Make a Financial Gift - Health & Well-Being
At the Y, strengthening community is our cause
The Y is dedicated to tackling our community’s greatest health challenges – obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer – by providing the support, guidance and resources people need to fight chronic disease, improve mobility and lead healthier lives.
Your health & well-being gift helps us improve quality of life for people facing significant health challenges through high impact programs, including:
Ways of Giving - Pick Your Passion
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The Y is dedicated to tackling our community’s greatest health challenges by providing the support, guidance and resources people need to fight chronic disease, improve mobility and lead healthier lives.
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Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Three children die each day from drowning. What's harder to believe is that 88% of youth drowning incidents occur under adult supervision.
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Your gift helps us inspire kids to reach their greatest potential academically, socially, emotionally and physically through high impact programs that change lives.
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Children who are not reading at grade level by third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school.
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At the Y, mentors, staff and other role models prepare teens for adulthood and guide them toward reaching their full potential.