Dear ___,
I am emailing you as a campaigner for the Ann Arbor YMCA’s Annual Campaign. The Y means a lot to me: so much, in fact, that I am giving both my time and treasure to support this organization that does so much in our community. I’d like to ask you to do the same.
I’ve included a story to illustrate how the Y has positively impacted a child this year. In 2015 we had over 350 children attend our one-week Safety Around Waterprogram free of charge.
“I don’t know how to swim, but I have kids now! I see how important it is, because I see on the news every summer about kids drowning. When I heard about the Safety Around Water program at Healthy Kids Day this spring, I signed my kids up, and we haven’t missed a day.” Valerie continued, while smiling shyly, “I spoke with the instructor and she said that I could probably get a scholarship at the Y to learn how to swim too.”
Swimming is an essential life skill, and Safety Around Water, a water safety course offered to the community free of charge is one way that the Y seeks to impact our community, one family at a time. This summer, thanks to your donations, Valerie and her children will be more confident, and safer around the water. Thank you. The Y TM. For a better us.TM
Please consider making a donation to the Ann Arbor YMCA’s Annual Campaign. $100 allows a child to attend one week of day camp, $250 enables a single working parent to receive one month of after school child care at the Y and $500 sends a kid to Camp Al-Gon-Quian for a week. Every gift makes a difference! Thank you so much for your consideration. Here is a secure link should you wish todonate. Thank you!