Y STAFF HELPS COMMUNITY, SHARES EXPERTISE Y staff work diligently within their Y roles to support families and youth and to connect with individuals. But the Y’s impact goes far beyond the walls of our current building or the programs...
TENNIS KEY TO LONG LIFE FOR DON WEAVER It’s no secret that daily exercise and community connections are linked to a long, healthy life. Longtime Y member Don Weaver understands that firsthand. Don has been coming weekly to the Y...
GROWING UP AT THE Y The Eugene Family YMCA touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids in Lane County—through youth sports, swim and tennis lessons, afterschool programs and summer camps. All of those children are impacted by the...
SUPPORTING AN AMBITIOUS FUTURE BERNICE KRAKANI is raising two sons, working full-time and attending graduate school at the University of Oregon full-time. It’s a heavy load, and one that is made more complicated by the fact that she came from...
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS DAILY For DANA SWISHER and her son LOGAN THOMAS, every day at the Eugene Family YMCA is a good day. That’s because the Y is the perfect playground for Logan to practice navigating with a cane, gain...
ON TRACK FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE SYNDEE WEST wanted to enroll in the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program with her dad, but his disease was too advanced for the program, which serves people with prediabetes. “My dad didn’t qualify, but he...
