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A Message From The President
As I look ahead to the coming year, the first year of my board president term, I feel both honored and challenged by this leadership role.
The nation, our state and indeed our county are in an unprecedented economic downturn. For our Y this has meant belt-tightening - controlling costs and reducing expenses while continuing to offer our members the highest quality programs possible, and provide an ever-increasing number of members with financial aid. I am enormously proud of our staff, our board or directors and trustees, and our executive director for making this happen. But we cannot sustain this without a good solid income - from membership dues and our important annual fundraising: the Strong Kids and Families Campaign and the Kids To Camp Golf Tournament.
With this in mind I’ve set some personal goals
in conjunction with our Y strategic planning:
• Support and nourish our staff who are by far our greatest asset.
• Strengthen the Y during these challenging economic times
through strong financial management, brisk fund-raising, further expansion
of programs into Franklin County towns, and attraction of new members.
• Bring to full fruition the programs we’ve initiated this year such as
Exercise is Medicine, Walk Franklin County, Community Meals, Greenfield
Public School swim program and many others.
• Improve our marketing efforts via greater use of GCTV, available media,
vital online presence.
• Continue to build a comprehensive volunteer program that attracts
many more of our members to join.
• Complete the planned pool renovation, and re-ignite the campaign to
build a new state-of-the-art aquatics center.
• Refresh the annual Strong Kids & Families Campaign with a thorough
review of past campaigns and the institution of new strategies.
We need your help to keep the Y strong and viable—you, our members and program participants, are 6000 strong and with just some of your extra effort we can do everything on my list and so much more! Please join if you’re not yet a member; take a new program and share the excitement with your friends; ask a buddy to join the Y; join one of the many volunteer opportunities; participate with your time and a donation in the annual campaign.
But the most important thing you can do is to keep you and your family fit in mind, body and spirit by actively participating in Y programs. This guide will help you find just what you need to make that happen!