Giving to the Y

Strong Kids Campaign

....serves all incomes ages and abilities
The Kennebec Valley YMCA serves more than 6,000 members; regardless of faith, background, age or income.  In 2009, we offered 271 program scholarships allowing youth and teens the opportunity to participate in programs such as camp, learning center, swim team, swim lessons and enrichment programming.  The monetary value of these scholarships is $199,952.

....provides camp experience to children every summer
Summer camp builds relationships that last a lifetime.  We were pleased to provide 167 scholarships to Camp KV which represented over 300 camper weeks in the summer of 2009.  The scholarships awarded last summer were equivalent to $38, 514, an increase over our 2008 camp season.

....develops in children a sense of belonging
The Kennebec Valley YMCA programming for children includes:  Child care, Sports, After School, Wellness, Preschool Enrichment and Aquatics. All of which are structured to provide a safe, nurturing, inclusive and fun experience for all.

Currently our scholarship discount tuition rates in our learning centers are 24% to100%.  In 2009 we provided $54,016 in scholarships for 30 children positively impacting 24 families in the Kennebec Valley area.  Additionally, in 2009 we awarded 733 membership scholarships, totaling $74,000, for the benefit of youth, teens, and their families in the Kennebec Valley area.

All in all, in 2009, the Kennebec Valley YMCA provided nearly $200,000 in membership and program scholarships.  The YMCA eperience these members and participants received is made possible through your support!

To give to our Strong Kids Campaign, please contact Kate at 626-3488 or kate@kvymca.org.

Capital Campaign

We are fortunate to have this beautiful new facility in our community. If you take a moment to look at the Y's Capital Campaign donor board displayed on the wall in our lobby you will see that over 600 donors helped to pay for the bricks and mortar that we enjoy today. Thank you to all of you who helped in that Capital Campaign.

If you have any questions regarding our Capital Campaign, please contact Mark at 626-3488 or mark@kvymca.org.

Endowment

The KV YMCA Board of Directors has established an Endowment Committee to create an Endowment Fund that will assure the long term stability of your YMCA.  Mike Seitzinger & John Bridge are Co-Chairs of the Committee. "We had a kick-off event in June, 2009 and we will be asking for your support."  A healthy endowment will allow us to continue to operate successfully at our Manchester and Augusta Campuses and position us to provide long term YMCA experiences for the youth and families that need it the most.

In short, an endowment is money that is set aside with the understanding that just the interest earned on the money will be used to advance YMCA programs and activities. For example, a $1 million endowment might generate $30,000 annually that could be used toward support of the KV YMCA. Donations to the endowment can be as little as a few thousand dollars to as much as the donor would like to give.

The Heritage Society has been created for our endowment.

If you have any questions regarding the endowment, please contact Mark at 626-3488 or mark@kvymca.org.