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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Wallace
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/15/07
HM 8
SHORT TITLE YMCA Day
SB
ANALYST Guambańa
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 8 declares February 7, 2007 as “YMCA Day at the House of Representatives".
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
For over nine decades, the New Mexico alliance of YMCAs has worked to benefit community
life;
Over eight thousand families benefit directly each year from the YMCA's extensive programming
for all ages and interest groups, from toddler activities to teen programs to fitness and wellness
opportunities for senior citizens;
Over thirty-three thousand youths benefit each year from programs such as YMCA after-school
care, child care, YMCA basketball, YMCA volleyball, character counts, youth and
government, YES Corps, counselor-in-training, YMCA summer camp, teen programs, Camp
Shaver and many other fine programs;
Over one thousand individuals volunteer at the YMCA each year, making the YMCA one of New
Mexico's largest organizations that is volunteer-led and volunteer-driven;
The YMCA is governed by a local volunteer board of directors who give of their time, money and
effort in order that the state's residents may grow as responsible members of their families and
communities; develop self-confidence and self-respect, as well as an awareness of the rights and
worth of every individual; appreciate that physical and mental health are divine gifts that should
be maintained through physical fitness and spiritual growth; and develop and use their capacities
for leadership;
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House Memorial 8 – Page
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The YMCA's ability to foster these goals depends wholly upon continued community support,
partially through the United Way fund, but also through the YMCA's memberships and
program support, and through expansion, such as the new youth and family gymnasium in Los
Alamos and the renovation of two YMCA branches, as well as a proposed new westside branch
YMCA in Albuquerque.
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