Family Homelessness Prevention

Artists in prisons across Washington will have their work featured in an auction this weekend to raise money for YWCA programs serving people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence.

Almost 200 art works and 100 pieces of jewelry, including paintings, sculpture, wood, bead work and other media, will be up for auction to help fund YWCA's emergency shelter and domestic violence programs.

While financial institutions benefit from large swaths of Seattle-area residents who earn high salaries, they also need to support the residents who aren’t among the wealthiest, KeyBank Vice President for Washington and YWCA supporter Cassandra Mitchell said.

In a review of Snohomish County community milestones and events from 2019, Lynnwood Today looks back on the Allstate Foundation's $20,000 donation to YWCA to assist local shelters that house women who have been victims of domestic abuse, as well as YWCA's open house for Aunt Bette’s Place Community Center, celebrating its one-year anniversary.