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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Wallace

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/29/08

HM 55

SHORT TITLE

Declaring February 8, 2008 as "YMCA DAY"

SB

ANALYST Shaya

Duplicates HM31

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 55 declares Tuesday, February 6, 2008 as "YMCA DAY" at the House of

Representatives.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

•

For more than nine decades, the New Mexico alliance of YMCAs has brought a special

dimension to community life; and

•

More than eight thousand two hundred families benefit directly each year from the

YMCA's extensive programming for all ages and interest groups, from toddler activities

to teen programs to fitness and wellness opportunities for senior citizens; and

•

More than thirty-four thousand youths benefit each year from programs such as YMCA

after-school care, child care, YMCA basketball, YMCA volleyball, character counts,

youth and government, YES Corps, counselor-in-training, YMCA summer camp, teen

programs, Camp Shaver and many other fine programs; and

•

More than one thousand two hundred individuals volunteer at the YMCA each year,

making the YMCA one of New Mexico's largest organizations that is volunteer-led and

volunteer-driven; and

•

The YMCA is governed by a local volunteer board of directors who give generously of

their time, money and effort in order that the state's residents may grow as responsible

members of their families and communities; develop self-confidence and self-respect, as

well as an awareness of the rights and worth of every individual; appreciate that physical

and mental health are divine gifts that should be maintained through physical fitness and

spiritual growth; and develop and use their capacities for leadership; and

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The YMCA's ability to foster these goals depends wholly upon continued community

support, partially through the United Way fund, but also through the YMCA's

memberships and program support, and through expansion, such as the new Teen

Technology and Recreation center in Espanola and the renovation and remodeling of two

YMCA branches as well as a proposed new westside branch YMCA in Albuquerque;

RS/bb