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...
THE Y, PIVOTAL IN HUGH’S LIFE Hugh Prichard gained vital work experience as a teenager at his hometown YMCA in Long Beach, California. “I was first offered a summer job as a camp counselor,” Hugh says. “This gave me the...
THE Y, PIVOTAL IN HUGH’S LIFE Hugh Prichard gained vital work experience as a teenager at his hometown YMCA in Long Beach, California. “I was first offered a summer job as a camp counselor,” Hugh says. “This gave me the...
Y SUPPORT THROUGH ADVERSITY LAURA PETTIGREW’S smile lights up the Eugene Family YMCA’s lobby. As the Membership Services Coordinator, she greets people, helps them with their accounts and finding their classes, and is often the first friend individuals make at...
