Creating Opportunities for All

The YMCA Annual Fundraising Campaign goes where membership fees don’t. It powers critical programs and activities that keep kids safe, people healthy, and families strong. The Y needs your support to continue to make these services possible. 

While YMCA membership fees allow the Y to be a gathering place in our community, it is the YMCA Annual Fundraising Campaign that gives us the power to make that community stronger. When you give to the YMCA’s Annual Fundraising Campaign, you are giving kids, families, an seniors the opportunity to forge meaningful connections, reclaim and maintain healthy habits, and unleash their full potential. 
 

See how impactful your donation can be: 

 

Nurturing the potential of every child and teen

  • Nurtured 6,017 kids through Y child care services including Preschool & Before & After School programs
  • Provided 3,556 children essential, life-saving skills through YMCA swim lessons
  • Youth Sports served 13,060 boys and girls as they learned teamwork, leadership skills, and sportsmanship
  • YMCA Camp Kitaki served 6,125 boys and girls through overnight Summer Camp, Outdoor Education, and off-season events

Improving our community's health and well being

  • 590 children benefited from the Y's Youth Training and Wellness programs, including Teen Fitness Training, Jr. Chefs, and more
  • Disease Prevention and Management classes such as LIVESTRONG, Delay the Disease, and Parkinson's Support were experienced 13,605 free group exercise classes each week to help our members maintain a healthy lifestyle as our health became more important than ever during the pandemic
  • Hosted flu shot clinics and blood drives to keep our community healthy, touching more than 300 lives

Giving back and providing support to our neighbors

  • Awarded over $800,000 in financial assistance impacting over 1,300 individuals and families, ensuring the EVERYONE has access to Y programs and services
  • Partnered with the People's City Mission to collect more than 2,000 winter coats for families in need last winter
  • Dedicated volunteers provided over 44,000 hours assisting in mission driven activities and programs at the Y
  • Donated over 2,000 Christmas gifts to nearly 700 students at Elliott and Pershing Elementary as a result of the YMCA Giving Tree.
  • Held our annual community-wide swimsuit drive benefiting 350 youth enrolled in our grant-based swim lessons last summer

Donate Today


 

March 7-8 | Lincoln YMCA Battle of the Paddle

April 1-30 | Lincoln YMCA 4x4 Challenge

June 5 | Copple Family YMCA Food Trucks & Fun

July 4 | YMCA Youth Sports Adventure Run

August 1-2 | Railyard Rims

September 1 | Fallbrook YMCA Youth Triathlon

October 22-November 1 | Lincoln YMCA Bids for Kids Online Auction

November TBD | Northeast YMCA Chili Cook Off & Pickleball Tournament

November 27 | Lincoln YMCA Turkey Trot

December 2 | Giving Tuesday

December 6 | Cooper YMCA Craft Fair

For more information on these events, visit ymcalincoln.org/events.