YMCA Impact Stories
Jennifer Meyer Impact Story
Karen and Derek’s Story
Jeremy’s Y is Peace
-
Monica’s Y is Helping Others
There are YMCA "lifers" who have dedicated their careers to helping others thrive. Monica has been with us for over 10 years and during her…
-
Nakita’s Y is Connection
Wherever I've lived, gym culture has always played a significant role in my life. Back home in the Caribbean, I was part of the bodybuilding…
-
Stanley’s Y is Lifesaving
My desire to help others started when I was very young, specifically when I saved a baby from drowning at the young age of 8. As…
-
Kennedy’s Y is Determination
After leaving my hometown at the age of 17 in pursuit of a better life, I found myself pregnant, alone, and heading down a path…
-
Gina’s Y is Progress
Graduating from university is always scary, but during a pandemic, it’s particularly frightening. During my final year, I kept hearing statistics about people being fired…
-
Eric’s Y is Perseverance
After two years of training to become an IRONMAN, I was crushed when the triathlon I registered for and had poured so much time into…
-
Jenny’s Y is Growth
Becoming a mother is never easy, but having kids in my teen years created a set of barriers that seemed impossible to overcome at the…
-
Mariely’s Y is Community
After immigrating to Kelowna from Venezuela, I found it very difficult to feel at home in a foreign country. I was struggling to learn the language and had numerous doors slammed in my face while trying…
-
Karla and Vince’s Y is Resilience
After the birth of my second child, I was struggling to juggle two young kids when tragedy struck. I received a call that a crane…
-
Serena’s Y is Healing
After decades of battling an extreme drug addiction that left me working on the streets, I got clean and moved to Kelowna in search of…