Community Impact
The Fulton Family YMCA is uniquely suited to meet our community’s health and well-being needs, every day.
- Kids have access to affordable after-school care, receive homework help, and engage in active games that promote physical activity and social interaction, fostering healthy habits from a young age.
- Young children have the opportunity to learn swimming skills through accessible swimming lessons, reducing the risk of drowning and building confidence and problem-solving abilities in and around the water.
- Seniors have a welcoming outlet for social engagement and physical activity, leading to improved health, happiness, and longevity, while also combating isolation and loneliness.
COMMUNITY IMPACT
The YMCA is uniquely suited to meet our community’s health and well-being needs, every day.
The Y is making a difference in the lives of our community.
The Y is dedicated to building programs for Youth Development, for Healthy Living, and for Social Responsibility that promote strong families, character values, youth leadership, community development, and international understanding. The Y makes accessible the support and opportunities that empower individuals and communities to learn, grow, and thrive. By providing supportive and inclusive environments that nurture the potential of every youth and teen, we strive to improve, as well as to provide, opportunities to give back and support our neighbors.
Our Stories
Our son Dominick was diagnosed with cancer for the second time and the Y has been nothing short of amazing. They hosted a karate event to raise money for our family and have offered us free childcare for our youngest children while Dominick is doing treatment and hospital stays.
They say it takes a village to raise kids, and I can say wholeheartedly that the Y and the staff members there are a part of our village. Because of the Y, both my husband and I can be there for Dominick while our younger ones are being taken care of by people who treat them like they’re their own.
We would be lost without our Y family. I will forever be thankful for the selfless and amazing people who work there and make it not only a safe place, but a home for so many.
–Tylar Patchen
Through the Y’s Girls Rock program my daughter has been exposed to new ideas, and different perspectives, but in a safe, nurturing, and caring environment. She has learned how to navigate this changing world, how to be more accepting of others’ differences, and even learned some conflict resolution and how to build healthy friendships and relationships.
– Shawna Nesbit
The Y not only helps with fitness and keeps me moving even with arthritis, it improves my mental status because of the many fantastic people I have met and now call them my best friends. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN!
– Barb Pauline
