The Y Receives Grant from The Reeve Foundation for Swimming Pool Accessibility Modifications
by Kristi Potts on 02/28/13
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAMILY YMCA RECEIVES $6,467 GRANT FROM CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION FOR FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT INDOOR SWIMMING POOL ACCESSIBILITY
Red Oak, Iowa – The Montgomery County Family YMCA is proud to announce that it has received a $6,467 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The award was one of 76 grants totaling almost $427,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, access, and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers. Created by the late Dana Reeve, the program has awarded 2,131 grants totaling over $16 million since 1999.
The Montgomery County Family YMCA will use the grant towards the first phase of an extensive project to improve indoor swimming pool accessibility with an aquatics chair lift to enable individuals with special needs to independently enter and exit the YMCA’s pool.
Nick Zimmer, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Family YMCA, is grateful and very proud to have been a 2nd Cycle 2012 Quality of Life grant recipient of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Zimmer stated that “Without the Reeve Foundation, this project could not have taken place for our YMCA and the residents we serve in southwest Iowa.”
“The Reeve Foundation’s Quality of Life Grants Program has always been a cornerstone of one of our core beliefs, the power of we. By supporting these organizations that align with the same beliefs as ours, we are better able to help our community members live more independently,” said Peter T. Wilderotter, president and CEO of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. “We are pleased to reward a number of tremendous organizations for their efforts.”
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life grants program was conceived by the late Dana Reeve to address the myriad needs of children and adults with paralysis and other mobility impairments and their families. Grants support critical life-enhancing and life-changing initiatives that improve physical and emotional health and increase independence. Funded projects offer a diversity of services and approaches: improving access; providing education and job training; sponsoring organized sporting activities; and much more. Quality of Life grants are funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Award #1U59DD000838).
About the Reeve Foundation
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. We meet all 20 of the Better Business Bureau’s standards for charity accountability and hold the BBB’s Charity Seal. The Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is a program of the Reeve Foundation, and is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Award No. 1U59DD000838. For more information, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-539-7309.
About the Montgomery County Family YMCA
The Montgomery County Family YMCA’s mission is “To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all!” The YMCA is “For Youth Development / For Healthy Living / For Social Responsibility.” To learn more about the Montgomery County Family YMCA as well as all phases of the YMCA, one can visit our website @ www.mcymca.com, visit the Y located at 101 East Cherry Street in the beautiful Red Oak Legion Park, or call the Y @ 712-623-2161. We can share with you the countless opportunities for everyone at the YMCA!
Contact
Nick Zimmer / Executive Director of the Montgomery County Family
YMCA
101 East Cherry Street, Red Oak, Iowa 51566.
712-623-2161
Email: execdir@mcymca.com
Janelle LoBello
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
800-225-0292
media@ChristopherReeve.org
