Young Men's Christian Association of Franklin and Grove City

Youth & family services - ymcas are more than four walls of their facilities. They are partners in building strong kids and teens, members and non-members alike. The franklin-grove City ymca promotes youth and community development by providing age appropriate programs, with both physical and social outcome goals. Our teen center is open for use to all without a fee. We have community partnerships with agencies such as united way, aware, rotary, kiwanis and various school districts to help facilitate the ongoing needs of our areas youth. In the current year, we served approximately 2,500 unduplicated children on through seventeen years of age and provided financial assistance to all in need. We've taught hundreds of children life savings skills and 26 lifeguards to save someone from drowning.

Membership - we turn no one away due to the inability to pay. In the current year we served approximately 10,094 unduplicated persons in our community and provided financial assistance and subsidy for membership, programs and outreach, in the amount of $142,749 membership provides full facility access and includes reduced program fees, preregistration benefits, complimentary group exercise classes (both on land and in the pool), child watch while you work out, free fitness assessments, orientations with personal training consultation, after school supervision and programming, and progressive swim lessons for family memberships.

Child care - our child care programs offer high quality child care activities for infants and children six weeks of age through sixth grade from all segments of our communities. We offer a variety of state licensed child care programs, both full and part time, which provide a safe and nurturing environment where youth can develop self esteem, good values and an appreciation of charitable service. Woven into the fabric of the ymca mission is a commitment to strengthen families. Our childcare programs include support for our families that help strengthen the bonds to raise children that are happy and healthy in spirit, mind and body. We partner with state and local agencies so that financial assistance is available for those who cannot afford to pay. Our ymca received $372,367 in government funding, including grants, contracts and vouchers to provide front-line service that relieved the burden for government to provide many of these services in the current year. We provided care to 248 children in 231 days.