Media Coverage

The Columbus Blue Jackets foundation is investing $1.3 million in Central Ohio nonprofits. The $150,000 share that is dedicated to the YMCA of Central Ohio will fund construction of an accessible playground at the historic Eldon & Elsie Ward Family YMCA.

Columbus Business First
Oct 18, 2023

The Pickaway County Family YMCA has partnered with OhioHealth Berger and Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center to create a sports medicine classroom at the Y.

Circleville Herald
Oct 11, 2023

The YMCA's Outdoor Inclusive Adventures works to celebrate all abilities and is a wheelchair friendly event.

MyFox28
Posted Sept 10, 2023

The Hilltop Early Learning Center is one of the Best Neighborhood Impact projects in Columbus Business First’s inaugural Building Columbus Awards.

Columbus Business First
Sept 2, 2023

Several YMCA locations across Central Ohio are hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets' youth hockey clinics for free.

WBNS 10TV
August 19, 2023

Columbus Business First shared its annual list of most-admired executives in Central Ohio. Tony Collins, the CEO of the YMCA of Central Ohio, was awarded the C-Suite award for leadership in the nonprofit sector.

Columbus Business First
Posted July 27, 2023

Ohio State Senator Stephanie Kunze visited the Pickaway County Family YMCA to take a first-hand look at the impact of the Children’s Hunger Alliance food program.

Circleville Herald
Posted July 25, 2023

A two-decade-long partnership between South-Western City Schools and the YMCA of Central Ohio provides an alternative to traditional suspension or expulsion of troubled students.

The Columbus Dispatch
September 8, 2021

Currently WOW holds weekly clinics at the Hilltop YMCA, Directions for Youth (Southeast Columbus) and Westland High School. WOW has also...

OhioHealth Newsroom
August 13, 2021

Things may have looked smooth on the outside, but that doesn't mean Tony Collins and his team didn't run into road blocks during this pandemic.

NBC 4
August 13, 2021

Funded by American Rescue Plan money, the YMCA's new Earth Service Corps helps keep the city clean but also teaches teens life skills.  

Columbus Dispatch
Aug 10, 2021

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed two executive orders directing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program funding to initiatives that will provide support services to Ohio families.

Ohio.gov
Aug 2, 2021

Today, Grange Insurance Company announced that it is committing $1 million to local nonprofits to support social justice equality, health and human service initiatives and economic disparities because of COVID-19.

Business Wire
June 24
 

Representatives from the township, the local YMCA and the YMCA of Central Ohio met recently to begin discussions on a five-year strategic plan for...

ThisWeek Community News
June 30

Hey parents! Check out this list if you're looking to keep your kids busy this summer

10tv
June 3
 

The YMCA of Central Ohio partners with South-Western City School District for the Stiles Summer Learning Loss Prevention Program, which serves

Columbus Parent
June 18

Through several business initiatives, including partnerships with the YMCA of Central Ohio that help build vital connectivity for local communities.

The Logan County Extension 4-H Youth Development program hosted its Cloverbud Day Camp June 9 at YMCA Camp Willson, 2732 County Road 11

Bellefontaine Examiner
June 19

Cameron heads to the Whitehall Community Park YMCA to jump into one of their summer camp programs kicking off this week.

Fox 28
June 10

Sally Stahlecker, in the pink shorts, receives a plaque from Executive Director Jeff Phillips, honoring her for 24 years at the Pickaway County Family

Circleville Herald
June 9

The YMCA, one of the region's largest nonprofits, has added BIPOC staff members to its executive and senior leadership teams. The organization also has taken steps to mitigate bias in recruitment by examining the language used in job postings and during the interview process. Farley says the goal is to make the hiring process consistent for everyone—just one of many steps the organization is taking to become an anti-racist institution.

Columbus CEO 
April 2, 2021

Dozens of homeless individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19 this week thanks to a clinic set up by Columbus Public Health and the Community Shelter Board.

10tv
2/12/21

The pandemic has highlighted a crucial problem of homelessness across the nation and here in Ohio. As the state works to recover from COVID-19, organizations are also trying to prevent a rise in homeless numbers.

ABC 6
2/18/21

The collaboration comes as nonprofit groups continue to navigate a difficult fundraising world. Partnering is a way to leverage the generosity of fundraising audiences.

