$2 million challenge spurs YMCA effort

Fundraising isn't an easy chore--just ask anyone who has had to do it, especially for any large sum of money. Sometimes, the best help comes in the form of a large donation, which tends to spur others to give a little more, just like what is happening for the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA right now.

Excerpt: An anonymous donor is staking $2 million on a vision: a groundbreaking ceremony in January for the new Grand Traverse Bay YMCA. Within 18-24 months of that date, the community will begin enjoying a new 104,000-square-foot facility on Silver Lake Road in Garfield Township.

The multimillion dollar gauntlet is geared to spur donations toward the facility's capital campaign, which had slowed about halfway toward the $12 million goal for the Y Essential Phase.

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Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle
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