Our 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign has ended; thank you so much for your support!  

If you missed it and want to make a donation to the Y, you can donate directly to the Y. 

Your support of the Y makes a difference in your community! Your donation helps us continue our mission to provide vital programs and services that benefit youth, families and seniors across the region. By contributing to YMCA of the Sandhills through this campaign, you ensure that we can expand our reach, offering more resources to those who need them most.

We're so grateful to each person who donated and to the Cumberland Community Foundation for its partnership in the campaign, which provided bonus funds for the Y. 

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What is Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving, celebrated annually after Thanksgiving. Our Y partners with Cumberland Community Foundation (CCF) for our GIVING TUESDAY CAMPAIGN to amplify donations made to the Y between in the week leading up to Giving Tuesday each year.

Why Donate to the YMCA of the Sandhills This Giving Tuesday?
When you donate to the Y during our GIVING TUESDAY CAMPAIGN, you’re directly supporting programs that improve the well-being of our community. Your charitable contribution makes a difference for your neighbors in Fayetteville and Cameron. Your donations are amplified with bonus funds from the CCF during this fundraisign campaign.
Here’s how your donation helps:

- $35 Allows a senior to enjoy the social and physical benefits of being at the Y for a month
- $80 Provides drowning prevention lessons and a lifetime skill for a child, adult or senior
- $100 Enables a teen to build confidence and skills through leadership training 
- $250 Gives a child a safe, supportive place to learn, grow and thrive in our afterschool program for a month.
- $1,100 Fosters family connections and wellness through a year of a Y family membership
- $2,200 covers a child's full summer at Y camp--where every day is filled with fun, friendship, learning and growing 
- $10,000 Empowers teens with life skills, job and college readiness and mental well-being resources
- $15,000 Enables the Y to maintain excellence in pool programs and equipment benfiting all ages, along with training for lifeguards and swim instructors
- $25,000 Supports the Y's capacity to staff and provide equipment to operate food distribution programs for those in need for a year 
For gifts over $5,000, contact Melinda Hadley so we can maximize CCF's stretch funds across your entire gift.  

Thank you for supporting YMCA of the Sandhills! Together, we can continue to build a stronger, healthier community.