Annual Scholarship Campaign
Northfield Area Family YMCA
Supporting youth in our community
2008 Goal: $20,000 (100% funds stay in our community)
We Build Strong Kids, Strong Families and
Stronger Communities, one child at a time.
$2,500 Will send 31 kids to Day Camp – a full day, full week of quality outdoor adventure at Cannon River Wilderness Park. Imagination and adventure opportunities that create memories that last a lifetime.
$2,000 Will allow 30 youth to participate in recreation programs and send 17 kids to Day Camp – In the last 10 years, childhood obesity rates in the United States have increased 60% and our youth are estimated to spend an average of 4 hours a day in ‘screen time’ activities (TV, computers, video games). YMCA programs work towards physical education and fitness.
$1,500 Will support 50 kids in year-round recreational programs (ages 3-14) – One of our key organizational goals is to engage kids not already involved in organized and/or structures sports (afterschool, association or for-profit) and those not yet involved in enough activity to positively impact their health. YMCA programs help to address that need.
$1,000 Will support 13 families (annual Family Membership) or an average of 39-65 individual family members) – Families will have opportunities to participate individually or as a family unit in all sorts of YMCA programming all year.
$800 Will send 10 kids to a week of Day Camp – Our programs work on helping children with positive values such as caring, honesty and responsibility. Programs support children to better understand peer pressure and resolving conflict in a healthy manner.
$500 Will allow 18 children an opportunity to participate in Sports Clinics – Working with children in a caring, encouraging environment, and in areas of self esteem, and providing strong adult and peer role models.
You can help provide the gift of a YMCA experience.
Please join us in making a tax-deductible contribution to our 2008 Annual Campaign.
Contributions of any size make a direct impact.
Thank you for helping the YMCA Build Strong Kids, Strong Families and Strong Communities.
