Donate and Volunteer

Help keep kids at the Y,
not home alone!

At the Y, not home alone information

Help make your community a better place through the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA! By giving your time and/or your financial support, you join thousands of citizens who have helped the YMCA address our community's evolving needs.

There are a number of ways you can give your time, talents or treasures to the YMCA.  For more information, please call the YMCA Financial Development Department at 404-371-3317 or e-mail staceys@ymcaatlanta.org  or Janice Mathews, Volunteer & Community Service Coordinator at 404-371-3309 or e-mail janicem@ymcaatlanta.org.

Volunteers are very important to the YMCA and the community it serves.  Volunteering not only makes the Decatur-DeKalb Family YMCA a better place, but it also gives you an opportunity to touch a life, to make new friends and to personally grow.

Partner With Youth - Help with our Annual Campaign to raise money for youth scholarships.

Make Your Partner With Youth Donation Here

How Can You "Create Your Own Impact"?
Here are just a few ways that you can make a difference when you give to the Partner With Youth Campaign:

• Give a child the opportunity to develop teamwork, self-confidence and fundamental skills by playing on a recreational sports team- $100
• Help an older adult to get out of the house, make friends and socialize by participating in group activities with other adults- $258
• Create lifelong memories and friendships by sending a child to summer day camp for two weeks - $270
• Strengthen a single parent family and their young children with a semester of safe after school enrichment at one of our Prime Time after school sites - $550
• Provide one actively invested teen an opportunity to participate in a week long mission to an international location that encourages service beyond self - $1,500
• Enroll  a child in a YMCA youth fitness program which will educe the risk of childhood obesity and diabetes - $275

Your contributions help individuals and families in our Decatur and DeKalb communities.

 In 2007 more than 4,725 people benefited from $185,000 in financial assistance.  Below are just a few of the ways your gifts made a difference in the lives of youth and families by helping us to:

• Provided a summer day camp experience for 84 children where counselors challenge kids to reach their full potential;
• Enrolled 220 children in a safe, positive and productive after-school program where children can focus on academic and social development;
• Helped 1,575 youth and adults with a place to be active, build relationships and participate in YMCA sponsored events.
• Provided 65 refugee children the opportunity to improve skill development, physical fitness and learn the value of team work through YMCA wellness programs and activities.
• Gave 27 young adults with disabilities the opportunity for social interaction and time spent away from family and caregivers through the Happy Club,

Our Board of Directors has set a challenge goal for 2008 of $196,000.
Thank you for giving so the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA can focus on its mission by making programs more inclusive, affordable and accessible.

Happy Club Chaperones/Drivers - Twice a month on weekends we take young adults 16 years and older with developmental disabilities to activities out in the community (Braves games, bowling, movies and dinner, etc.).

Women Explorer Too - Bus Driver to chaperone active older adults to trips and out to lunch once a month.

Dances and Special Events - Help with planning, decorating and running activities for the following events -
Happy Club Halloween Dance and Christmas Dinner Dance (TBA)

Lunch and Label - Help with labeling newsletters, program guides, etc., while meeting new friends, socializing and eating lunch.

Computer Tutor - Assist beginners on basic computer skills and learn about the Internet, email, printing, and much more!  We are currently working with Senior Adults.

Beep Baseball - Baseball for the seeing, the blind and the visually impaired.  We need players who are sighted to be fielders, catchers and pitchers.

Sports Coaches - Teaching basic skills for sports recreation programs for ages 3 to 18 such as baseball, basketball and soccer.

Sports Volunteer - Assisting with field lining, field monitor and office administrator.

Adapted Aquatics - Assist in the pool with children with developmental disabilities learning to swim.

Gymnastics Assistants - Help instructors with children and set up and break down gymnastics equipment.

Play Center - Greet parents or assist with the daily care giving of children ages 3 months to 12 years.

Member Greeter - Greet members as they come to work out at the YMCA.