Stengthen A Legacy

The Spring Street YMCA was built in 1918 and was one of the first YMCAs in the country to specifically serve the Black community. Its successor, the Eldon & Elsie Ward Family YMCA, is an integral part of Columbus’ history and serves a diverse community.

For more than 100 years, our passionate staff and dedicated supporters have partnered with the YMCA to bring positive change and transformation to strengthen the Near East Side. However, we are still challenged by growing inequities in Columbus and need your help to broaden services to reach even more neighbors.

You can help us take the next step. Your investment in our legacy strengthens our capacity and enables the immediate action our community needs to thrive.

We offer unique opportunities for exposure to our more than 80,000 members and 150 expected attendees. 

Download Sponsorship Opportunities Form [PDF]

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
Tiffany Priest, Vice President of Development
tiffany.priest@ymcacolumbus.org

Impact Levels

COMMUNITY CHAMPION - $25,000

  • Prominent name and logo recognition during event
  • Large banner with name or logo displayed at the event and transferred to branch for one year
  • Recognition of sponsorship throughout the evening by the event MC
  • Visual recognition in promotional materials
  • 10 event passes

Your sponsorship can make an impact:

  • 45 Families receive a 1-year membership to the YMCA, a place where they can feel like they belong, pursue a healthier lifestyle and access a variety of programs to help them reach their full potential.
  • 30 Children from the Near East Side continue their academic achievement and advance social emotional learning at one month of YMCA Summer Day Camp


COMMUNITY LEADER - $10,000

  • Logo/name recognition during event
  • Large banner with name or logo displayed at the event and transferred to branch for one year
  • Company logo or name recognition on sponsorship webpage
  • 8 event passes

Your sponsorship can make an impact:

  • 25 adults receive a one year membership to the YMCA to start their journey to better health: spirit, mind and body
  • Three months of free community programs designed to help families secure their path forward, such as financial education workshops
  • 12 children learn determination, build community and stay active on a YMCA competitive swim team for one season


COMMUNITY ADVOCATE - $5,000

  • Logo/name recognition during event
  • Large banner with name or logo displayed at the event and transferred to branch for one year
  • Company logo or name recognition on sponsorship webpage
  • 6 event passes

Your sponsorship can make an impact:

  • 10 Teens join YMCA Leaders Club for a semester, where they hone their leadership skills and prepare for a future of driving change
  • 75 children discover their team spirit and new ways to stay active in a Six-week skills and drills class focused on indoor sports


FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY - $1,250

  • Logo/name recognition during event
  • Small banner with name or logo displayed at the event and transferred to branch for one year
  • Company logo or name recognition on sponsorship webpage
  • Four event passes

Your sponsorship can make an impact:

  • Five children experience a life-changing week while making friends and trying new activities at summer camp
  • 10 children jump into a pool for the first time to learn life-saving water safety skills
  • One Field trip for teens to tour a local college and dream of what they can accomplish after graduation