Petition to preserve the indoor playground at the Chinatown YMCA for all families
12 Comments
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Zakarya Sherzad
12 years ago
keep the Y affordable and accessible for families below median income!
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Manija Mayel
12 years ago
Keep YMCA Affordable!
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Mary Batten-Bland
12 years ago
Keep this indoor playground affordable and accessible for neighborhood families with children
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Stefanie Batten Bland
12 years ago
I'm shocked by this poor choice initiative by the YMCA. I joined two weeks before this new rule came into effect due to the wonderful sense of community this playground fostered. I am seriously considering canceling as this is false advertisement and short term thinking on behalf of the Y. I was interested in paying for actual classes, swimming, youth ballet etc... But with my budget being depleted by this outrageous and definition of a class, I truly question if my business won't be appreciated more elsewhere.
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John Martin
12 years ago
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On this, the coldest of winters in recent memory, the indoor playground is more essential than ever. Our favorite thing about raising children in Chinatown and the Lower East Side is the diversity of the families we get to meet and play with. With no other indoor space available to many of those families, the Y is unfortunately not a place where those relationships can be built. Please reopen the indoor playground to all families.
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Claire Elias
12 years ago
We were about to sign up for one youth membership, but we are unable to afford the new cost structure.
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Liane Dietrich
12 years ago
We appreciate the diversity of the families that gather at the indoor playground, and fear that this new fee will deter some families from attending. We don't need the best equipment, or the fanciest toys. We want a fun group of friends to play with. The fee threatens that.
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Kate Bishop
12 years ago
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Our family is very upset by the new policies regarding the indoor playground. We have many memories of the Chinatown Y as our gathering spot that we shared with a diverse group of families in the neighborhood. The experience was never about the equipment or physical space--two budget items the staff told me the money raised from the new fee would go toward-- but about the other families who gathered there. By imposing this fee on those without a family membership, the Y has stripped the community of an affordable place to gather in inclement weather. Although we have a family membership and the fee does not directly impact us, we are concerned by this change in policy.
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Usha nath Arora
12 years ago
Kids should have indoor playground considering the cold weather in new york
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Sharon blumenkranz
12 years ago
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The indoor play at the Y allows families in lower Manhattan to get together and has been a special place for the children in our community. PLEASE don't make this limited to only families who can afford the expensive family membership, that is not what the ymca stands for, abd would do a great disservice to our community. Many of us have formed strong bonds at the y, important for our children that reached outside of the doors of the gym, and this should continue for all families going forward. I hope the ymca can think of other ways to generate income not at the expense of the families who need their services most.
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Gabo Arora
12 years ago
YMCA needs to provide affordable options to the community, especially young children!
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Elsa Arora Martineau
· petition starter
12 years ago
Ymca Chinatown is forgetting about the Little ones and their parents
keep the Y affordable and accessible for families below median income!
Keep YMCA Affordable!
Keep this indoor playground affordable and accessible for neighborhood families with children
I'm shocked by this poor choice initiative by the YMCA. I joined two weeks before this new rule came into effect due to the wonderful sense of community this playground fostered. I am seriously considering canceling as this is false advertisement and short term thinking on behalf of the Y. I was interested in paying for actual classes, swimming, youth ballet etc... But with my budget being depleted by this outrageous and definition of a class, I truly question if my business won't be appreciated more elsewhere.
On this, the coldest of winters in recent memory, the indoor playground is more essential than ever. Our favorite thing about raising children in Chinatown and the Lower East Side is the diversity of the families we get to meet and play with. With no other indoor space available to many of those families, the Y is unfortunately not a place where those relationships can be built. Please reopen the indoor playground to all families.
We were about to sign up for one youth membership, but we are unable to afford the new cost structure.
We appreciate the diversity of the families that gather at the indoor playground, and fear that this new fee will deter some families from attending. We don't need the best equipment, or the fanciest toys. We want a fun group of friends to play with. The fee threatens that.
Our family is very upset by the new policies regarding the indoor playground. We have many memories of the Chinatown Y as our gathering spot that we shared with a diverse group of families in the neighborhood. The experience was never about the equipment or physical space--two budget items the staff told me the money raised from the new fee would go toward-- but about the other families who gathered there. By imposing this fee on those without a family membership, the Y has stripped the community of an affordable place to gather in inclement weather. Although we have a family membership and the fee does not directly impact us, we are concerned by this change in policy.
Kids should have indoor playground considering the cold weather in new york
The indoor play at the Y allows families in lower Manhattan to get together and has been a special place for the children in our community. PLEASE don't make this limited to only families who can afford the expensive family membership, that is not what the ymca stands for, abd would do a great disservice to our community. Many of us have formed strong bonds at the y, important for our children that reached outside of the doors of the gym, and this should continue for all families going forward. I hope the ymca can think of other ways to generate income not at the expense of the families who need their services most.
YMCA needs to provide affordable options to the community, especially young children!
Ymca Chinatown is forgetting about the Little ones and their parents