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OUR VOICE | Marco YMCA’s Community Impact

WHY THE Y? COMMENTS FROM SUMMER

CAMP PARENTS AND STUDENT

(LEFT TO RIGHT) Joann Augustin, an camp is a time for me to recall what home, she cries, and I always end up
8th grader at Manatee Middle School I learned in school. When you don’t stay taking her to camp. The main thing is
who attended the Marco Island summer active during the summer, you lose that my daughter needs help reading,
camp held at Marco Island Charter 30% of what you learned in school, and and the YMCA summer camp helps her
Middle School campus said, “This is my it is really important to stay active and learn and get better with her reading.
second year at the YMCA Summer Camp. involved. The staff was wonderful and I don’t want her to be home on the
I moved from Fort Lauderdale and I kept track of everyone to make sure tablet all day, so camp provides extra
wanted to make some new friends, so everyone was safe and having fun!” help for her. She loves reading books
I started coming to the Y. The YMCA at camp.”
camp has helped me make so many Frankie Giselle, mother of Selena and
new friends that, of course, will last Jeremiah Nelson: “I think the YMCA Marilyn Cruz, mother of Dany Rodriguez:.
for a lifetime. I enjoyed meeting new is a good program for the kids. It helps “I am very happy with the program and I
teachers and getting their perspective my kids learn and get smarter in math would like to praise all the teachers for
on learning. I loved learning about the and literacy.” their hard work. My son is very happy
teachers and where they were from and Erica Lora, mother of Jiselle Lora: “Jiselle and is progressing tremendously. My
listening to their interesting stories is going into 2nd grade and she has been family has only been in this country for
about being a YMCA Camp Counselor. going to the YMCA camps and programs two years, and he knew nothing when he
At the end of the camp, I was so happy for four years. Giselle likes to make arrived. The YMCA helped my son learn
to go to Sun-N-Fun and I had fun friends at camp and do activities at camp English quickly and get acclimated with
splashing in the water with my friends because she would otherwise be bored at new friends. Congratulations to all the
and even meeting new ones. The YMCA home. When I’m off work and I keep her teachers. The program is marvelous.”
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