YMCA Inspiration and Impact Report - 2019

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Teaching ACCEPTANCE Paisley Minor is a two-year-old who was born with a rare condition called tibial hemimelia, which caused her to have both legs amputated in February. Paisley joined the toddler class at the Brandywine YMCA and was quickly accepted. “The teachers learned about Paisley’s disability and integrated her, as well as helped the other toddlers learn about and accept Paisley’s uniqueness,” shares her mother Paige, a Major in the U.S. Marines. “Paisley does not feel like she is different,” Paige continues, “and, in five months, she was taking some steps on her own!” Paisley is a joyful child, making friends with staff at the front desk and members who share the therapy pool with her, but her greatest gift to the Y may be helping others become more accepting of people of ALL abilities, which she is doing just from her presence. As Paige sees how accepting the Brandywine YMCA community is of Paisley, she notes that it is “time to teach people! Acceptance of people and their differences is what the world needs right now.” Paisley Minor WATCH THE VIDEO!
LIFE CHANGES lead to a healthier life and community Joseph Amore suffers from labile blood pressure, meaning his blood pressure could jump to dangerously high levels or drop to dangerously low levels at any moment. It causes him to fall … a lot. It was after one of those falls that his three sons insisted he move closer to them, so last January Joseph and his wife moved to Thorndale, PA. Joseph joined the Brandywine YMCA after sitting around his new place for a couple of weeks. “I had to do something,” he recalls. “Just sitting around the apartment was not going to work!” He began doing water aerobics five mornings a week. “I really look forward to my daily routine. I get up at 8 am, go to the Y to work out in the pool and see friends I have met since coming here,” says Joseph. Ten months after joining, he lost 30 pounds and set a new goal of dropping to under 200 pounds. “I’m healthy and happy now,” Joseph says with a big grin. “And the best news is I haven’t fallen at all since moving here! I love the Brandywine YMCA. It is so friendly, so nice. And, they host monthly lunches for us retired folks, where I’ve met even more people.” Joseph Amore
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