Upcoming events.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Housing Insecurity & Homelessness Panel
YWCA Voices Unfiltered Program presents the Housing Insecurity and Homelessness panel.
Join us for an engaging discussion on one of our community’s most pressing challenges — housing affordability and homelessness.
Our panel features local leaders, advocates, and policymakers who share their perspectives on root causes, policy gaps, and potential solutions to ensure that safe, stable housing is accessible for all.
Come connect with changemakers, ask questions, and see how public policy and advocacy intersect to create lasting impact.
Find Your Voice
This workshop was created to help youth feel more empowered to speak up and use their voice for deeper self-expression and impact on issues that matter.
On November 8, we are bringing together upper middle and high school students (boys and girls) to work with theater specialists from Anywhere Theatre Company to creatively explore these issues, through theater games, improv, storytelling and journaling. We know they will experience increased self-confidence and ability to manage all situations with ease.
YWCA Day of Wellness: A Community Expo & Open House
Join us for a vibrant community event dedicated to promoting physical, mental, and emotional well-being for individuals and families of all ages on Tuesday, 9/30!
✨Connect with local health professionals, fitness instructors, wellness advocates, and community organizations.
✨Take part in interactive activities, educational workshops, and explore health-focused resources.
✨Learn about exciting career opportunities at the YWCA by meeting with our directors and exploring open positions.
Don’t miss this chance to celebrate wellness, community, and growth!
Visit our website to register today.
Y Leaders Older High School Students
The Y Leaders Program at YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester is a leadership initiative that aims to equip young womxn with the tools they need to be effective and empowered leaders.
Our summer 2025 program takes our participants through 5 days of interactive workshops that explore important leadership topics and teach how to develop strong communication skills, understand your values, beliefs, priorities and passions, build healthy relationships, and boldly navigate spaces with confidence and ease.
We also use creative, arts-based activities, storytelling, group conversation, and positive affirmations to promote personal development and emotional well-being.