Columbus Business First
2/22/21

Columbus-based nonprofit Battelle has pledged $1 million to three Central Ohio organizations to provide emergency support during the pandemic. The company says it is part of its mission to make positive impacts in the community it has called home for 80 years.

ABC 8
4/15/20

Amidst the continuing coronavirus pandemic, emergency operations are the top priority for The Y from coast to coast — but they are coming at a huge cost.

Forbes
4/11/20

As central Ohio continues its fight against COVID-19, local advocates are working to ensure some of the communities most vulnerable are safe.

10TV
4/10/20

The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio issued grants this week sending a total of nearly $500,000 to help local homeless shelters limit the spread of COVID-19 among their residents, staff, and the broader community.

Business Wire
4/9/20

Last week, BrewDog began canning water to help local retailers and philanthropies that were struggling to meet the demand for bottled water during the COVID-19 pandemic and on Tuesday, BrewDog delivered 4,800 cans of water to two local organizations.

ABC 6
4/8/20

On any given night in Columbus and Franklin County about 1,200 people sleep in homeless shelters and anywhere up to about 600 or more are believed to be homeless on the street

10TV
4/6/20

But with every crisis comes inspiration. The members of the alliance have, like many other community organizations, shifted gears to meet the current need. The YMCA of Central Ohio is modifying its gymnasium to provide expanded, safe emergency shelter. 

Columbus Dispatch
4/3/20

Firefighters with the Truro Township Fire Department are operating out of two facilities in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

NBC 6
4/2/20

On Tuesday, the City of Columbus, Community Shelter Board and YMCA of Central Ohio announced the opening of a new shelter for homeless residents who have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have been determined by a medical professional to be showing symptoms of coronavirus.

ABC 6
4/1

YMCAs Across the United States Partner to Launch Stay Health-Y 600 Fitness Challenge

CIRCLEVILLE — The Pickaway County Family YMCA has reopened to offer one program to the community, pandemic childcare.

The program, which has the support of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, is for potty-trained pre-school children up through age 12. The program is Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pickaway County Facility at 440 Nicholas Drive in Circleville.

Circleville Herald

Posted 3/26/20

Closed to the public because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the new Reynoldsburg Community Center YMCA is serving as a temporary fire station.

ThisWeek News

Posted 3/25

Starting Thursday, families will find out whether Ohio has enough “pandemic” child-care providers to care for the kids of essential workers.

About 1,500 centers and family child-care homes had been approved as of Tuesday evening to operate as pandemic providers during the corona-virus crisis, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Columbus Dispatch
3/26

Tony Collins of the YMCA of Central Ohio describes the ways his organization is “leaning in” to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Columbus Dispatch
Posted Mar 23, 2020 at 11:55 AM

As workers at the Downtown Y prepared last week to convert the gym and first-floor common spaces of the 96-year-old building into temporary housing for homeless men, the CEO of the YMCA of Central Ohio encouraged those who normally work out in that space or at another Y facility, all of which the agency has closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, not to cancel their memberships. 

Columbus Monthly
Posted: 3/23/20

Advocates for the homeless are taking steps to lessen crowding in shelters, where residents often live and sleep in close quarters

Columbus Dispatch
Posted Mar 19, 2020 at 5:54 pm

Ohio is helping the state’s most vulnerable as the coronavirus spreads. The Ohio National Guard will deploy Monday to deliver goods and help food banks.

Record-Courier
Posted Mar 19, 2020

The Van Buren enter in Columbus serves about 700 people on any given night, and with Ohio’s cold nights, the demand is even more. With new Coronavirus regulations, the shelter’s CEO said it’s making it tougher to serve all who come and is looking for guidance from state and local health officials.

Spectrum News 1
Posted Mar 19, 2020

Help for Ohio’s most vulnerable is being deployed as the number of people who tested positive for coronavirus continued to climb Thursday.

Columbus Dispatch
Posted Mar 23, 2020 at 11:55 AM

Childcare arrangements are in flux in the coronavirus pandemic: Parents working from home are pulling children from centers, while healthcare workers and others who must do their jobs in person are seeking emergency services while Ohio's schools are closed.

Columbus Business First
Posted Mar 18, 2020