VP of Youth Development is Advocate of the Year

Pinellas Advocates for Children and Families Advocacy Award

The Pinellas Advocates for Children and Families committee have selected Beth Gettig as their 2015/16 Advocate of the Year. Beth serves as the Vice President of Youth Development for the YMCA of the Suncoast.

The YMCA of the Suncoast knows that Beth exemplifies all the qualities of a true advocate for children. She has been working in the child care field for more than two decades.

In that time, she has been a group leader, Program Director, Associate Director, Executive Director and now Vice President of Youth Development.

“Being an advocate for youth development for me is not an expectation, but rather an obligation,” commented Gettig.

“Youth need adults to act on their behalf to help them reach their God-given potential. I am so fortunate and deeply humbled to be able to do this not only through my work at the Y, but as past President of Pinellas Advocates for Children and Families.”

Beth has been on the Pinellas Advocates Committee for the last 15 years. During her tenure, she advocated for children and families by attending events in Tallahassee to speak to legislators on relevant children’s issues. She also helped organize the local children’s day events to include Hands across the Bay.

In addition to being an advocate for others, Beth says being a mother to her seven-year-old daughter is most rewarding.

The YMCA of the Suncoast is proud of her work and congratulates her on being the Pinellas Advocates for Children and Families committee Advocate of the Year.