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Montgomery County YMCA Receives Grant to Improve Pool Access

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March 10th, 2013 by admin

The Montgomery County Family YMCA in Red Oak announced that it has received a $6,467 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The grant will be used towards the first phase of an extensive project to improve indoor swimming pool accessibility with an aquatics chair lift to enable individuals with special needs to independently enter and exit the Montgomery County YMCA’s pool.

Nick Zimmer, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Family YMCA,  stated that without the grant the project would not be possible.

The award was one of 76 grants totaling almost $427,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, access, and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers.

The Foundation was created by the late Dana Reeve and has awarded 2,131 grants totaling over $16 million since 1999.