Help us keep the doors open to the community

Please donate to help GLEC provide:

·  Scholarships so kids can attend summer camp regardless of income;

·  Sports equipment and coaches;

· Subsidized after school, family holiday events, free swim lessons;

· Meals for men unable to pay, senior wellness, garden volunteers;

· Ten hours a week of educational community radio on 92.9FM.
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Germantown Life Enrichment Center has been a pillar in Philadelphia for over 150 years, starting in December of 1871 as the YMCA of Germantown.

 

The Germantown Life Enrichment Center embraces diversity, reflecting the needs and composition of the communities it serves. GLEC offers programming throughout the year to young children, teenagers and adults and seniors. Providing affordable programming that offers families the opportunity to learn healthy lifestyle practices is essential. Considering 53% of the population we service receives public assistance and 39% are below the poverty we feel it is our role to provide families, seniors and children with the resources that we have available that can make them live happy and healthy lives.

 

As we celebrate our 150th Anniversary, our work in the community needs your support. GLEC has set a goal to raise $150,000 to continue our work in the Germantown community that has been cemented over the past century.

 

1. Now more than ever children and families are in need of additional support due to the lack of in-person learning for the past two years. Help us continue to distribute scholarships to children and families for membership, after-school services, and summer camp programming.

2. Our seniors need support after an unpredictable year. Help us continue to offset the cost of senior health and wellness programs for seniors that cannot afford to pay.

3. GLEC provides housing and supplies to over 100 homeless men each year, a service that GLEC has provided for over 100 years. We want to continue to provide this service and we can with your help.

 

Any amount can make a huge impact. Like many small businesses, GLEC has been hit hard by the Covid crisis. We are determined to remain a pillar in the Germantown community. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to us.

 

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Founded in 1871, a historic association for community, fitness, wellness and culture.

 

Germantown Life Enrichment Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.