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November 02, 2011

GIVING BACK - ANNUAL YMCA TOY DRIVE

Our nearly 4,000 staff and more than 5,500 volunteers are kids, parents, grandparents, neighbors and local leaders who are personally committed to understanding what our neighborhoods need. The holiday season is a time for giving and every year, our Holiday Toy Drive brings smiles to over 5,000 children. Often this i ...more

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December 17, 2010

2011 YMCA MLK Jr. Breakfast

The YMCA of San Diego County is delighted to announce the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award Breakfast on Fri., Jan. 14, 2011, 6:30 a.m. at the Town & Country Resort Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. Tickets are $40.This milestone YMCA of San Diego County ev ...more

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November 17, 2010

1101 Pounds of Food - YMCA Food Drive

As part of Character Development month, the YMCA Food Drive, in partnership with Move For Hunger, benefited Feeding America San Diego, the largest distributor of donated food in San Diego County. Members and participants of several local Ys came together to collect unopened, non-perishable food items to distribute ...more

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November 11, 2010

Jackie Robinson Y Earns $5 Million Grant

The YMCA of San Diego County is pleased to announce that the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA has recently been selected to receive a $4,989,927 grant from California State Parks and the Office of Grants and Local Services (OGALS). This is the only Y to receive one of the 62 state wide grants that were made available u ...more

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October 20, 2010

YMCA YFS Earns $15,000 Sam’s Club Grant

Gift is part of $1 million national charitable giving initiative to support national urban education and outreachYMCA Youth & Family Services, the social service department of the YMCA of San Diego County, has received a grant of $15,000 from Sam’s Club to enhance programs designed to help teens prepare for ...more

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January 07, 2010

Art Project blooms in North Park

YMCA Youth & Family Services Community Art Project blooms in North Park. http://sdnorthparknews.com/2009/12/ymca-youth-family-services-community ...more

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