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Member Spotlight: Shantel DavisThe YMCA Saved Our Lives By: Shantel Davis, First Coast YMCA Metro Board of Directors Could you jump into a pool to save someone’s life? In the deep end? What if it was your child? That’s a scary thought, but it’s a nightmare I lived through when my daughter was...
Member Spotlight: Richard RobinsonPersonal Training Through Life’s Ups and Downs As an avid athlete participating in half marathons and endurance bike riding, Richard Robinson has always led an active lifestyle. Looking for a place to maintain his fitness, he and his wife joined the First Coast YMCA. Richard would come to the Y...
Black History Month: Celebrating 75 Years at the Johnson Family YMCAChartered by the YMCA of the USA on July 19, 1948, the James Weldon Johnson Family has served generations of families and transformed lives by empowering young people, improving the health and well-being of people of all ages and inspiring positive action in and across Northwest Jacksonville. Here’s a brief...
Congratulations to our new ‘Guardians’Providing a safe environment for every person at the First Coast YMCA—especially children—is essential to our mission as a community-serving organization. We understand that in order to keep our promise to help our youngest members and program participants grow and thrive, we must do everything in our power to assure...
Member Spotlight: Miles DowdyAuthor: Miles Dowdy, First Coast YMCA member In December of 2021, I stepped on the scale and saw something I’d never see before: 300 pounds. Going up the stairs was becoming difficult and I couldn’t keep up with my son the way I wanted to. The body that won state...