Tough times take toll on YMCA funding

March 15, 2009 at 4:15p.m.

WARREN — When the Warren/Trumbull County YMCA set a fundraising goal of $200,000 last November, board Chairman Bill Beinecke thought that reaching it would be a challenge in a down economy.

He was right.

The drive, which ended March 1, fell far short. It raised $60,000.

“[The goal] was a stretch,” Beinecke said, “but we still raised more money than we’ve generated in the past, and we’re putting it in the facility to improve our infrastructure and programs.

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