Notes
from the Board Chair
The West County Family YMCA
board set a number of goals: to increase our board membership,
to improve our
visibility in the community and to increase the financial
assistance we provide through our fund raising from board
members, individuals and businesses. To these ends, we continue
to make substantial progress and as Frank Sinatra, the old
crooner, sang in one his classic songs. ‘It was a very
good year’!
The life blood of all boards is its members.
I am pleased to report that not only did our board grow
from 17 to 29
members but there continues to be a greater sense of commitment
and dedication of the board to the Y’s mission and
programs.
The WCF YMCA held its second annual Community
Leaders event at the library in November. Our keynote
speaker, School
board member Celia Jaffee, spoke passionately of her family’s
lifetime involvement in the Y and her late father’s
role as national President of the YMCA of the USA.
The board embarked on a program to bring its members to
see, first hand, our four core programs: School sports,
Youth in government, Child care and Y Guides+Princesses.
So far, we have visited the Oakview site where we support
after school sports and attended the annual Youth in Government
bill presentation day at the Huntington Beach City Hall.
In 2007, we will visit on-site Child care and a Y Guides
and Princess event.
The YMCA is dedicated to improving the lives of our youth
on many fronts, including promoting healthy life styles.
Last year our local Y had the largest turnout of any Orange
County YMCA for the annual Healthy Kids Day. We held the
event at Edison High school with over 500 people attending.
They Y boards role is to advise and support the branch;
it is the Y staff that must do the work and keep the Y members
satisfied. We are extremely pleased with the able leadership
of our executive director, Janie Wolicki, and her dedicated
and hardworking staff.
The Y continues to seek appropriate partnerships with other
community organizations. If you have an idea, please call
us!
I have enjoyed my experience as a Y board Chair and now
turn the reins over to Del Hovden, who has served us well
as a fellow executive board member.
Dan Hazard
January 2007
For
more information contact
Board
Development Chairman:
Dan Olson at 714-374-2053
Board Chair:
Dan Hazard at 714-969-1189 |
The West County Family YMCA has hired Jesse
Maldonado as a new Coordinator
for the Recreation Program at the Oak View Community Center. Jesse has
been working for the YMCA for over a year as a sports assistant. He is
the younger brother of Jose Maldonado, who is also a Coordinator at Oak
View. Jose has recently taken a coaching job at Liberty Christian and Jesse
has stepped up in his absence. When the basketball season is over, the
brothers will share the responsibility as Co-Coordinators at Oak View. 
Enroll today!!!!
"It
Was a Very Good Year" 
Executive
Director's Corner
On December 19, children from the Hawes YMCA Childcare
site visited the Sunrise Senior Living from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. They
sang several Christmas carols to the Seniors. The kids finger-knitted
scarves for each of the residents, and presented them as gifts during
the visit. All the seniors loved the gifts that they received. The
kids and seniors enjoyed refreshments together after the song fest.
This is an example of one of the many service learning projects that
YMCA families were involved in this holiday season.