COMMUNITY YMCA OF EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY Association Updates • January 2012

Lansdowne YMCA • Ridley Area YMCA • Springfield School Age Program • YMCA Child Care at Marple Education Center • YMCA Child Care at St. John Church • Ridley High School Pool ALWAYS • SAFER • BETTER • FAMILY

At a time when many people are facing difficult financial choices, I want to reassure you that this Y’s commitment is to provide you and your family with membership and services at affordable rates. I am thrilled to let you know that we will not be increasing membership fees in January.

We believe it is vitally important for children, families and people of all ages to continue to have access to YMCA membership, fellowship and program opportunities. The Y provides opportunities to build family relationships, reduce stress, improve health, and oftentimes just be a place to come for a change of pace.

Now, I want to take this opportunity to get you thinking about how we will be working to better serve you and your family for years to come.

First, we will be concentrating our efforts on four simple words that will help us create insanely great experiences for you and your family - ALWAYS • SAFER • BETTER • FAMILY.

Of course, we will continue to focus on critical areas of need in our community through our efforts in:

• YOUTH DEVELOPMENT by nurturing the potential of every child & teen,
• HEALTHY LIVING by working to improve the health and well being of our community,
• SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY by giving back and providing support to our neighbors.

We will also challenge ourselves to:

• Grow our association in new, different and exciting ways,
• Provide you with the best facilities possible,
• Simplify our operations by emphasizing EXCELLENCE, RELIABILITY AND COMPASSION.

More than ever, we feel it is important to reach out and provide assistance to anyone who needs a little help during this difficult time, especially those who may have experienced a loss of income. We know that human nature is such that people may be reluctant to ask for help or assistance. With that being said, we want to emphasize that the Y is, first and foremost, a charitable organization that is committed to helping the community. We want to remind you that our YMCA CARES financial assistance program is always available and all requests are treated in a discreet and sensitive manner.

The bottom line is all of this will not be accomplished without you.

I am ecstatic that you have been part of our cause. I look forward to continuing the journey of strengthening our community and ensuring that our Y will ALWAYS be SAFER and BETTER for you and your FAMILY.

Michael Ranck
President & CEO
Community YMCA of Eastern Delaware County
P: 610.638.1270, ext. 3007
F: 610.638.9681
E: mranck@cyedc.org