YMCA Endowment Fund
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YMCA Heritage Society
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Why Should You Become a Member?
We know that our children and grandchildren will be faced with challenges of their own as they grow and prosper in life. The YMCA Heritage Society, founded in 2006, was established in order to help our YMCA keep pace with those challenges and insure that innovative, high quality, mission driven YMCA programs and services will be there to lend support, guidance and friendship to our future generations.
The guiding principle behind the YMCA Heritage Society is that individuals can decide today to make a future financial commitment to the YMCA through estate planning. While the members of the Heritage Society come from diverse backgrounds, they all share a common bond. They, like YMCA Buffalo Niagara's founder George Perkins, are compassionate and committed visionaries, who have willfully chosen to make a difference in the lives of others, not only today but well into the future, through their support of the YMCA Endowment Fund.
Membership Requirements
While the average Heritage Society commitment is higher, a future gift of $5,000 is the target entry level for all members. We encourage you to consider extending your YMCA involvement beyond the here and now by becoming a member of the YMCA Heritage Society. As a Heritage Society member, you will help positively shape the lives of those who will one day shape our community, our country, and our world.
Benefits of Heritage Society Membership
The YMCA honors its Heritage Society members and their commitment to the future in a number of ways:
- An invitation to attend the annual event celebrating the Society and its legacy of support.
- A gift as an expression of the YMCA's appreciation.
- Recognition on the Heritage Society roster included in YMCA Buffalo Niagara's annual report,on the association website and on branch displays.
- Regular updates on Endowment Fund investments in YMCA Buffalo Niagara programs through the YMCA's quarterly newsletter, the President's Letter.
To learn more about how you can become involved in the YMCA Heritage Society, please contact the YMCA Financial Development Office at 716-565-6000, ext. 107 or email contactus@ymcabuffaloniagara.org.
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