For more information contact:
Madison Area YMCA
Marketing & Communications
973.822-9622 ext. 2241
For immediate release through the May 9

Support the Madison Area YMCA At No Cost to You!

(Madison, NJ) April 9, 2015- Donating to your favorite charity has never been easier! If you’re passionate about the work of the Madison Area YMCA, opportunities exist for you to help support the Y through everyday business transactions in the community at no cost to you.

As a member of the Investor’s Bank Care2Share Affinity program, the Madison Area YMCA receives quarterly donations from the bank when account holders link their checking or savings account to the Madison Area YMCA. The program is free and confidential. Stop by any Investors Bank branch or visit myinvestorsbank.com/Care2Share to link or open an account.

Madison Honda is making a difference in our community through the Madison Area YMCA. Buy, lease or finance a new or pre-owned vehicle from Madison Honda and the company will make a $100 donation on your behalf to the Madison Area YMCA.

Are you an Amazon shopper? Great news! Support the Madison Area YMCA through your Amazon purchases. AmazonSmile, a website operated by Amazon, allows customers to enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. Select Madison Area YMCA as your favorite!

Contributions from the programs at Investor’s Bank Care2Share Affinity, Madison Honda and AmazonSmile help make it possible for everyone in the community, regardless of ability to pay, to be enriched by Y membership and programming. For more information on these programs please contact the Madison Area YMCA at 973.822.9622.

The Madison Area YMCA is a cause-driven charitable organization dedicated to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Generous donations make it possible for everyone in the community to be enriched by the Y, regardless of ability to pay, to develop a healthy spirit, mind and body at any age.

The Madison Area YMCA offers enriching community wellness and health-enhancing programs such as LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, a no-cost cancer survivors’ program; Walk With Ease, an arthritis management program; EnhanceFitness, a fitness program for older adults that combines strength training, flexibility and cardiovascular conditioning; Partners In Prevention, a community-wide child sexual abuse prevention program; Community Mental Health Initiative, a program that focuses on reducing stigma associated with mental illness and addressing barriers to mental health care by increasing knowledge and equipping lay mental health supporters with skills to increase help-offering behaviors; and Project Community Pride of the Madison Area YMCA, a local youth counseling program, that services children and their families in the Chathams, Florham Park and Madison.

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