Dear Friends,
I, Bill Butler, am writing to you on behalf of the YMCA of
Salem County, to request your help supporting our cause. We are starting our annual campaign to
support the vital work we do in the community, but this year we have been
blessed with a challenge gift from the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation.
Over the next two weeks, the Foundation will match us dollar for dollar up to
$7,500. This is an amazing opportunity for our YMCA to literally double the amount
we raise in November.
These critical funds are used to help with programs like the
Get Fit program that works with mentally and physically disabled individuals,
or our youth programs which grew by 200% this past year. We want to add
programs that encourage youth to get active from an early age. We are currently
expanding developmental basketball and indoor soccer leagues to get children in
our area to discover the valuable lessons that so many of us have learned from
organized sports. These funds also help expand our aquatic fitness classes that
are particularly critical for our aging seniors that need the daily aquatic
therapy to combat conditions like arthritis and osteoporosis.
We also are staying true to the “C” in the YMCA by
partnering with several local churches to provide critical community services.
We have partnered with Calvary Baptist to provide a monthly effort to feed the
poor, and to support their winter coat drive. We are also partnering with the
Catholic Church to bring GED classes to help empower residents through
education. We can’t accomplish this without your help.
If you would like to contribute to this special challenge
gift, you simply write a check made payable to the Salem Health and Wellness
Foundation with “YMCA” in the memo line. You can deliver your check to the YMCA
or the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation. After November 30th,
the totals amount will be tallied and the Foundation will write a check to the
YMCA for DOUBLE the amount raised!!
Thank you for
taking the time to read about our Annual Community Support Campaign. We are asking you to “give” so that we can
“give” to those in need. We appreciate
your consideration of our request. If
you would like more information about this worthy tax deductable initiative,
please contact me at 856-299-1493 or bbutler@myymca.net.
Sincerely,
William
Butler
CEO/Executive
Director