Every Kid's a Y Kid!

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Tawnia’s story
Tawnia says blessings have multiplied since she received assistance from the Wildwood YMCA Partner Campaign. Tawnia is bringing up four children on her own and attending college at night.

When the family was approved for financial assistance, Tawnia and her kids all jumped up and down in excitement. “We’d recently moved back to Wildwood and felt closed in, our life was narrow,” she explained. “Then we got our Y membership and suddenly...We were living again. The Y brought joy into our lives.”

Tawnia’s health has benefited tremendously. “I tell my water exercise instructor that the classes have saved my life, or at least added years to it,” she says. “I have diabetes. I’ve found that when I exercise regularly, I don’t have to take my pills.”

While physical activity was a main reason Tawnia wanted the YMCA for her children, they are receiving far more than that. “I’ve seen them blossom and grow in self-confidence,” she says. “My oldest daughter, who’s in dance, even carries herself differently.”

The YMCA has changed our lives,” Tawnia claims. “I cannot thank you enough.”

Everyone’s a Y kid, from the active older adults in aquatics class, to the youngest member of Mommy & Me gymnastics. And they all find what they need at the YMCA—a place to belong, friends who care, the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe environment.

The YMCA mission is at the heart of all of our programs: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirits, minds and bodies for all. We can only live up to our mission, and truly serve all who need us, with the help of committed and generous donors like you who give to the YMCA Partner Campaign. Your help ensures that no one, of any age, race, gender or ability, will ever be turned away from a YMCA program because they can’t afford it. Your help ensures that every kid can be a Y kid. Please consider a gift today.

How does my gift help?

• $1,000
  Gets a team of youngsters into the game at one of many YMCA Youth Sports Leagues. In Y Sports, everybody plays and everybody wins, and good sportsmanship comes first.
• $200
  Enables a teen to build leadership skills through YMCA Teen Leaders Club. A pledge of $300 provides a full year of real legislative experience in the esteemed YMCA Youth in Government program.
• $150
  Gives a week of values-enriched summer day camp to a child who otherwise could not afford to experience this summer tradition.The Wildwood Y provides camps in Wildwood, Pacific and several area parks.
• $50
  Helps provide a session of swimming lessons for a child in a YMCA swim class, building swimming skills and self-esteem and values as well.

For more information, please contact Kelly Millington at the YMCA of Greater St. Louis, (314) 436-1177, or your local YMCA branch.