12 Days of Giving

Find your Joy in Giving! ❤️ 
This holiday season, you’re invited to celebrate the 12 Days of Giving with FCY!
From December 11 through the 22 we’ll be sharing on our socials ways you can donate to help others “Find Their Y” and create a stronger, healthier community in 2025.
Find Your Connection 
At Franklin County’s Y, there are no strangers- only friends you haven’t met yet! This year FCY served 1,463 active older adults in our community through classes and programs focused on improving health, fitness, and mobility. We offered weekly coffee hours, monthly luncheons spanning a variety of topics, volunteer opportunities, and blood pressure self-monitoring as social activities to help aging adults find CONNECTION with meaningful friendships.
❤️ Help us continue to strengthen the social fabric of community by donating to our Y.
Find Your Confidence 
In 2024 FCY taught over 600 children and adults to swim! Swim lessons helps them find their CONFIDENCE, teaches a lifelong skill with the security of knowing how to be safe in and around water. Donate today to ensure everyone in Franklin County can have fun and be safe around the water.
 
Find Your Adventure
Summer is a time for kids to explore new things and expand the limits of their imagination! At YMCA Summer Camps, like Camp Apex, every day is an opportunity to find new adventure! Whether experiencing the wilderness at archery or having a blast with friends, making memories at arts and crafts or swimming in the pool, 150 kids every week found their adventure with the Y this summer.
🧡 Donate today to help make camp more accessible for all.
Find Your Passion  
So much more than just learning how to tumble or cartwheel, our gymnastics program is a launching point for youth to discover teamwork, build determination, character, and strength as an individual. At FCY 657 youth have participated in programming in our Gymnastics Center, helping to keep children active while igniting their PASSION for something greater. Together, we can help kids stay active while building character and confidence. Give every child the opportunity to find their passion with a donation to our Year End Appeal. 💛
Find Your Spirit  
To be our BEST selves, we need to take care of our WHOLE selves. At Franklin County’s Y we have over 80 group exercise classes weekly to help members find balance and strength in spirit, mind, and body. Give others the opportunity to find their ACTIVITY and help jump start their journey to health by donating today. 💜
 
Find Your Purpose 
At Franklin County’s Y, we believe in being the kind of neighbor everyone can count on—ready to help with open arms and caring hearts. This year, through our Free Store, we came together as a community to make a difference. Generous donors contributed clothing over several weeks. Volunteers sorted and organized the donations. We opened the doors for a day of free shopping, serving over 600 members of our community! Our Free Store is more than just clothing—it’s about dignity, compassion, and the strength of neighbors helping neighbors. Your support makes events like this possible.
👋 Join us in continuing to serve our community with kindness and care. Donate today and be a part of our mission to support those in need.
Find Your Purpose 
At Franklin County’s Y, we believe in being the kind of neighbor everyone can count on—ready to help with open arms and caring hearts. This year, through our Free Store, we came together as a community to make a difference. Generous donors contributed clothing over several weeks. Volunteers sorted and organized the donations. We opened the doors for a day of free shopping, serving over 600 members of our community! Our Free Store is more than just clothing—it’s about dignity, compassion, and the strength of neighbors helping neighbors. Your support makes events like this possible.
👋 Join us in continuing to serve our community with kindness and care. Donate today and be a part of our mission to support those in need.
Find Your Friendship 
The Y is more than just a place to work out. With opportunities to connect with neighbors and join a supportive community, members can discover a greater sense of purpose and find FRIENDSHIP. This year, Franklin County’s Y provided 442 households, 1162 individuals in total; with membership scholarships to ensure all members of our community have access to classes and programs.
🙌 Help us continue to serve our neighbors and friends by donating today.
 
Find Your Curiousity 
Our Y is so much more than just a gym. Our preschools and school-age child care programs provided enriching educational experiences with a safe environment to learn and make new friends for over 190 students in 2024. Participating in activities that help inspire wonder about the world around us, children are able to find their CURIOSITY and reach their full potential at FCY.
😎 Donate today to keep programming like this accessible for all Franklin County youth.
Find Your Strength 
At FCY, our Prescribe the Y (RxY) program creates a supportive community that inspires participants to find their inner strength, while focusing on their overall health in spirit, mind, and body. In 2024, FCY received over 400 provider referrals, and held 247 consultations to get the community started on their health journey. RxY offers the power of routine and support of community.
💪 Give your community the opportunity to find their STRENGTH by donating today.
 
Find Your Voice
We believe young people have the power to change the world. Our Leaders Club gives preteens and teens the opportunity to make a difference in Franklin County. Participants have the opportunity to work closely with peers and Y staff, developing leadership, job and life skills. This year, 13 young people are finding their voice while becoming valuable members of society!
🗣 Be the reason a future leader found their VOICE
 
Find Your Perspective
At Franklin County’s Y, neighbors from all backgrounds and walks of life discover common ground and broaden their perspectives. We are a community for all, and we invite you to help us welcome all with open arms and caring hearts.
🌎 Help celebrate the beauty of diversity and the strength of our community.
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Find Your Joy in Giving 
FCY has something for everyone. Whether looking to regain independence in a Balance & Stretch class, find strength in our weight room, or find social connection within the Y with luncheons or water therapy, our Y offers a supportive environment to thrive in. We have safe spaces for kids to learn and grow. We offer outreach to seniors who are feeling isolated.
🥰 Find your reason why and find your joy in giving this holiday season.
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Interested in volunteering for our 2025 Annual Campaign?
Email Maddy Oldenburg for more information or to get started.
Volunteers are worth their weight in gold and we would love to have you!