SCHEELS CONTRIBUTES 1/3 OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO YMCA’S CAPITAL CAMPAIGN (Photo: Shawna Herzog, Y Membership Director; Mistie Mims, Y Development Director; Wayne Moller, Y Associate Director; Tina Postel, Y CEO; Todd Anderson, Scheels Store Leader.) Billings Store Leader Todd Anderson of Scheels presented a check for $333,333.33 to YMCA CEO Tina Postel for the renovation of the Family Locker Room at the Billings Family YMCA. The money is meant as a 1 to 1 challenge for the Y to raise matching funds to complete Phase Two of the Y’s $2.5 million dollar capital campaign. Phase Two of the campaign includes the renovation of the Fortin Family Youth Center and the Scheels Family Locker Room. “Scheels is happy to support great causes in all of the communities where we have stores,” said Todd Anderson. “The Y is a 100-year-old organization with an impressive track record of providing healthy programs for children and families in this community; we’re pleased to be able help with the renovation and to add the Scheels name to the Family Locker Room, he added. “Let’s build a place for our families and children to grow and thrive,” said Mistie Mims, YMCA Development Director. “To date, the Y has matched $282,700 toward the generous Scheels challenge and we’re anticipating more donations to come in before the end of this fiscal year,” she added. More… “The Y is so much more than just a swim & gym health club, we impact the lives of more than 10% of the entire community and are excited about the second phase of our capital campaign to make our facility more user friendly for our families and children,” said Tina Postel. In November, the Y completed the first phase of the capital campaign, a $1.9 million dollar renovation of the men’s and women’s locker rooms. The renovation included an expanded men’s locker room on the 2nd floor and a larger women’s locker room on the north side of the 1st floor. Each of the locker rooms has more than 900 lockers, larger steam rooms, dry saunas and whirlpools. The completed renovation also made major improvements to the 1st floor Health Studio and creation of a new group exercise room on the 2nd floor. Karen Sanford Gall and Randy Scott are serving as co-chairs of the capital campaign which has already raised more than $1,636,700 in donations and pledges. “Various areas of the Y have been named in honor of families and businesses that made lead gifts to the campaign,” said Randy Scott. In addition to the Scheels Family Locker Room, named areas include: Andrew Youlden ChildWatch, Atwell-Link Cardio Studio, Underriner Family Playground, Corning Family Fitness Center, First Interstate Bank Lap Pool, G.L. Daniel Hot Tub, the McDonald Family Deep Pool, Preston Family Lobby, and the Mary & Bruce Crippen Wellness Studio. “We understand the importance of maintaining quality programs and services for our members, families and the community; we are very pleased with the renovations of our adult locker rooms and now look forward to finishing the family locker rooms and creating a better place for our kids,” said campaign co-chair Karen Stanford Gall.
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