2020 Annual Report - We're Here for Good
For more than 170 years, the YMCA has strengthened communities by connecting people to their potential, purpose and each other. But 2020 was a year unlike any other. We experienced isolation, loss, shutdowns, unemployment, food insecurity, civil unrest and more.
For more than 170 years, the YMCA has strengthened communities by connecting people to their potential, purpose and each other. But 2020 was a year unlike any other. We experienced isolation, loss, shutdowns, unemployment, food insecurity, civil unrest and more.
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS<br />
GOLD<br />
$5,000 to $9,999<br />
Anonymous<br />
Howard Buck<br />
Colonial Electric Supply<br />
Constellation Energy<br />
Delphi Wealth<br />
Management Group<br />
Thomas Groshans<br />
Sean Hagerty<br />
William Harral, III<br />
Steve Holman<br />
Jim and Betty Horn<br />
William Hostetter<br />
Robert B. Jones<br />
Keough Electric, Inc<br />
The Krall Family<br />
The Leon and Helen<br />
Weiner Foundation<br />
Denise and Paul Lindsay<br />
Richard Luzzi<br />
M&T Bank<br />
Evans Pancoast<br />
Mike Maxwell<br />
Diana McCulloch<br />
Meridian Bank<br />
Rita Modesti<br />
Phillips Mushroom Farms<br />
Bob and Karen Rigg<br />
Rothman<br />
Orthopaedic Institute<br />
Rothwell<br />
Document Solutions<br />
Safeguard<br />
Business Solutions<br />
Suzanne and Karl Scheel<br />
Seifert-Ohnjec Family<br />
Star Roses and Plants<br />
United States<br />
Tennis Assoc, Inc.<br />
The Welch Family<br />
SILVER<br />
$2,500 to $4,999<br />
John Alden<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Laura J. Armstrong<br />
Beiler-Campbell Realtors<br />
HEALTHY LIVING<br />
Brown Brothers Harriman<br />
and Co.<br />
Amanda Cabot and<br />
Peter Kjellerup<br />
John Caldwell<br />
Patricia A. Campbell<br />
Eagleview Landing<br />
Eric and Terry Gibson<br />
Kenneth and<br />
Candra Goddu<br />
The Graham Company<br />
Holly and Richard Graver<br />
Gavin Grimes<br />
Carol Hanson<br />
Bruce Hauptfuhrer<br />
Herr Foods, Inc.<br />
Joseph Hertrich<br />
Pamela Hicks<br />
Gail Hoffman<br />
John Jackson<br />
Wendy Jones<br />
Kent Larson<br />
Longwood<br />
Veterinary Center<br />
Main Line<br />
Commercial Pools<br />
Debbie and Jeff Marx<br />
Edward McAssey<br />
Sandra McLean<br />
Bonnie Musser<br />
The Paro Family<br />
PAX Partners<br />
of Raymond James<br />
Perna and Abracht,<br />
LLC Law Offices<br />
Pete’s Produce Farm LTD<br />
Linda and Peter Riondet<br />
Stephanie Schuetz<br />
Christine Scott<br />
Stradley Ronon Stevens<br />
and Young<br />
Suburban West<br />
Realtors’ Association<br />
TreePennsylvania<br />
Vanguard<br />
Jonathan and<br />
Steffani Witmer<br />
Harold Zuber<br />
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS<br />
BRONZE<br />
$1,000 to $2,499<br />
Action Potential<br />
Acts Retirement -<br />
Life Communities<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Algeo<br />
Gerry Allen<br />
Courtney Allen<br />
Laura Aloisio<br />
Glenn Ammons<br />
Roger Anderson<br />
Betty Angelucci<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Arthur Hall Insurance Group<br />
Denny Bement<br />
Tiffany Bohnsack<br />
Brandywine Valley Concrete<br />
R. Robert Brannon<br />
Aldean Bridges<br />
Matthew Burns<br />
Buzz’s Barbecue Chicken<br />
and Catering<br />
Cameron’s Hardware<br />
and Supply, Inc.<br />
Sherri Capecci<br />
Capital Area Girls on the Run<br />
Chester County Solid<br />
Waste Authority<br />
Daniel Chidester<br />
Brooks Clark<br />
Marianne and John Collins<br />
Chris Craft<br />
David Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Elizabeth Cullen<br />
Leslie Cushing<br />
Gina Daddazio<br />
Dane Decor<br />
Mercedes Diaz<br />
Mary Dodson<br />
The Edgar-Mahon Family<br />
Michael Eisenbud<br />
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY<br />
MEETING THE NEEDS<br />
OF THE COMMUNITY<br />
Dawn Ewing<br />
John A. Featherman<br />
Robert Feenan<br />
Jane and George W. Fenicle<br />
Craig and Cynthia Fenimore<br />
Michael Ferenz<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Don V. Ferrari<br />
First Resource Bank<br />
Fischer Cunnane and<br />
Associates, Ltd.<br />
Jim and Megan Fox<br />
Gillian Fraggos<br />
