Give local teens access to safe spaces and programs that boost mental health, physical well-being, leadership skills, confidence and community by making a gift to our Sponsor-a-Teen campaign!
We live in a time when ‘third places’ – social spaces that are neither home nor work/school – are more important and yet less available for teens than in generations past. In an era when teens are experiencing higher rates of depression and anxiety than ever before, we need to make sure they have positive and engaging places to spend time with others.
Our high-quality teen programs build:
At our Y, we’ve worked for the last few years to build spaces and programs that meet these needs for local teens. But we need YOUR help to sustain our teen programs and to help them grow!
Your $25 gift sponsors Teen Night Out,
giving access to safe, fun social spaces for teens at our monthly Teen Night Out events.
Your $50 gift sponsors Counselors-in-Training,
providing one week of financial aid to make our summer CIT program accessible to a local teen.
Your $100 gift sponsors a Free Summer Teen Membership,
providing a safe place for local teens to socialize, exercise, and hang out from June-August, when school is out for the summer!
Your $250 gift sponsors Youth and Government,
funding a student in our Youth and Government program to attend the Model General Assembly in Richmond! This is an annual mock-legislature experience where teens prepare, debate, and vote on bills, preparing them for a future of civic engagement.
Your $500 gift sponsors Leaders Club,
funding registration for one teen from our Y's Leaders Club to attend the YMCA Blue Ridge Leadership School in July! Leaders Club is a year-round YMCA program focusing on leadership, character, fitness, and service. Teens work all year to earn enough service hours to qualify for the BRLS conference, which alumni describe as transformative and life-changing. We have 8 teens who have qualified for BRLS this summer, and we are incredibly proud of them!
We rely on donors like you to make programs like this possible. THANK YOU so much for your help!
Questions? Please reach out to Alice Dontanville, VP of Marketing & Development, at (434) 270-8709 or adontanville@piedmontymca.org.
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