YWCA Wheeling Winner of Purple Ribbon AwardsProvided May 9, 2023The YWCA Wheeling was awarded the Purple Ribbon Awards through DomesticShelters.org in two categories; Outstanding Thrift Shop for the Y-Not-Repeat...
Where Did These Mannequins Come From in Downtown Wheeling?Provided April 25, 2023If you’ve visited Downtown Wheeling this week, then you might have spotted a few mannequins that were artfully embellished and...
Local School Celebrates Diversity with Textured Hair ExpoAlex Panas February 27, 2023What started as a brainstorming session during a teacher learning day at Bridge Street Middle School has blossomed into a...
Hip Hop: A Black Tie Affair Returns Feb. 25Provided January 24, 2023The YWCA Wheeling and Wheeling Heritage present Hip Hop: A Black Tie Affair on February 25, at the Wheeling Artisan...
The Heartwarming Story Behind the YWCA’s Latest Capital CampaignAlex Panas and Wheeling Heritage Media January 12, 2023How many of us go through old paperwork and documents, begrudgingly discarding them to make way for what will ultimately...
YWCA and WVNCC Host Human Library Event To Build Community ConnectionsProvided October 11, 2022YWCA Wheeling and West Virginia Northern Community College believe in the art of communication and genuine connection and have developed...
Library Announces New Program Focusing on Civic Empathy Through HistorySeán Duffy September 20, 2022The Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling, WV is pleased to announce the recent installation of an extremely important new...
Wheeling Juneteenth Expands to Three-Day Celebration This YearAlex Panas June 10, 2022On January 1, 1863, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in anticipation of the Emancipation Proclamation going into effect. While...
YWCA Wheeling Says NO MORE to Domestic ViolenceSarah Clark March 4, 2022The statistics around domestic violence in America are staggering. Every year, nearly 10 million women and men in the United...
YWCA Wheeling Names Liz Handzus Director of Marketing, DevelopmentProvided February 25, 2022YWCA Wheeling is pleased to announce the hire of Liz Handzus as the organization’s new Director of Marketing and Development....
Adventures in the Archives: The YWCA Blue Triangle CollectionEmma Wiley March 19, 2021Wheeling and the greater Ohio County area has centuries of history…and therefore thousands of historical documents and other ephemera. So...
The Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCAEmma Wiley February 25, 2021The local Wheeling branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) is well-known around the city for its services and...
Resolve to get InvolvedJessica Broverman January 22, 2021With the start of a new year comes new opportunities to uplift and lend a helping hand in your community....
YWCA Wheeling Explains Racism as a Public Health CrisisProvided October 7, 2020Eliminating racism, Empowering women, the YWCA Wheeling has been committed to equity and inclusion for 114 years. Since the death...
Men of Change Help 400 Students with Back-to-School Giveaway.Weelunk Staff September 10, 2020As children from across the Ohio Valley head back to the classroom, Men of Change hosted a drive-thru school supplies...
WATCH: Virtual Juneteenth Celebration 2020Wheeling Heritage Media August 20, 2020On June 19th, 1865 enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free. Two and a half years after...
The Caring City: Wheeling’s Longstanding and Successful Social Services OrganizationsKelly Strautmann August 14, 2020Wheeling may be considered small, but its community outreach is the opposite. Few small towns can boast they have as...
Unity in Diversity: Black Lives Matter Movements Take Shape in Ohio ValleyNora Edinger August 10, 2020Editor’s note: In an ongoing commitment to sharing Wheeling’s stories in their diversity, here’s an overview of recent community responses...
Speakers, Performers and More Part of Virtual Juneteenth Celebration on FridayPhyllis Sigal June 18, 2020Resilience. Endurance. Commitment. That’s what we’re seeing in the Ohio Valley — as is proven by the fact that a...
Community Foundation, Women’s Giving Circle Award GrantsProvided February 20, 2020The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV) and the Women’s Giving Circle awarded grants this week totaling over $105,000....
PROFILES IN PERSEVERANCE: Meet Susan HaganEllen Brafford McCroskey October 2, 2019Editor’s note: In this series, Weelunk readers will meet their neighbors who are successfully navigating the road of recovery. Like...
‘None of This Is About Me,’ Says ‘Secret Weapon’ of Valley NonprofitsStacey Miller Sacco September 11, 2019ina Carinci Morris is the secret weapon of nonprofit agencies in the Ohio Valley. As a freelance marketing and development...
Celebrating Juneteenth in WheelingChristina Fisanick June 18, 2019any Americans probably believe that once President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 that all slaves were set free...
The ‘Hope Factor’ Drives the WIND Recovery ProgramEllen Brafford McCroskey February 20, 2019Laura Albertini-Weigel calls it the “hope factor.” It’s the belief that addiction can be overcome. And that is what keeps...
Hip Hop: It’s a Culture — Not Just a Music GenreAdelaide Estep February 1, 2019Our world is sometimes full of judgment and assumptions. We often forget to look deeper and open our minds to...
Cogan, Gross To Be Honored for Social Justice WorkNora Edinger January 18, 2019Editor’s note: Among the events in this weekend’s observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Wheeling residents Tim Cogan and...
Recovery Coach Certification Now Offered LocallyEllen Brafford McCroskey December 12, 2018“Transformed people transform people.” Those words coined by spiritual author Richard Rohr are the motto of the Center for Addiction...
Much Well-Deserved Ado About MomWeelunk Staff May 10, 2018It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and there are plenty of events that cater to mom and kids! You can kick up...
Summer FEST to Benefit Homeless TeensPhyllis Sigal April 29, 2018One in 30 adolescents, aged 13-17, experiences one form of homelessness unaccompanied by a parent or guardian over a course...
Don’t Let All This Fun Hop on By!Weelunk Staff March 29, 2018It’s time to Face the Music, run a 5K, sip & shop, sip some tea, sip some wine, hear an...
‘Edgers’ Set for Wheeling YWCA BenefitSteve Novotney August 17, 2017They are called, “edgers,” and yeah, there’s a reason. These people get on an elevator at the bottom of an...
