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YMCA Invest In Youth is raising money for 2013 Invest In Youth Campaign

Fundraising Amount=$0.00 ; Goal=$500.00
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WHY INVEST IN THE Y?
At the Y, we believe that lasting personal and social change can only come about when we all work together to invest in our kids, our health, and our neighbors. With your support and generosity, we can continue to address these and other pressing issues – and expand our work to reach more people.

Every gift makes a difference.  Everyone has a role to play.  Give today to be a leader in shaping the future of your community.

$5,000 Twelve families learn healthy living habits by participating in youth obesity prevention programming.


$2,500 Four children become kindergarten ready in a nurturing environment supporting early childhood development and parent engagement.


$1,000 Twenty teens build positive relationships with caring  mentors while receiving homework assistance and  exploring a variety of interests during after school hours and non-school days.


$500 An elementary school-age youth has a safe and caring place to go afterschool for academic support, games, and peer interaction, all aligned with their school’s curriculum, while their parents finish the work day.


$250 Four children gain water safety skills and confidence through Y swim lessons.


$100 Three children enjoy their first team sport experience learning the values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility under the leadership of their volunteer coaches.


 

Please join me in the fundraising effort for the Everett Family YMCA.

As many of you know, I have worked with the YMCA of Snohomish County for the past 24 years. Yes, I started when I was only 6 years oldJ! You also know that the YMCA has always been and will always be large part of our lives.

Without the YMCA in my live there are so many experiences that I would have never been able to do or see. As a high school student the YMCA introduced me to the Washington State Government and provided me the opportunity to learn how our state government works by allowing me to experience it first-hand. I wrote legislative bills, lead committee caucuses, state on the senate floor and debated those bills that I created. The YMCA also gave me opportunities to attend Leadership Conferences with other students in the Pacific Northwest. During those years and all the programs and activities I was never really understood that there were costs associated with them. The staff at the Y just made sure that I knew about all the fun, let me know where to be and what to bring and then we would go. Looking back I really didn’t begin to understand that it was through fundraising that I was able to attend all these wonderful live changing activities, until after graduation. The thought that there were individuals in my community, who believed in the YMCA’s mission so much that they would donate to the Y so that my friends and I could have these experiences.

It is now my turn, and I want to make sure that my children and their friends have similar AMAZING YMCA experiences. Although I have been fund raising for most of my adult life, I need your help, if you are able please join me by donating to the Everett Y what you can so I can reach my goal of $500.

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