The Journal Gazette

Fort Wayne YMCA receives national award

The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne announced Friday that it has been awarded a 2011 YMCA–Annie E. Casey Foundation Families Count Family Strengthening Award.
It said the local YMCA is one of five Ys nationwide to receive an award this year in one of two categories:

• Excellence Awards "given to Ys offering innovative and proven family strengthening programming considered exemplary to Ys across the country."
• Inspiration Awards, "presented to Ys offering programs and services which demonstrate great potential in strengthening families."

The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne's Youth Service Bureau received an Inspiration Award for its Family Support Conference program and received $15,000. The program is designed to work with families of at-risk youth.


For more information about the local YMCA, visit fwymca.org.


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