{"id":202215,"date":"2026-02-02T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202215"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:58:32","slug":"ywca-to-hold-annual-womens-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/02\/ywca-to-hold-annual-womens-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"YWCA to hold annual women&#8217;s dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YWCA of Van Wert County will host its annual Women of Achievement Scholarship Dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Willow Bend Country Club in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s honorees include:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Paula-Stabler-Head-shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202248\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paula Stabler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professional Leadership: Terra Bonifas, Rachel Davis, and Jamie Evans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women\u2019s Empowerment: Alex Giessler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteerism: Kendra Heffelfinger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youth Development: Christie Wendel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civic Dedication: Teresa Shaffer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overcoming Adversity: Rochelle Campbell, Destinee Hough, and Amberlin Somerton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Women of Achievement Scholarship Dinner is our favorite event of the year,\u201d said Julie Schaufelberger, YWCA Director of Outreach and Communications. \u201cIt is an honor to celebrate and recognize these ten women for their accomplishments, impact and commitment within our community,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three young women will also receive their YWCA scholarship awards at the dinner. Those finalists have yet to be decided and will be announced in mid- February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paula Stabler, MSN, RN and President of Ohio Health, has been named emcee for this year\u2019s event. Stabler is a strategic, results-driven healthcare leader with extensive experience in clinical and operational management. She is proud of her journey from patient care technician to hospital president and her dedication to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care close to home. Stabler is committed to strengthening the Van Wert community and mentoring future professionals. She serves on the YWCA of Van Wert County board, supporting the organization\u2019s mission to empower and uplift women and their families throughout the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets may be purchased beginning February 9 from the YWCA website store, The Persimmon Collective (<a href=\"https:\/\/ywcavanwert.org\/van-wert-ywca-store\">https:\/\/ywcavanwert.org\/van-wert-ywca-store<\/a>). Doors for the event will open at 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses or individuals interested in sponsorship, or those needing more information about the dinner should contact Julie Schaufelberger at <a href=\"mailto:julies@ywcavanwertcouny.org\">julies@ywcavanwertcouny.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YWCA is an agency of the United Way of Van Wert County and partially funded by the Van Wert County Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information YWCA of Van Wert County will host its annual Women of Achievement Scholarship Dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Willow Bend Country Club in Van Wert. This year\u2019s honorees include: \u201cThe Women of Achievement Scholarship Dinner is our favorite event of the year,\u201d said Julie Schaufelberger, YWCA Director of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 21:35:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202259,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202215\/revisions\/202259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}