This May, the
YWCA celebrated 100 years of tireless work empowering abused, homeless, or otherwise vulnerable women. Roughly 300 people attended a luncheon in Missoula commemorating that legacy. Yet for the YWCA, the job is never done. By now the organization’s summer program, GUTS—Girls Using Their Strengths—is well under way. The domestic violence shelter runs ’round the clock to aid women and children in abusive situations. For the YWCA, it isn’t just 100 years. It’s 100 years…and counting.
YWCA: 1130 W. Broadway; 543-6691;
ywcaofmissoula.org
Finalists, Best Nonprofit Organization
2. The Poverello Center
535 Ryman St.;
thepoverellocenter.org
3. AniMeals
1700 Rankin;
721-4710;
animeals.com