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Spreading Holiday Cheer: Pack-the-Truck Christmas Toy Collection Drive

October 9, 2024

BENEFITTING TOYS FOR TOTS

The Greater Joliet Area YMCA is teaming up with the United Parcel Service (UPS) and Star 96.7 to host a Christmas Toy Collection Drive to ensure every kid in our community has a toy to open this holiday season!

Help us make the holiday season a little brighter for families in need in our community by donating a new, unwrapped toy for a child, ages 17 and younger. We will also be collecting donations of gift wrap and bows.

This festive morning will include a special appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus. Star 96.7’s Midday Host Jillian Bass will be at the YMCA broadcasting live from 10 a.m.-Noon. Members of the Plainfield Fire Department, Plainfield Police Department, and United States Marine Corps will also be onsite to support this event.

Make your plans to join us!

Date: Saturday, November 2
Time: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Location:
C.W. Avery Family YMCA
15120 Wallin Drive
Plainfield, IL 60544

For more information about Toys For Tots in our area, click here.

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Let Your Talent Shine: 2024 YMCA Holiday Card Design Contest

September 25, 2024

The YMCA’s Holiday Card Design Contest is back! Open to Y Members, ages 6-12, the contest is the perfect opportunity for kids to let their artistic talents shine and help spread a little cheer this upcoming holiday season.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Download an entry form and print it out. Entry forms are also available at the Y’s Front Desk.

2. Grab some crayons, markers and colored pencils and draw a picture that depicts your favorite things about the holidays and the winter season. From snowmen to Christmas trees, to candy canes and snowflakes, we can’t wait to see your original designs!

3. Complete the entry form and drop it off at the Y.

We will select our three favorite designs—one from each age group—to be featured on the Y’s holiday card.

Age Groups

Ages 6-7
Ages 8-9
Ages 10-12

Each of our winners will receive a YMCA Sweatshirt and other exciting prizes.

Download Entry Form

The deadline to enter is 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 7.

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2023 Holiday Card Design Contest Winners

December 13, 2023

The Greater Joliet Area YMCA is proud to announce five winners for our 2023 Holiday Card Design Contest. These designs were selected from hundreds submitted to our branches and will be featured on the Y’s 2023 Holiday Cards. Thank you to all who participated! You can see the winning designs below.

Journi, Age 7

Yasmin, Age 8

Charlie, Age 9

Melanie, Age 10

Eliant, Age 10

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Happy Holidays to You: Give the Gift of the YMCA This Holiday Season

November 30, 2023

All year long, YMCA gift cards are a great way to tell friends and family you care about their health and well-being. This holiday season, treat yourself or someone you love with a Y gift certificate, good for a wide variety of programs to help get your new year started off right.

Bonus coupons can be used towards YMCA memberships or programs and are valid at any Greater Joliet Area YMCA location.

To purchase a gift card, or to learn more, please visit the membership desk of your local Y branch.

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