Montgomery County Y News

Montgomery County Family YMCA Celebrates Iowa YMCA Appreciation Month

RED OAK, IOWA, SEPTEMBER —  Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on late Monday afternoon, August 29^th, 2016 at the Indianola YMCA in Indianola, Iowa signed a proclamation designating the upcoming month of September 2016 as Iowa YMCA Appreciation Month, in recognition of more than 100 years of helping build a healthy Iowa.  As a result, the Iowa YMCAs initiated a statewide effort to engage community leaders, county, state and federal leaders with each of their local Ys to share the organization’s three focus areas: youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

Federal, state, county, local elected officials and candidates are being invited to attend the Montgomery County Family YMCA’s appreciation event for the various leaders on Saturday, September 17^th, 2016 from 7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. at the Red Oak Country Club located at 2038 200th St. just east of Red Oak on old highway # 34. This event will include light breakfast refreshments , the opportunity to visit with YMCA volunteers, staff and over 75  golfers from the region that will be participating in the Montgomery County Family YMCA’s Annual Golf Four Person Golf Benefit Tournament that financially assist many YMCA programs & services offer by the YMCA to area residents. The event will give all the elected officials, candidates and the participating golfers in the tournament the opportunity to learn more about the Montgomery County Family YMCA.

For more information about the Montgomery County Family YMCA visit www.mcymca.com or contact Nick Zimmer, Executive Director at 712-623-2161 Ext. #13 or by e-mail at nickz@mcymca.com

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With 27 independent Ys spanning across 54 branch locations, the Iowa YMCAs serve over 304,500 people. 

The Y is one of the nation’s leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the U.S., 2,687 Ys engage 21 million men, women and children – regardless of age, income or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities, the Y has the long-standing relationships and physical presence not just to promise, but to deliver, lasting personal and social change. 

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Montgomery County Family YMCA Press Release (Red Oak, Iowa)
August, 2016

The Montgomery County Family YMCA and the Red Oak Rotary Club continue to strengthen their partnership together with their tremendous support of the YMCA. The Rotary Club made a recent donation of $1,140 through our 80% share of the can/bottle program coordinated by the efforts of the YMCA for the month of July. This is through the programming efforts with the Red Oak Rotary Club and Red Oak Optimist Club can/bottle shed just southeast of the Fareway Grocery Store in Red Oak. The Rotary Club earned $318 for the month of July.  The Rotary Club will use their portion of the money to assist with high school senior scholarships to higher education awards, and community, area, national and word-wide projects to make our world a better place to live, work, and play in.

All proceeds will be placed into the YMCA’s The Y. “For a better us” annual campaign funds. These funds are used to assist local, county, and area residents that are experiencing financial limitations who otherwise might not be able to become members of the Y. With this generous donation our annual campaign program is now up to almost $46,000 with a goal of $58,000.

The Montgomery County Family YMCA and Red Oak Rotary Club are proud to work together towards making Red Oak and the surrounding area a better place to live and work in. We value their annual support with this project and the Y will be looking forward to doing this project again next July, 2017. 

To learn more about how one can become a Red Oak Rotarian, simply come to a Tuesday noon meeting at the Red Coach Inn and Restaurant located at 1200 Senate Avenue on Highway 34 in Red Oak.  You are always welcome! 

One can also contact Co-Membership Directors of the Red Oak Rotary Club Nick Zimmer at the Montgomery County Family YMCA at 712-623-2161 ext. #13 or Chris Amos at Rubey Realty & Auction in Red Oak at 712-623-2724 to receive more information about all that the Red Oak Rotary Club is dedicated to doing for the Red Oak Community, area, region, United States and world.

The Montgomery County Family YMCA’s Four Person Best Ball Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday,  September 17th, 2016 at 9 a.m. at the beautiful Red Oak Country Club in Red Oak, Iowa.  One can form their team now, consider volunteering at the event, become a hole sponsor or door prize/flag prize donor towards this fun-filled fall event. All proceeds will benefit the YMCA’s The Y. “For a better us” annual campaign program.

