Partners With Youth Campaign

Campaign Goal – $130,000

Annually the YMCA of the Coastal Bend conducts a Partner with Youth Annual Sustaining Campaign which raises the much needed funds to support children and families in our community as well as enlarges the volunteer base for our YMCA.  This annual campaign intertwines the efforts of more than 50 volunteers who receive more than 250 gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations in an effort to fund support for our YMCA. These generous gifts ensure that financial hardship will never be a barrier to anyone with the desire to participate in YMCA membership and program opportunities here in the Coastal Bend. The goal of the Campaign is to ensure the resources of the YMCA are available to everyone in our community.

The YMCA mission is the foundation of all our programs and activities.  The annual Partners with Youth Campaign is a major driver of our mission to make and fulfill promises to kids, families and communities.  Following last year’s outstanding work in raising $76,485 in pledges, this year, the YMCA is being asked to consider $438,622 in needs for key programs.  The YMCA will combine our volunteer fundraising effort with the United Way and local foundations to make sure our programs are accessible to all. 

YOUR GIFT

The YMCA uses your gift to make a meaningful, enduring impact in our own neighborhood. You gift of …

• $500 allows for five young people to be able to go to district competition through Youth & Government.
• $120 will allow a child to gain new skills and confidence with 1 week of Summer Day Camp.
• $60 allows a single dad to join the Y and participate weekly with his children.
• $50 provides a grandmother raising her grandchild 1 week of subsidized After-School Care.
• $50 can help a single parent family help their child build skills and enjoy 8 weeks of basketball.

How to Contribute

• Make Checks payable to: YMCA of the Coastal Bend, 417 S. Upper Broadway St. Corpus Christi, Tx 78401
• Fill out our PWY Pledge Card and email to Gwen Ruppert at [email protected]
• Stop by our Members Services Desk for more details
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What will our funds support?

Partners with Youth to Create Future Leaders

The YMCA allocates  scholarships for youth and teens to attend Y-Leaders and Youth and Government programs. Youth in middle school and high school need to be connected with positive, caring adults who encourage them to stay in school, set goals and discover what interests they can cultivate. During their out-of-school time, they need to be engaged in activities that stress academic excellence, career enhancement, civic engagement and life management skills. Teens need safe places to go after school, on weekends and during the summer months to be engaged in healthy activities and establishing strong relationships that are values-based and character focused – they need adult role models/mentors to help them transition well to adulthood. Every young person participating in this program earns a free YMCA membership.

Y-Middle School Leaders Clubs : builds future leaders for our nation by developing citizenship and leadership skills while encouraging academic improvement, development of self-esteem, and participation in community service projects.  The leaders program teaches Robert Rules, Service Learning and Citizenship.

High School Youth and Government: are civic engagement programs that give youth an exciting experience in the mechanics of state government. Y & G provides opportunities for youth to study and debate public issues, experience the judicial branch of state government, write legislation and participate in a Youth Legislature. Students across the State of Texas participate in their local District Conferences and culminate their year of learning about how government works by becoming the State’s leaders during a mock legislative session at the State Y & G conference in Austin.