YMCA Groundbreaking in Sumner

Barb Bitetto, Jan Sanford (stand-in) Cindi Hochstatter, Sumner Council, Dave Enslow, Sumner Mayor,
Kathy Hayden, Sumner Council, and Senator Pam Roach all wield gold shovels for the groundbreaking.

Monday, April 28th was a great sunny day in Sumner as the public gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Gordon Family YMCA slated to open in the summer of 2015.  The Sumner High School marching band welcomed residents and local electeds with peppy toe tapping enthusiasm which set the tone for a fun event as people came together to celebrate a seven year journey of planning for a community gathering place in Sumner.  

The event provided an opportunity for Bob Eckund, President and CEO of YMCA Pierce and Kitsap Counties, and board member of the Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce, to thank the City of Sumner for their partnership on the project, as well as Larry Gordon and his family for their generosity in helping to make a community vision a reality.  Charter memberships and  engraved bricks are available now for purchase at the following links:

Charter Membership information: http://www.ymcapkc.org/become-charter-member/

Engrave a brick information: http://www.ymcapkc.org/give-to-gordon-family-ymca/
Forms for charter memberships and bricks: https://www.ymcapkc.org/membership_charter.php

Bob Ecklund and Michele LaRue, YMCA of Pierce and Kits

Larry Gordon, Julana and Kyle Hardtke, contractors and architects all spoke at the event on Monday.

Lana Hoover, Barb Bitetto, Bob Ecklund, Cindi Hochstatter
and Jan Sanford