For more information on the Annual Campaign or how you can become a member or volunteer, please call Nick Zimmer, YMCA Executive Director at 712-623-2161, stop in at the Montgomery County Family YMCA located at the beautiful Red Oak Legion Park, 101 East Cherry Street, Red Oak, Iowa, or email Nick at execdir@mcymca.com.

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Montgomery County Family YMCA Press Release (Red Oak, Iowa)
Monday, July 25^th, 2016

Jamie Werges of Red Oak won the raffle held at noon on July 22nd, 2016 for the 2 night stay in a lodge room at either Snow Mountain Ridge or Estes Park Center in Colorado for an unprecedented 2^nd year in a row. 

She works at the YMCA as a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. Jamie and her husband, Tim, moved back to the Red Oak Community in the summer of 2014 and have become greatly involved in making it a better place to live, work, and play in.

Proceeds from this raffle went to the YMCA’s Annual Campaign program. The YMCA of the Rockies raffle raised nearly $200 for the YMCA’s annual campaign. Each year the Montgomery County Family YMCA coordinates an annual campaign program so that we can honor our long-lasting policy that “no one is denied a YMCA membership or programming opportunities” due to financial limitations. 

The YMCA’s annual campaign “The Y. For a better us.” has raised $45,000 of our 2016 campaign goal of $55,000. The YMCA will be offering it’s Four Person Best Ball Golf Tournament on Saturday, September 17^th, 2016 at the beautiful Red Oak Country Club in Red Oak, Iowa with a 9 a.m. shot-gun start with the funds going towards the annual campaign program.

For more information on the annual campaign, the YMCA’s golf tournament and how to register a team, become a hole sponsor, or prize sponsor, or how you can become a member or volunteer, please call Nick Zimmer, YMCA Executive Director at 712-623-2161, stop in at the Montgomery County Family YMCA located at the beautiful Red Oak Legion Park, 101 East Cherry Street, Red Oak, Iowa, or email Nick at execdir@mcymca.com.

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Be our guest at the Re-dedication Ceremonies for the Carder Indoor Tennis Center at the Montgomery County Family YMCA, 101 East Cherry Street, Red Oak, IA. The Montgomery County Family YMCA would like to thank you for your ongoing support, friendship, or generous contribution to the YMCA’s recently completed Carder Indoor Tennis Center Enhancements of new LED Lighting, Tennis Courts being repainted with the addition of the USTA ten and under lines and new Tennis Nets. (The green boundary area of the painting project will be completed in the Fall due to unforeseen complications.) 

The YMCA’s Carder Indoor Tennis Center is one of the finest indoor centers in the United States. Our celebration of the over $119,000 in improvements that took place this past spring will be on Saturday, July 23rd  in the Carder Indoor Tennis Center. Activities will include tours of not only the tennis center but the entire YMCA facility with a chance to learn more about the YMCA and the tennis programs that are offered year-round for area players of all ages and playing abilities.

• 11:30 a.m. – Noon:         Open House of the Carder Indoor Tennis Center. Tours of The Y will also be available.
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.:        Free lunch for the public provided by the Montgomery & Mills Country Cattleman
• 12:00  p.m.:         Comments by project participants.
• 12:30 p.m.:          Other Ceremonial Events
• 12:45 – 1:30 p.m.:        Free and fun tennis games coordinated by Mark Jackson’s Hardware Hank, Downtown Red Oak, Iowa; Dan & Nita Martinez; Red Oak High School Tennis Boys and Girls Coaches; and Rudy Kinard, YMCA’s Tennis Teaching Program. Play tennis, have fun and the opportunity to win some prizes, and meet new friends.
• 1:45 p.m. :       Thank You - Special thank you to all our YMCA volunteers, staff, and YMCA’s Auxiliary Club for their assistance with this event.

Please RSVP to Nick Zimmer, YMCA Executive Director via phone: 712-623-2161 ext. # 13 or email  at nickz@mcymca.com by Monday, July 18th if attending and how many in your group. For more information on how one can become a member, volunteer, donor, or simply involved with the Montgomery County Family YMCA, please stop in for a visit or tour of the YMCA, call 712-623-2161, visit us on Facebook, or the Y’s website at www.mcymca.com.

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