Patrick Frayne<br />
Clare Freimuth<br />
Edward C. Frey<br />
Patricia Garg<br />
Garnet Auto Group<br />
Gilbane Building Company<br />
Girls on the Run<br />
International<br />
Chad M. Gobel<br />
George Graepel<br />
Trisha Graham<br />
Gary Green<br />
Gary R. Green Jr.<br />
Charles J. Hanna<br />
LaKeisha Harris<br />
Herr Angus Farms<br />
James Herr<br />
Joseph Herron<br />
Hostetter Grain, Inc.<br />
Andrew Huber<br />
Brook Hunt<br />
Illinois Tool<br />
Works Foundation<br />
Jerrehian Foundation<br />
Janet Johnston<br />
Peter Jones<br />
Sharon Journey<br />
STAYING STRONG IN<br />
SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY<br />
Knowing the importance of staying strong in spirit, mind and body, the YMCA<br />
of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) has worked rapidly to develop new ways to ensure<br />
everyone can do this during the pandemic.<br />
Within weeks of the government-ordered shutdown our team quickly began offering virtual group<br />
exercise classes. Because these classes have continued gaining interest and growing in popularity,<br />
we’ve expanded the number and variety of classes offered virtually. Those with an active YGBW<br />
membership can access live and on demand classes at any time. Additionally, we’re offering<br />
outdoor group exercise classes.<br />
The pandemic changed our community in what seems like an instant,<br />
creating overwhelming need. When the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania<br />
ordered a shutdown of all businesses, all branches of the YMCA of Greater<br />
Brandywine were <strong>for</strong>ced to close temporarily, but that didn’t mean our work<br />
or mission stopped— far from it. We were just getting started.<br />
We looked carefully at the needs the pandemic was creating in our community and acted.<br />
We partnered with the American Red Cross and immediately began offering blood drives,<br />
safely collecting over 730 donations in our YMCA branches which helped more than<br />
2,190 patients.<br />
We partnered with several local organizations including the Chester County Food Bank,<br />
Kennett Area Community Services, Southern Chester County Opportunity Network, Square<br />
Root Collective and the United Way of Chester County, to organize food drives. Together,<br />
we collected more than 21,000 pounds of food that helped over 500 local families.<br />
We’ve also launched Virtual Connections, a weekly series of 30-minute webinars on topics that help<br />
viewers live an even more fulfilling life. Episodes have included maximizing health benefits, CPR<br />
and First Aid basics, stress management and even how to eat a full meal with just vegetables!<br />
Episodes are available both live and on demand <strong>for</strong> those with an active YGBW membership<br />
at virtual.ymcagbw.org.<br />
We created online family activities such as April Animal Madness, at-home STEM experiments<br />
and wellness challenges. We partnered with AT&T to deliver internet hotspots to students in<br />
our community without internet access so that they could complete their virtual schoolwork.<br />
We organized virtual coffee hours to prevent seniors from facing isolation, even organizing a<br />
drive-by celebration <strong>for</strong> a long-time YMCA member who turned 100 during the pandemic!<br />
Last fall, lots of YGBW members jumped back into their regular workout routine with our four-week<br />
“Back In Action at the Y” Challenge. And finally, at the end of <strong>2020</strong>, we partnered with more than 150<br />
YMCA Associations across the United States to participate in three wellness challenges in 2021. The first<br />
challenge which began this past February, had more than 1,800 people from the Chester County community<br />
signed up!<br />
Though it was an immensely difficult year, we were challenged to mobilize our mission in new and<br />
unexpected ways. Helping our community through these unprecedented times has been incredible<br />
and we look <strong>for</strong>ward to continuing to help everyone recover.<br />
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<strong>2020</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE ymcagbw.org 4
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