Broadcast date: 8/24/2017
Founded nearly 160 years ago, the YMCA is a nonprofit like no other. Today, the Y engages more than 10,000 neighborhoods across the U.S, and 9 million youth and 13 million adults each year. It is the leading nonprofit organization in the country offering programs, services and initiatives focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, according to the unique needs of the communities it engages. On the Central Coast the Y is part of movement that serves well over 10,000 families in San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria Valley and Monterrey County and provides financial assistance to hundreds of families in need of Y programs and membership.
Join Kris Kington-Barker as she speaks with guests Monica Grant, April Lewallen, Shannon Seifert and Barb McGaughey from the YMCA's of San Luis Obispo County, Santa Maria Valley and YMCA of the USA about the Y's important role in building communities.
Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX and made possible through underwriting by Joan Gellert-Sargen.