The clippings shown here are from the extensive scrapbooks maintained by YWCA staff in the early years. The clippings outline in detail the wide variety of programmes and activities offered by the YWCA as well as the Y's increasing involvement in community affairs including day care and housing. The increasing activity highlighted the cramped quarters at 84 Frederick Street and by mid-decade it became apparent that expansion was needed.
Newspaper clippings about the new wing of the YWCA shortly after it opened in 1937.
In 1937, the Kaufman family's close association with
the founding
and development of the YWCA increased when Mrs. Mary
Kaufman
decided to donate funds necessary for the cost of a new
wing.
The silver trowel Mary Kaufman used for the laying
of the 1937 cornerstone. The inscription reads:
Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association
June 12, 1937 to Mrs. Mary Kaufman.
Photo courtesy of Dr. J. R. Augustine, Thunder Bay,
Ontario. Mary Kaufman's son.
Local pre-war-time activities included
lectures and support groups.
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