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Three men on step and repeat at 2022 Annual Celebration. Man in the middle is holding a glass Order of the Red Triangle award.

Top Volunteers Honored at 2022 Annual Celebration Event 

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Two toddlers with wet hair and smile at each other on pool ledge during water safety class.

Floating to Water Safety with the Suncoast Y

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Making Mental Health a Priority

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Kids playing in outdoor zero-entry pool with waterslides in the background. Sunny day with puffy white clouds and tall evergreen trees in background scenery.

April Pools Day and Water Safety

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Kids lifting giant colorful round parachute during an indoor activity from BayCare Kids Power program.jpg

Strong, Healthy Kids

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A MASH program participant performing karaoke indoors, in front of friends. The program, MASH, is for adults with physical, cognitive and developmental disabilities, including people who have autism.

April is Autism Acceptance Month

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Camp craft call pom pom popper shot from above. Child play letters spell summer camp. Pom poms scattered on the table scene.

Developing Life Skills at Summer Camp

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A swim instructor and baby at the edge of an outdoor pool. The FLOAT program teaches young children how to float if they fall into a body of water.

FLOATing Around

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John Geigle YMCA graphic for 25 years in the community. Graphic in teal emblem with orange text celebrating 25 years. The background shows a compilation of photos of people in various activities at the YMCA.

25 Years of Strengthening the Community

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Four volunteers at James P. Gills YMCA organize food donations outside in the shade. Many brown boxes of food rest on pallets and the ground. Foreground includes a man facing away from the camera, holding cereal boxes.

Serving up a Strong Community

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Ridgecrest leader waves from the bed of a blue truck for Greater Ridgecrest MLK Day parade. Sign is on side of truck bed, black block letters in all caps: Tiffany Brown Greater Ridgecrest MLK Grand Marshal on red background.

Volunteering – the Perfect New Year’s Resolution

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YMCA Weight Loss Program

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Teens in a large room with red floors, sitting in chairs listening to adult speaker during a meeting.

Mental Wellness Matters

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Female personal trainer demonstrates a forward lunge to female client, as client is in the stance. Client is holding dumbbells in bicep curl position.

Wellness and Weight Loss at the YMCA

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A small Christmas tree with paper angel ornaments and red bows in front of red plus tan stone wall.

Belonging, Hope and Healthy Living Tools

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A YMCA volunteer loads a turkey into a trunk.

A Season of Thanks

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YMCA staff and members smiling outside new facility. Three people are on the ground in yoga pose with prayer hands and five others stand behind them.

A Clear Path to Wellness

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Open car trunk decorated in dinosaur in the jungle theme in a parking lot at a Trunk or Treat event.

Fall Festivities

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The winning team of the Corporate Cup Challenge, all wearing bright green shirts, cheer when they learned they won the 2022 games.

Corporate Partners Compete for the Corporate Cup

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A group of 50+ youth triathletes smile while holding thumbs up on the outdoor pool deck.

Training and Triathletes

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Four women involved with the Healthy You Initiative pose for a photo inside the Greater Ridgecrest YMCA.

Finding Friendship and Healing through the Healthy You Initiative

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