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DISTRIBUTED lv ~cA We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities. Ms. Margaret Brown Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners 200 S. Cameron St, P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 Dear Margaret: Thank you for your visit the other day. ~~L~v .~ 3 il~ il~' FEB 2 3 ~c~8 ;~ V February 17,1998 We have requested a county contribution of $50,000 to the YMCA Capital Campaign, and you requested information about the public benefd of the campaign. 1 agree that d's important to draw a distinction between benefit to YMCA members and to the public at large. A primary focus of this campaign is to expand the YMCA's outreach activities, in two major respells - chiki care and teens. A major portion of the new fadlity wiN be a new Youth Wing that will indude a child care faality on one floor and a Youth Center on the other. The Child Care Center will enable us to expand our capacity from 150 children to 200. There is no membership requirement for the child care fadlity, and indeed we provide scholarship aid each year to enable famiNes to attend who otherwise would not be able to. As you know, child care is a critical need in this community, and the Chapel HiU- Carrtioro YMCA child care program is one of the county's largest and best. The Teen Center will be a new initiative that for the first time v+n'U provide a fadlity and programming for young people of middle school and high school age. The goal is to provide them a wholesome place to go, under supervision, where they can both "hang ouY and partidpate in programming geared to them. The national Y1~1CA provides modEls such as Youth in Government, Teen Adventure Camping a-tid Y leaders Club. Again, YMCA membership will not be a requirement for partidpation in these outreach programs. It may be useful for your board to know that the Y already is involved in community outreach programs. We operate an after-school program for children in the Pine Knolls community, funded in part with $10,000 in annual funding from the Town of Chapel Hill. We provide $70,000 a year in scholarships for memberships, camps and child care. We have been a leader in the effort to initiate Midnight Basketball in Chapel Hill and Cant~oro and are providing both funding ($5,000) and fadlities for the program that starts this week. Again, membership is not a requirement. Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA 980 .-lirport Road Chapel Hill, tiorth Carolina `17514 919-9-12-5156 F1x: 919-942-0256 1 n I~w .luiaian In'incil~lc. inu, Inacti~ c tlu'~ut~lt pr~~~ctnu tlcu build a bralthlc aiirit, ntiud, anal h~nlc li,r all.