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🌺 Empowering Hawaii’s women through their work journeys with:
• Personal Styling
• Coaching & Training
• Development & Support
📍program of @ywcaoahu

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Next Benefit Sale this Sat. October 17 @ywcaoahu

Every dollar spent at the YWCA Benefit Sale directly, supports YWCA O’ahu’s mission to empower women and strengthen the community through programs such as workforce development, leadership training, and services like Dress for Success Honolulu, which provides styling, coaching, and career support for women at all career stages.” -JCI Honolulu

Monday - skirt @copcopine
Tuesday - wrap top @anntaylor
Wednesday - baby doll top @anntaylor
Thursday - pencil skirt @ralphlauren , halter top @aritzia
Friday - vintage off shoulder top

#thrifted #nonprofit #womensupportingwomen #grwm #marketinggirlies

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🌺 On Women's Equality Day, we celebrate how far we've come, and recommit to how far we still have to go. At YWCA O'ahu, we believe a stronger Hawai'i starts with empowered wāhine: women who lead, women who lift each other up, women who refuse to be silenced. Today and every day, we stand for equity, justice, and the power of women united. Because when women rise, our whole community rises with them. 💪🌺 #WomensEqualityDay #YWCAOahu #EmpowerHerHawaii #StrongerTogether

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With Labor Day coming up, we’re celebrating the women working toward new opportunities and taking the next step in their careers.

Whether you’re preparing for an interview, growing as a leader, or building a business, YWCA Oʻahu is here to support what comes next.

👉🏼 Visit our website to learn more about our programs and resources www.ywcaoahu.org

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Mahalo doesn’t feel like a big enough word for this one💛

This week @ywcaoahu opened their doors and their hearts to our future CNAs. Helping dress them for success and get interview-ready, one outfit at a time. Because looking the part is part of feeling the part, and confidence walks into that interview room right alongside you.

Our students aren’t just leaving with scrubs and skills. They’re leaving with the belief that they belong in that room. That’s the kind of community support that changes outcomes.

To the YWCA Oahu team: Thank you for seeing your cohort, for showing up for them, and for reminding us what it looks like when Hawaii takes care of its own.

This is what it takes to lift eachother up 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

Ready to invest in your future? Applications for our next cohort are Open! Link in the bio #LiftHawaii #LiftHi

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Mahalo to Starbucks partners (employees) and The Starbucks Foundation for recognizing how we are making our communities stronger!

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Every woman deserves to feel confident as she takes the next step in her career. 💙✨

Come behind the scenes of our styling appointments with @dfs_honolulu and see how we’re helping women build confidence from the inside out.

👗 Find the perfect professional outfit with personalized one-on-one styling for your next interview or new job.
💼 Strengthen your future through employment coaching and financial literacy training.
🤝 Grow your confidence and career through our Professional Women’s Group, where you’ll find mentorship, networking, and a community of women cheering you on every step of the way.

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What a night! ✨

Speed Mentoring brought together incredible women for an evening of connection, inspiration, and support. Mahalo to our Patsy T. Mink Alumna and Professional Women’s Group who showed up
time, wisdom, and encouragement.
Because when women support women, amazing things happen. 💛🧡

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Got a summer job lined up? Interviewing for one? Now is the perfect time to get styled.

Each styling includes multiple outfits tailored to your current or prospective job, completely free of charge.

Schedule a free styling appointment today through the link in our bio and take the next step with confidence!💫

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A huge thank you to all of the volunteers who joined YP Wahine in supporting @ywcaoahu’s Dress for Success program! 💼🧡 Your time and energy spent sorting donations will help support confidence and career success for women in our community taking the next steps in their professional growth.

We're also incredibly grateful to our entire YP community for their donations to this meaningful cause. Together, we collected an amazing amount of clothing, accessories, and shoes—all to help empower women in our community!

Mahalo to our YP Wahine program sponsors, @alohatermiteandpestcontrol and @hawaiistatefcu, for their continued support.

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On May 6, we heard impactful stories and shared our commitment to lifting women and strengthening our community.

Mahalo to everyone who made LeaderLuncheon 2026 so meaningful. The work continues 🤍

(🎥: the lovely @marianjeanvisual)

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🏵️ Snapshots from our 2026 LeaderLuncheon! 🏵️

We’re filled with gratitude for the incredible support from our community and are especially proud to have honored four extraordinary wāhine:
⭐ Darlene Blakeney: Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer, First Hawaiian Bank
⭐ Kaleialoha Cadinha-Pua‘a: Vice Chairman, CEO, President & Chief Investment Officer, Cadinha & Company
⭐ Wendy Shewalter: Principal, CEO & President, Office Pavilion Hawaii
⭐ Dana Tokioka: Vice President of Community Engagement, Atlas Insurance Agency & President, Tradewind Group Foundation

Special thanks to our sponsors:
Visionary Sponsors: Bank of Hawai’i // First Hawaiian Bank // Hawaii Foodservice Alliance LLC

Empower Sponsor: Atlas Insurance Agency, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company

Unite Sponsors: Arcadia Family of Companies // Cadinha & Company // MacNaughton // Nan Inc

Advocate Sponsors: Altres // Hawai’i Community Foundation // Office Pavilion Hawai’i // Par Hawaii // Ritchie & Sunny Mudd // PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc. // Hawai’i Gas

Inspire Sponsors: Office Pavilion Hawai’i // Tradewind Group // Darlene Blakeney // Accumulus // Alexander & Baldwin // American Savings Bank // Avalon Group // Coffman Engineers // Colleen Minami // Central Pacific Bank // Enterprise Mobility // G70 // Halekulani // Hawaii Dental Service // Hawaii National Bank // Hawai’i Pacific Health // Hawai’i School for Girls at La Pietra // Hawaiian Electric // HEMIC Foundation // Hawaiian Properties LTD. Hawaiian Telcom // HMSA // INKINEN // IBEW Local Union 1186 // Kamehameha Schools // Kyoya // Le Jardin Academy // Matson // Mel & Karen Mukai Family // N&K CPAs, Inc. // Mason // Ronald N.S. Ho & Associates, Inc. // Charter Communications // SSFM International // Trane // UHA Health Insurance // Zephyr Insurance // Y Divas // Zippy’s Other Sponsors: ABC Stores // Case Lombardi // Cathy Schultz // City Mill // Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation // First Insurance Company of Hawai’i // Kristi Inkinen Yanagihara

Your support empowers women and strengthens our community. Let’s continue this good work together!

#YWCAOahu #LeaderLuncheon2026 #empoweredwomen #ywcaisonamission

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It’s not too late to make an impact this week! 💼🧡 Go through those closets one last time and drop off your bagged professional clothing, shoes, and accessories at @ywcaoahu on May 7 or 8 in support of the Dress for Success program.

🤝 YP Members: There’s still time to volunteer and help sort donations on Friday, May 8! Sign up for a shift and join YP Wahine at YWCA Oʻahu—register now at cochawaii.org/ypevents

Mahalo to our YP Wahine program sponsors, @alohatermiteandpestcontrol and @hawaiistatefcu, for their support!

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