All youth need opportunities to lead healthy, enriching lives regardless of their financial circumstances.

The YMCA of San Francisco serves people who can’t afford the price of a class or a program, by seeking donations to make participation possible for all.  You can make a significant and positive impact in the life of a deserving child or youth by make a charitable contribution to the Chinatown YMCA today.

                          You can honor the memory of a deceased loved one or friend or celebrate

                          a birthday, anniversary or other special event with your donation.  A card

                          is sent to your honoree or the family of the deceased acknowledging your

                          gift.

                         To make a donation of stock, complete this Securities Transfer Form  

                         and/or contact Kari Lee or Sylvia Mack at the Chinatown YMCA

                         office, (415) 576-9622 or klee@ymcasf.org

                         To learn how you can remember the YMCA in your will or arrange for a

                         future gift that provides an income stream and possible tax deferments,     

                         contact Vice President, Financial Development Karen Bradley Follette,

                         CFRE, at (415) 777-9622 or kbfollette@ymcasf.org

Matching Gifts

                        Many employers match their employees’ gifts, often doubling or tripling the

                        amount realized to continue our mission.  Typically, you obtain and 

                        complete the appropriate match form from your company and turn it over to

                        the YMCA to finish the matching gifts process.

The Chinatown YMCA is helping children learn to take care of their bodies for greater overall health, balance and self-esteem.  When Kayla was in the 4th grade, she couldn’t do a sit-up.  With a focus on fitness, she was able to work up to 45.  Kayla is one of over 1,000 Chinatown youth who have been reintroduced to physical education thanks to the PEP program that brings YMCA instructors into San Francisco public schools. 

The YMCA’s Building Futures Mentoring Program supports families in Chinatown by pairing mentors with families in need.  “Meeting my mentor gives me something to look forward to every weekend. I didn’t know I could play basketball or swim , and now I know I can do both.  I feel like I have a guardian angel,”  said Gerry.  Gerry has a mentor at the YMCA along with her two younger siblings. Gerry lives with her siblings and grandparents in a single room above the storefronts of Chinatown

The Chinatown YMCA Teen Center offers youth a better alternative.  “The worst case scenario:  If not for the Teen Center, I could be on the streets or in a gang,” Gary, an alumni of the Teen Center, knows he can come to the Y as a safe place.  The support of the positive influences from YMCA peers and adult leaders has opened Gary to a world outside of Chinatown. Those experiences Gary shared visiting colleges, seeing snow, going camping, giving back to the community and the strong peer relationships he's built along the way, has shown him how one person can initiate change and how it can begin with each of us.