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Contact: Natalie
Zembrzuski, YMCA
860-522-9622 ext:
2309
YMCA of Greater
Hartford Receives
$50,000 Gift from
Rockville Bank
Foundation
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The
Rockville
Bank
Foundation
warmed a
cold day
with a
$50,000
donation
to the
YMCA of
Greater
Hartford
for the
soon-to-be-constructed
YMCA in
Ellington.
Gathered
on the
snowy
construction
site are
(left to
right):
Gary
Wolff ,
Co-Chair
Major
Gifts
Eastern
Regional
YMCA
Committee,
Branch
of the
YMCA of
Greater
Hartford;
Joe
Jeamel,
COO of
Rockville
Bank;
Kevin
Washington,
President
and CEO
of YMCA
of
Greater
Hartford;
Suzanne
Appleton,
Executive
Director
of
Indian
Valley
YMCA;
Bill
McGurk,
President
and CEO
of
Rockville
Bank;
and John
Byrnes,
Chairman
of the
Board of
YMCA of
Greater
Hartford. |
GREATER HARTFORD,
February 27, 2008 -
The YMCA of Greater
Hartford has
received a $50,000
contribution from
the Rockville Bank
Foundation for the
construction of the
new 40,000 square
foot Eastern
Regional YMCA on
Pinney Street in
Ellington, Conn.
"We
are grateful to
Rockville Bank for
its generous
contribution," says
Gary Wolff, member
of the Greater
Hartford YMCA Board
of Directors and
co-chair of the
Eastern Regional
Major Gifts
Committee. "We have
an opportunity to
make a difference on
this side of the
river, and Rockville
Bank has brought us
one step closer to
delivering the
benefits of a
full-service YMCA to
families
east-of-the-river,"
says Wolff.
"The
Rockville Bank
Foundation is
pleased to announce
a donation of
$50,000 toward the
construction of the
Eastern Region YMCA
facility to be built
in Ellington, CT,"
says Joseph F.
Jeamel, Chief
Operating Officer of
Rockville Bank and
Director of the
Rockville Bank
Foundation. "The new
facility will
provide
opportunities to
participate in
activities that will
enhance the health
and happiness of
citizens in Vernon,
Tolland, Ellington,
and South Windsor."
Once
completed, the
Eastern Regional
YMCA will meet the
growing demand for
quality family and
adult services in
the region. The
facility will have
two swimming pools
(a lap pool and a
warm water
multi-purpose pool),
a wellness center,
group exercise
studios, child care
and child watch
rooms, organized
youth and adult
programs and much
more. Schools and
civic organizations
will be able to use
the facility for
meetings and events,
and the facility
will become a
gathering place for
the community.
"We
are happy to see the
Y expanding in our
area and wish them
much success in
their fundraising.
Their enhanced
presence will do a
lot of "friendraising"
for area residents,"
says Rockville Bank
President and CEO
William J. McGurk.
McGurk's first
exposure to the Y
was in his home town
of Pittsfield, Mass.
where he
participated in
after school Friday
programs at the
downtown Y. Bill and
his father, Jim
McGurk, took part in
many Y Indian Guide
programs.
The
YMCA of Greater
Hartford is a
non-profit 501 (c)
(3) charitable
organization which
serves more than
107,000 people in 41
towns across the
Capital Region. YMCA
programs put the
values of caring,
honesty, respect and
responsibility into
practice to build
healthy spirit, mind
and body for all
participants. |
