YMCA to offer free one-year membership to seventh graders
Local students work out at a local YMCA branch.
Chester County seventh and eighth graders, you are going to want to get to the YMCA. The YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) is proud to continue its 7th Grade Initiative, which offers any seventh grader in Chester County a free one-year youth membership. Additionally, for the 2021 – 2022 school year, rising eighth graders who largely missed the opportunity...
Przywara named new YMCA Chief Operating Officer
Rich Przywara
WEST CHESTER — Earlier this month, the YMCA of Greater Brandywine welcomed Rich Przywara as their new Chief Operating Officer.
Przywara was the Senior Vice President for Operations at Ashley Addiction Treatment in Maryland prior to joining the Y, but he is a familiar face in the Chester County area. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the West Chester University Foundation...
Free use of area YMCA facilities, Dec. 26-31
The holiday shopping might not be done, but the YMCA of Greater Brandywine already has the best present of the season.
The Y is welcoming the whole community by offering the Gift of Health this December. Anybody in Chester County 18 years or older with a valid ID can use their local YMCA branch’s facilities for free from Dec. 26 to Dec. 31. Children under the age of 18 are welcome to visit with a...
YMCA hires Burns as development officer
Mary Burns
WEST CHESTER — The YMCA of Greater Brandywine, a leading Chester County nonprofit charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of the community, announced the appointment of Mary Burns to the position of chief development officer.
3,000 participate in Girls on The Run 5K
Runner line up at the start of last Saturday’s Girls on the Run 5k in West Chester. More than 3,000 area residents participated in the event.
WEST CHESTER — More than 3.000 runners gathered at Henderson High School last Saturday to participate in a record breaking, Girls on the Run 5K. With the sun hidden behind overcast skies and humidity climbing, these young athletes started arriving at...
