Grand Traverse Bay YMCA

Grand Traverse Bay YMCA
Talking Points
How We Serve Your Community:

+ 11,000 participants in 65 programs:
1,800 kids involved in YMCA Pop Warner Football; 1,000 kids in Y Soccer;
800 participants each in Y Basketball, Y Tennis, and Y Gymnastics; 400
kids in Y Child Care and Y C 2,000 participants in Y Adult Sports; 800
teens each month involved in Y Teen Dances and other teen programs.

+ 3,000 members; 250,000 usages:
1 in 3 Americans has been a YMCA member at some point in their life. Our main facility alone hosts more than a quarter of a million usages each year, with additional usages in sites throughout the five county region.

+ 35,000 volunteer hours:
Over 400 volunteers each year log more than 35,000 hours as coaches,
mentors, and helping kids with reading and homework, at camp, and in
other ways.

+ $120,000 scholarships:
As part of our ?No One Denied? financial assistance program, 23% of camp and child care families, 11% of member families, and 161 active duty military personnel receive scholarship assistance, along with 500 other needy Y families.

+ Quality Awards:
We have won YMCA of the USA ?Mission Drive Quality Promises? awards,as well as JC Penney ?Spirit of the Alliance? awards for Y Camp and Y Child Care, of which the YMCA is the largest provider.