Campaign is Kicked Off

February marks the start of campaign season at the Community Development YMCA and on Feb. 3rd we joined our association counterparts and packed out the The Centre at Sycamore Plaza in Lakewood, CA. The purpose of the night is to inspire all campaigners in attendance to go tell our story. And this story materializes in so many ways... from the student whose life is significantly better because of the community she found in our Youth Institute program to the parent who received wisdom and support in a time of trouble from Marisol, our licensed social worker. This years campaign slogan is Tomorrow Starts Now, which couldn't fit better with the programs we offer. The work we are doing right now will change tomorrow.

The dedication of our branch to campaign was evident as our branch filled up all of our assigned seating and had to fill some of the empty seats around our designated area. Community Development's branch goal was announced at the dinner by Julie Mendell, our campaign chair. This year our goal is to raise $80,000 and we are more confident than ever that with the team we have this year this goal is well within reach.

This year Change Agent Productions offered their services to create the association's campaign video. The night ended with a dark room filled with hundreds of spectators glued to the presentation screen as they viewed some stories that have developed out of The YMCA of Greater Long Beach. This video will soon be available in the video section.