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ARREADY TO UNVEIL SOME NEW
FACILITIES TO THE PUBLIC.
THE VINCENNES "Y" WILL BE
OPENING A NEW KIDS REC-ROOM
THIS WEEKEND. NEWS 10'S MIKE
GRANT REPORTS
THE UPDATED FACILITIES ARE THE
LATEST CHANGE FOR AN
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN
PROVIDING SERVICES IN
VINCENNES FOR THE PAST 100
YEARS.
WITH SOME CLASSIC GAMES LIKE
PING-PONG AND FOOSBALL,
THE VINCENNES Y-M-C-A IS READY
TO OPEN A NEW REC-ROOM AIMED
FOR THE AFTER SCHOOL CROWD IN
THE COMMUNITY.
LEADERS SAY THEY FOUND A NEED
FOR THOSE IN THE AGE
GROUP OF 8 TO 12. "WE WORK TO
STRENGTHEN OUR
COMMUNITY THROUGH YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT AND WE REALLY
WANTED TO GIVE THEM A PLACE OF
THEIR OWN WHERE THEY CAN HANG
OUT, HAVE FUN, BE ACTIVE, MAYBE
GET SOME HOMEWORK DONE
AND LET PARENTS KNOW THEY ARE
GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF."
"JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM A PLACE
OF THEIR OWN. A PLACE TO
HANG OUT AND GET AWAY FROM ALL
THE THINGS THEY CAN GET
INVOLVED IN AFTER SCHOOL." THIS
PLACE HAS MORE THAN THE
CLASSIC GAMES, IT ALSO HAS THE
ELECTRONICS IN PLACE FOR SOME
MORE MODERN FUN. "THIS YMCA HAS
BEEN IN
OPERATION HERE FOR 100 YEARS,
AND THIS NEW REC ROOM IS A
CONTINUATION OF THAT MISSION TO
SERVE CHILDREN."
"JUST CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR
100 YEARS.
IT'S THE SAME MISSION THAT WE
HAD THEN. WE JUST FIND
DIFFERENT WAYS TO MEET IT." WITH
THIS THIS REVAMPED ROOM
FOR KIDS, THE FACILITY IS STILL
WORKING WITH THE
CORNERSTONE OF ITS MISSION TO
GIVE THE KIDS OF THE COMMUNITY
THE RIGHT PLACE TO DO THE RIGHT
THINGS.
IN VINCENNES I'M MIKE GRANT NEWS
10.
THE "Y" WILL HAVE A GRAND
OPENING OF THE "REC-ROOM
TOMORROW FROM 11 IN THE MORNING
UNTIL ONE THE
AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS ARE ALSO
PLANNING A
100TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE YMCA
FOR NOVEMBER 11TH.
THE TERRE HAUTE CONVENTION AND