neighbors for more resources in the fight against hunger and food insecurity.
Breaking the Silence: Reframing Menopause
In honor of Women's History Month, this community conversation explores peri- and menopause as powerful, transformative life transitions. Through expert insight, lived experience, and guided dialogue, we challenge stigma, debunk common misconceptions, and center self-advocacy, cultural context, and collective care, embracing this next chapter as one of growth, renewal, and possibility.
Register today: https://forms.office.com/r/uYeASZs4Fj
Gov. Kathy Hochul's FY26-27 Budget Initiatives
Please join us for a presentation and open conversation on Governor Kathy Hochul’s FY 2026–2027 Budget Initiatives, highlighting investments that align with the YWCA mission and support women, families, and communities across New York State.
Friday, March 27th | 10:00 – 11:00 am
YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester | 515 North Street
Women in Leadership Panel
Join us for an insightful session featuring dynamic women leaders who will share their experiences on developing essential leadership skills
In honor of Women's History Month, the Women's Mentoring Network, Inc., and YWCA are collaborating to present a panel discussion on navigating your personal and professional journey.
Nutritional Food Demo
This free interactive event is all about making nutritious eating simple, delicious, and accessible for everyone. Participants will discover easy, budget-friendly recipes, helpful cooking tips, and creative ways to prepare wholesome meals.
This event is open YW members, residents and community.
Free Breast Exam Awareness and Prevention for Seniors
Join us for a Free Breast Exam, Prevention & Awareness Event for seniors age 60+ hosted by Westchester Medical Center.
This informative and supportive event will offer on-site breast exams, valuable breast cancer education, mammography referrals, and additional health resources.
Take an important step toward prioritizing your health in a caring, professional environment dedicated to prevention, early detection, and overall wellness.
Register here.
POP-UP WELLNESS -EXPERIENCE
Fairy Juice Bar will be hosting a special Pop-Up Wellness Experience. This event is more than just a pop-up — it’s a vibrant celebration of culture, community, and wellness.
Come out to enjoy refreshing offerings, learn more about holistic wellness, and celebrate together in a meaningful way. It’s a wonderful opportunity to support local entrepreneurship while prioritizing health and well-being.
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever questioned whether your success was earned, or simply luck?
Do you find yourself downplaying your accomplishments or feeling undeserving of the spaces you occupy?
You are not alone.
Join us for a powerful and practical workshop designed to help you recognize imposter feelings, challenge limiting beliefs, and step fully into your confidence. Together, we will explore strategies to shift your mindset, reclaim your achievements, and move forward with clarity in both your personal and professional life.
Led by Dr. Cindy Long Porter, this hybrid experience will offer reflection, insight, and actionable tools in a supportive community setting.
Date: February 25, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: White Plains Public Library, 100 Martin Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
Virtual access details will be shared upon registration.
Valentine's Food Drive for Feeding Westchester
Give some love and food to families in need this Valentine's Day. In partnership with the UNICEF club at the White Plains High School, we are collecting food from February 2 - 13 for distribution to Feeding Westchester.
Envision Your Future
Envision Your Future.
With so much shifting in the world, it’s natural to feel uncertain about your next steps, personally, professionally, or both.
Join us for our Annual Vision Board Workshop with Laurie Hirsch Schulz, an empowering evening designed to help you regain clarity, reconnect with your priorities, and move forward with purpose.
Chair Yoga
A gentle, accessible practice that uses a chair for support while guiding participants through stretching, breathing, and relaxation to enhance mobility and reduce stress.
Aqua Fit
A low-impact, water-based workout that combines cardio and strength exercises to improve endurance, flexibility, and overall fitness.
Zumba
Zumba is a dance fitness class that incorporates four rhythms Salsa,merengue,reggaeton and cumbia.
Pretty much the most awesome workout ever. Dance to great music with great people, and burn a ton of calories without even realizing it. Changing the way you look at a “workout” forever. It’s fun, effective and best of all? Made for everyone!
Zumba
Zumba is a dance fitness class that incorporates four rhythms Salsa,merengue,reggaeton and cumbia.
Pretty much the most awesome workout ever. Dance to great music with great people, and burn a ton of calories without even realizing it. Changing the way you look at a “workout” forever. It’s fun, effective and best of all? Made for everyone!
Afro/Caribbean
Explore the fundamental steps and free-spirited movements rooted in West African traditions and fused with the infectious rhythms of the Caribbean
Hip Hop (10-15 yrs)
Kid-friendly music to teach basic rhythmic movements, simple footwork, and exciting, age-appropriate choreography
Hip Hop (7-9 yrs)
Kid-friendly music to teach basic rhythmic movements, simple footwork, and exciting, age-appropriate choreography
Jazz (8 yrs & up)
Dancers work on strength, flexibility, and musicality through a mix of warm-ups, across-the-floor progressions, turns, leaps, and combos.
Ballet (8 yrs & up)
Structured barre exercises, center work, and traveling combinations to build proper alignment, flexibility, balance, and
Creative Movement 3-6 yrs
Creative Movement is a playful introduction to ballet for young dancers.
Children learn basic barre exercises and foundational ballet positions in an encouraging, imaginative environment.
Ballet/Jazz (Ages 6–8)
Young dancers learn the fundamentals of ballet and jazz in a fun, encouraging environment. Students build technique through basic barre work, center exercises, and beginner jazz steps
Afro/Caribbean
Explore the fundamental steps and free-spirited movements rooted in West African traditions and fused with the infectious rhythms of the Caribbean
Afro/Caribbean
Explore the fundamental steps and free-spirited movements rooted in West African traditions and fused with the infectious rhythms of the Caribbean
Hip Hop (10-15 yrs)
Kid-friendly music to teach basic rhythmic movements, simple footwork, and exciting, age-appropriate choreography
Hip Hop (7-9 yrs)
Kid-friendly music to teach basic rhythmic movements, simple footwork, and exciting, age-appropriate choreography
Jazz (8 yrs & up)
Dancers work on strength, flexibility, and musicality through a mix of warm-ups, across-the-floor progressions, turns, leaps, and combos.
Ballet 8 yrs & up
Structured barre exercises, center work, and traveling combinations to build proper alignment, flexibility, balance, and
Creative Movement 3-6 yrs
Creative Movement is a playful introduction to ballet for young dancers.
Children learn basic barre exercises and foundational ballet positions in an encouraging, imaginative environment.
Ballet/Jazz (Ages 6–8)
Young dancers learn the fundamentals of ballet and jazz in a fun, encouraging environment. Students build technique through basic barre work, center exercises, and beginner jazz steps