by ywca_admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Charaya’s Story As a child, Charaya Thach didn’t think she’d be living the life she does today. Born in South Vietnam, Charaya and her family were part of a wave of refugees who left Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s. After enduring a harrowing...
by ywca_admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Bernie’s Story Bernie McCarter has had a lifelong relationship with the YWCA on Ottawa Street. As a child in the 1960s, she remembers heading to the Ottawa Street YWCA with her best friend on weekends or afternoons after school. She loved to...