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Jesse Broadbent, a 12-year-old with autism, has greatly benefited from swimming lessons at the Jennersville YMCA
Community

Swim Lessons at Jennersville YMCA Help Take Jesse Broadbent to New Heights

Dean, a young boy, poses at the indoor swimming pool at the West Chester Area YMCA where he learned how to swim.
Family

YMCA Swim Lessons Teach Kids to be Comfortable in the Water

Member of the YMCA tells her story about how the Y helped her.
Y Stories

What's Your #YStory? Featuring Margie.

Group of girls from Milton Center learning how to swim at West Chester Area YMCA.
Y Stories

What's Your #YStory? Featuring Liz.

Mother and Daughter together at the YMCA of Greater Brandywine.
Y Stories

What's Your Y Story? Featuring Courtney.

Y Stories

Mission Moment: UMLY's Open Doors Program

Paisley Minor, a two year old and enrolled in the Childcare and Early Learning Center at the Brandywine YMCA poses with her mom Paige at the playground.
Mission Advancement

Paisley Minor, a 2-year-old Making a Difference

Mission Advancement

Local Nine-Year-Old’s Fund-Raising Efforts for the YMCA Matched by Key Financial, Inc.

Mission Advancement

#10for10 - Pay It Forward - Join Owen’s Cause!

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