Greg and Kathy Spier of Foxborough are issuing a $25,000 challenge grant to support the Hockomock Area YMCA\u2019s Food Access program, a part of the Y\u2019s annual Reach Out Campaign. The Spiers and the Spier Family Foundation will match every donation made Sept. 14 – 21 up to $25,000.<\/p>\n

The Hockomock Y\u2019s Reach Out program provides confidential YMCA scholarships and program subsidies to people in need to experience the YMCA. These offerings include child care, camp, the food access program, and programs like swim, sports and gymnastics as well as adult chronic disease programs.<\/p>\n

In 2023, $3.3 million was invested by the Hockomock Area YMCA to ensure that everyone has the chance to thrive by providing scholarships to people in need in the Y\u2019s 15 town service area to experience YMCA programs and services regardless of ability to pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to be part of communities full of caring people committed to improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods,\u201d said Jim Downs, CEO of the Hockomock Area YMCA. \u00a0\u201cI am so proud of the work our Y continues to do in partnership with others to raise critical funding for our annual Reach Out Campaign.\u00a0 Funds raised allow our Y to be here when people need us most.\u00a0 We are only able to do this through the philanthropic support of a caring community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Spier family\u2019s impact in our local communities runs deep. Their legacy at the Hockomock YMCA includes the naming of the indoor and outdoor aquatics centers as well as the new splash park at the Y\u2019s Invensys Foxboro Branch, along with Greg and Kathy\u2019s parents, Sonja and the late Alex Spier.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my mentors is the late Don Rodman,\u201d said Greg. \u201cDon taught me the importance of being philanthropic. He always said how important it was to be philanthropic in the areas where we work and the areas where we live. What better place to be philanthropic in the area than at the Hockomock Area YMCA. The Y benefits thousands of children and families and we\u2019re so proud to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Y is a fellowship that brings people together and provides joy to so many people,\u201d said Kathy.\u00a0 \u201cAs our father Alex always said, we want to leave the world a better place and that\u2019s what we are going to do.\u00a0 Please make a gift to the Hockomock Y between September 14 and 21 and we will proudly match it as part of this giving challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every gift matters. To learn more about this challenge and ways to make a gift, visit www.hockymca.org\/spier-challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

To learn about other ways to support this initiative, please contact Katie Moore at katiem@hockymca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greg and Kathy Spier of Foxborough are issuing a $25,000 challenge grant to support the Hockomock Area YMCA\u2019s Food Access program, a part of the Y\u2019s annual Reach Out Campaign. The Spiers and the Spier Family Foundation will match every donation made Sept. 14 – 21 up to $25,000. The Hockomock Y\u2019s Reach Out program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"\n