Tazewell Community Foundation issues $1.3 Million Dollar Grant Challenge!

The Four Seasons YMCA has been challenged to raise an additional $1,300,000.00 by the Tazewell Community Foundation. The Tazewell Community Foundation board chairman, Steve Barrett said, “It is the board’s desire to help the Four Seasons YMCA reach their $7,600,000.00 goal by offering a dollar-for-dollar match up to $1,300,000.00. By raising an additional $1,300,000.00, the YMCA will reach its campaign goal of $7,600,000.00 and fund operational endowment with $500,000.00. This matching gift will be in effect until the Four Seasons YMCA opens in the Spring of 2009. We hope that by making this challenge grant, the additional funds needed can be raised quickly. The Four Seasons YMCA will be a great addition to Tazewell and surrounding areas and will help change, for the better, the way we all live. In addition to improving our quality of life, the YMCA’s mission matches the purpose of the Tazewell Community Foundation which is to improve the health, welfare, and education of the citizens of Tazewell County.”

The Four Seasons YMCA has currently raised $5,716,000.00 of the $7,600,000.00 campaign goal according to Frank Barnes, Director of Development. The center is currently under construction and scheduled to open in March 2009. A membership campaign is currently underway. For more information, contact Shana Kitts at (276) 988-8950.