November 02, 2011

GIVING BACK - ANNUAL YMCA TOY DRIVE

by Kristie Paterson

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

May 23, 2011

The Y: Healthy Family Home

by Kristie Paterson

Meet Some Healthy Families Every family can be a healthy family. By focusing your family’s efforts to live healthier around the Y’s pillars of a healthy family home and taking small steps using the information and tools we provide, your family will soon be feeling stronger and living healthier. ...more

November 17, 2010

1101 Pounds of Food - YMCA Food Drive

by Kristie Paterson

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

November 11, 2010

Jackie Robinson Y Earns $5 Million Grant

by Kristie Paterson

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

August 24, 2010

Operation Purple Summer Camp

by Kristie Paterson

YMCA Camp Marston in Julian, CA is hosting the National Military Family Association’s popular Operation Purple summer camp this week August 22-27, 2010. The Association developed this free summer camp program in response to the need for increased support for military children, especially those whose par ...more

April 27, 2010

Support for fathers’ fundraising

by Kristie Paterson

On the roof of the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA, memories come rushing back. The four men and a woman forming the letters of the organization’s name in pantomime, a la a popular disco group of the late ’70s, are the offspring of five of the Y’s most ardent supporters. The offspring are part of an annual fundraisi ...more

April 26, 2010

Jackie Robinson YMCA Receives a Makeover

by Kristie Paterson

FRITO-LAY’S NATIONAL SALES TEAM RENOVATES JACKIE ROBINSON FAMILY YMCA *** Nearly 550 Associates Will Makeover the City’s Most Ethnically Diverse YMCA in One AfternoonNearly 550 members of the FRITO-LAY North America's national sales team, in San Diego for an annual meeting, will spend an afterno ...more

February 10, 2010

Flower Company Donates to YMCA

by Kristie Paterson

When your corporate mission is to “bring smiles to millions” then it only makes sense that Vista, CA based flower grower and seller, Dos Gringos donated 450 handmade wrist corsages to the YMCA Adventure Guides Sweetheart Ball attended by girls aged 5-9 and their dads. The corsages were handmade by Suzy ...more