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WAYS TO GIVE
The YMCA has a mission of helping people reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body. We also strive to turn no one away due to an inability to pay a program or membership fee. Our goal is to serve as many people in the community as possible that can benefit from our services. We can't do that without your help.
Learn about our Partner With Youth Campaign and What Your Dollars Can Do. Think your dollars don't make a difference? Read our Life Stories book for firsthand accounts of how the YMCA has affected lives. Want to learn more about how you can give now and the various levels of giving available? Read on!
What is the Partner With Youth Campaign? With your support, the annual YMCA Partner With Youth Campaign provides scholarship funds for deserving youth, families and seniors. By supporting the Partner With Youth Campaign, you ensure that everyone, regardless of their circumstances or ability to pay, can benefit from YMCA programs and services.
The Partner With Youth Campaign funds such important programs as child care, day and overnight camp, membership, teen leadership programs, adult literacy, swim lessons and senior programs.
In 2008, over 16,892 individuals participated at the YMCA through the Open Doors Scholarship Program, valued at over $3.4 million. The YMCA strives to turn no one away due to inability to pay. Each gift makes a difference in helping people reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body.
Please consider joining our efforts to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities through a gift to the YMCA Partner With Youth Campaign.
If you would like to make a donation to the YMCA, please contact Tom Clingman via email, phone 336-777-6222 or mail:
Donate online: Donate through Network for Good's secure website. Please put a specific program or branch in the optional Designation line if you would like to designate your donation.
What Can My Dollars Do?
Generous contributions transform the lives of children, adults and families in our community. Here are some examples of how a gift can have an immediate, life-changing impact.
$50 Will give a child the opportunity to learn water safety and swimming.
$130 Sends a child to a week of summer day camp filled with swimming, crafts, games and other values-based activities.
$300 Would allow six children the opportunity to participate in a season of youth sports.
$400 Provides literacy materials for adults with learning disabilities.
$679 Sends a child to YMCA Camp Hanes for one week of outdoor exploration and character-building activities.
$750 Provides two seniors with one year’s membership, including activities for improved health and new friendships.
$1,200 Provides one-year memberships for two single parent families.
$2,500 Provides values driven YMCA Before and After School Care for a child, allowing his or her parent(s) to work or attend school, knowing their child is in a safe, nurturing environment.
$5,000 Would allow the YMCA to send an additional 10 children to Camp High Hopes. This camp currently serves 60 children who are in need of intensive language tutoring for one summer month in order to raise their skill level to that of their classmates. $7,500 Provides three months of health and nutrition education for a classroom of 4th graders. Help the YMCA fight the current childhood obesity epidemic one child at a time.
$10,864 Sends a cabin full of 16 smiling campers to Camp Hanes for an entire week.
Think your dollars don't make a difference in someone's life?
Read the story of a Partner With Youth scholarship recipient and now donor.
Learn more about the many ways the YMCA touches everyone, everywhere.
With your help, the YMCA can continue to turn no one away due to an inability to pay. When a YMCA volunteer contacts you, please say yes. It truly can make a difference in so many lives.
Have a story to share? Click here to tell us your experience.
There are numerous ways you can give to the YMCA.
1. Give Now. You may donate funds now by contacting:
Tom Clingman, Director of Annual Giving and Special Events YMCA of Northwest North Carolina
2. Give Later. You may designate funds through our YMCA Endowment Fund. Click here to learn more about our YMCA Endowment Fund and membership in the YMCA Heritage Club.
3. Volunteer. Our YMCAs are always in need of volunteers and there are a variety of programs and services that could use your help! Click here to learn more about our volunteer opportunities.
Yes, you may designate your funds for a specific YMCA branch or to a specific program. If funds are not designated to a specific location or program they will be utilized in the areas identified with the greatest need.
What are the Levels of Giving? Donations are appreciated and accepted at any level. Various dollar amounts are recognized as follows:
$1-$100 Donor
$100 Century Club
$250 Youth Sponsor
$500 Patron Sponsor
$1,000 Chairman's Roundtable - Bronze Level
$2,500 Chairman's Roundtable - Silver Level
$5,000 Chairman's Roundtable - Gold Level
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