2024 YMCAKPT Annual Impact

 

Dear Friends

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you all so much for a fantastic year. It is because of you, your generous gifts of your time, talent, and financial support, that the Greater Kingsport Family YMCA can be a force for good with a positive impact in our many communities across northeast Tennessee this year.

We will begin our 2025 Annual Giving Campaign in early February, and I am reminded of the critical role you each play in sharing the Y’s impact. Your support with this annual campaign is making it possible for the Y to ensure that no one is turned away due to the inability to afford our services and that our funding gap is closed so we can continue offering life changing outreach programs. Annually, the campaign will support thousands of youth, families and individuals through character and life skill building Y programs that help all to learn, grow and thrive. More importantly, through your sharing of the Y story, you are perpetuating the cause and mission of our organization. Knowledge is so powerful to spread the word of goodwill.

Your financial support and cultivation efforts ensure that the Y can say “yes” to serving where others say “no” in part to lack of funds. You make it possible to provide affordable, accessible programs to all members of our community. We are confident that you will continue to help us grow together in 2025!

With sincere gratitude,

January Tankersley

Senior Director of Development 
Kingsport Family YMCA

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THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN 2024

The YMCA understands that lasting personal and social change only happens when the community works together. Everything we do is grounded in meeting the unique needs of the communities we serve – and we can’t do it alone. We place immense value on the local collaborations and partnerships we forge to ensure all people and communities thrive. Through their gifts, volunteerism and advocacy our community partners are powerfully investing in our youth and families who are in greatest need.

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Our Impact 

Support and Membership Revenue

$2,222,037 In Membership Revenue	$2,212,299 In Government Grant Funding	$252,647 In Annual Giving Contributions       $204,265                                                  Planned Giving/ Legacy Gifts
3,380 Volunteer hours Served	$293,940 In Foundation Donations	$588,350 In In-Kind Donations

 

Y on Wheels

+  311 Kids across 6 locations were served a meal in 2024. Including Brighter Horizons in Rogersville. 
 

+  9,800 Meals were provided to kids through Y on Wheels

$9,300 in Back to School Supplies for Back to School Bash.

Program Now Spans 3 Counties Hawkins, Sullivan and Washington.

$1.4M in Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) grant funding from 2023-2024.

Reedy Pointe 2024 60 kids 28 adults 35 meals/visit

Magnolia Pointe 2024 48 kids 42 adults 30 meals/visit

Hillside Pointe 2024 51 kids 23 adults 25 meals/visit

Stonecrest 2024 72 kids 53 adults 30 meals/visit

Keystone 2024 15 kids 12 adults 7 meals/visit

 

YMCA Feeding Program

+  109,601 meals were served across 24 Afterschool sites and 6 Y on Wheels sites

+  $570,000 Awarded in grants and government funding.

+ 66% Parent/ Guardian felt like proper nutrition was offered.

+ 27% Kids qualified for a free/ reduced price lunch.

+ Over 300,000 Meals served since 2021!

 

10,000 Meals Served/Month on Average

2,500 Meals Served/Week on Average

Over 35,000 Miles Driven to Deliver Meals

 

 

 

YMCA Afterschool 2024-2025

Kingsport City Schools (KCS) Jefferson: 53 Kids Robinson: 23 Kids Jackson: 35 Kids Kennedy: 38 Kids Lincoln: 44 Kids Roosevelt: 30 Kids Sevier: 13 Kids

Sullivan County Schools (SCS) Central Heights: 43 Kids Holston: 46 Kids Indian Springs: 26 Kids Ketron: 41 Kids Miller Perry: 24 Kids Rock Springs: 57 Kids Sullivan Gardens: 41 Kids *Sullivan Heights: 15  (New Site in 2024)

Hawkins County Schools (HCS) Bulls Gap: 11 Kids Carter’s Valley: 45 Kids Church Hill: 55 Kids Hawkins Elementary: 26 Kids Joseph Rogers: 24 Kids Mooresburg: 24 Kids Mt. Carmel: 36 Kids St. Clair: 30 Kids *Surgoinsville: 22                      (New Site in 2024)

 +  813 Kids had a safe place to excel after the bell.
 + 70% Say their child felt safer at Afterschool.

      + 85% Kids had an improved attendance rate                after starting Afterschool.

+ 41 Children received scholarships to assist with Afterschool care resulting in an estimated total of $65,120 for the 2024-2025 school year.

 

Rock Springs Impact Story 2024

When Juan came to us in August, he spoke very little English. He struggled to communicate, preferred to play alone, and tended to wonder off.

Just three months later, he has made so much progress! He asks so many questions and speaks up for himself when he needs things. His favorite question lately has been, “Can I eat?” when all the snack has been passed out. He understands the routine. He has recently started calling his counselors and friends by name. He plays well with others and has made friends with just about every person in the program. He’s a completely different child than he was just a few short months ago. Today, he earned a ticket for our weekly and monthly drawing for prizes. He cleaned up his toys and put them away without being asked (which as you all know is huge for any child)! So, here are your words of encouragement for this evening. As you sit and reflect on your day. All the things that could have gone differently. All of the highs and lows. Just remember the impact that you’re making on these kids. Whether it be big or small, you are making a difference in so many little lives!

 

 

 Summer Camp

+ 18 Campers on financial assistance saved parents an estimated $270/ child and a total of $5,000 for all families.

+ 187 Campers were able to attend camp at no cost to their families in Hawkins County and Sullivan County in 2024.
+ 4 Summer Camp locations across 3 districts gave 478 (unduplicated) Campers the Best Summer in 2024. 

 

Summer Camp Locations and Campers

Johnson:  248 Campers

Rock Springs: 110 Campers

Church Hill: 58 Campers

Brighter Horizons:        36 Campers

 

YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center

198 Meals Prepped and Delivered Each Day

103 Volunteers Made an Impact on Kids

22 Kids at YMCA Brighter Horizons Youth Center 7 Pre-K Registrations in 2024

 

 

Health and Wellness at the YMCA

+  24 Active participants in our Rock Steady Parkinson’s Boxing Class.

      +  440 Total Wellness Connection Appointments 

+  144 Parkinson's Classes per participant in 2024.

+  3500 Personal training sessions in 2024 

 

Membership at the YMCA

+  251,943 Member scans to the facility in 2024.

+  $355,431 In financial assistance for members in 2024.

 

Membership Breakdown

• Adult: 480 Members
• Adult Couple: 758 Members
• Household: 6,335 Members
• Senior: 125 Members
• Single Parent Family: 1,395 Members
• Young Adult: 254 Members
• Youth: 104 Members
• Silver & Fit: 1589 Members
• Renew Active: 1090 Members