{"id":17862,"date":"2025-11-29T06:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=17862"},"modified":"2025-11-29T06:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:04:53","slug":"ywca-announces-2026-milestones-honorees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/29\/ywca-announces-2026-milestones-honorees\/","title":{"rendered":"YWCA Announces 2026 Milestones Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17863\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17863\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Lisa-McDuffie-YWCA-Northwest-Ohio-President-CEO-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Lisa-McDuffie-YWCA-Northwest-Ohio-President-CEO-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Lisa-McDuffie-YWCA-Northwest-Ohio-President-CEO-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Lisa-McDuffie-YWCA-Northwest-Ohio-President-CEO.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa McDuffie, YWCA Northwest Ohio President &amp; CEO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Truth Staff<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Lisa McDuffies, president and CEO of the YWCA of Northwest Ohio announced the 2026 honorees for the YWCA Milestones: A Tribute to Woman Annual Awards event.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s honorees are: Jennifer McCary, PhD, in the Arts; Meg Ressner, Business; Sherry Tripepi, Education; Jessica Ford, Government; Dr. Shawna Shafer, Sciences; Ann Ebbert, Social Sciences; Candice Harrison, Volunteerism and Kathryn Tucker, Woman on the Rise.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the 31<sup>st<\/sup> year that the YWCA of Northwest Ohio has recognized extraordinary women in the community who have demonstrated leadership qualities and contributed to the empowerment of women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe members of the YWCA and I are honored to recognize these outstanding women with this prestigious award,\u201d said McDuffie. \u201cWe invite the community to join us and help pay tribute to this year\u2019s Milestones Honorees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Milestones Awards was established in 1996 to recognize women of northwest Ohio for outstanding accomplishments in the following areas: Arts, Business, Education, Government, Sciences, Social Services and Volunteerism.<\/p>\n<p>The YWCA 31<sup>st<\/sup> \u00a0Annual Milestones: A Tribute to Women Awards will be held at the Glass City Center on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 12:00 p.m. Event registration will be available in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff Last week, Lisa McDuffies, president and CEO of the YWCA of Northwest Ohio announced the 2026 honorees for the YWCA Milestones: A Tribute to Woman Annual Awards event. 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