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We focus our work in three key areas, because nurturing the potential of kids, helping people live healthier, and supporting our neighbors are fundamental to strengthening communities.
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
August 10, 2011
"Fill the Fin" Raises $ for Swim Lessons
by Kristie Paterson
Teams of San Diego lifeguards are hitting the beaches with fins in hand as they launch a weeklong “Fill the Fin” campaign to raise money for much-needed swim lessons for inner city youth and to spread the message of water safety. From Aug. 12 to Aug. 19, lifeguards are volunteering at city beaches to collect ...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
November 08, 2010
63 Y Kids Receive A Brand New Bike
by Kristie Paterson
On Friday, November 5, 2010 at the Hotel Del Coronado, Union Bank employees joined staff from Life Cycles, a philanthropic team building program from Odyssey Teams, Inc. to give bicycles to 63 deserving children from the YMCA of San Diego County’s three lowest income communities.As part of Union Bank’s staff ...more
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