Your Membership Options during Facility Closure
Dear Dow Bay Area Family YMCA Members,
Thank you for your continued support of the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA. We are so thankful for your patience during this difficult and unprecedented time. We miss you all!
March membership dues have been or will continue to be drafted on your arranged day (March 5th or March 20th) as usual. Because we are not able to offer our beautiful facility for your use for these two weeks, we will be issuing a credit for 50% of your monthly dues. This credit will be on your account with us by April 30th and will be used toward the next month’s membership dues.
You could also choose to forgo the credit and donate it to our cause. Your tax-deductible donation will be applied to the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA Financial Assistance Fund, which assures that all people, despite financial hardships, will continue to have access to the YMCA in the form of memberships, childcare, and programming. The Dow Bay Area Family YMCA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all, and we have been positively impacting our community for 135 years. Despite this closure, we are continuing to impact lives by expanding our Free Youth Food Program (which has added meals to assist with community need) and as a site for the Emergency Food Box program through 2-1-1. We exist for Healthy Living, Youth Development, and Social Responsibility, and your donation would be very much appreciated.
Please email memberservice@ymcabaycity.org or call our facility at (989) 895-8596 Monday-Friday between 7am-6pm, to let us know if you would like to donate your credit to our cause.
If the closure continues past the expected March 30th date, please watch for another detailed communication. At this time, our contingency plan if mandatory closures continue is that your April dues would not be drafted, and your membership would be placed in a HOLD status at no additional cost until the facility reopens. We will communicate this based on the newest information available by the end of March. If, however, you would like to continue to be drafted in April and donate the funds to our cause during this crisis, your donation would be gratefully received. Please watch for an update by the end of the month as we continue to review the situation and await further direction from local, state, and federal government.
Thank you so much for your patience and support!
