For more than 60 years, the YMCA of Rapid City has served as a meeting place where families and young people gather to participate in activities that promote personal growth, strengthen family life, develop social and physical skills and provide good wholesome fun.

As the gifts of the past helped build the leaders of today, your long-term support will help ensure a financially strong YMCA Endowment Fund to build tomorrow's leaders for our community. All donors who state in writing that they planned a gift to the YMCA, whether they are deferred gifts, outright gifts or bequest in wills, become members of they YMCA Heritage Club. The foresight of these generous supporters enables the YMCA of Rapid City to plan for the challenges ahead, secure in the knowledge of available resources for the future.

The Heritage Club brings people together who have made a commitment to include the YMCA of Rapid City in their financial or estate planning. Anyone can become a member!

The size of your gift is not only measured in dollars but also in your commitment to the mission of the YMCA. Heritage Club membership is the strongest statement of support that a friend of the YMCA of Rapid City can make. Heritage Club members send the crucial message to the next generation...we care! Becoming a member of the Heritage Club requires a commitment which now, or in the future, will add to the YMCA of Rapid City Endowment Fund.

Planned giving opportunities to qualify for Heritage Club membership include:

Make an immediate donation and take a charitable deduction as provided by law.

Include the YMCA of Rapid City in a will and reduce estate taxes. Fixed amounts, specific assets or percentages of the estate may be specified. Another option is to name the YMCA of Rapid City as a recipient of the remainder of an estate after all other expenses and specified contributions.

Contribute appreciated assets, such as stock, real estate or personal property to the YMCA of Rapid City and receive a charitable deduction equal to the current value of the assets without capital gains tax.

Purchase a life insurance policy naming the YMCA of Rapid City as the beneficiary, and take a charitable deduction equal to the premium amount. Several plans are available in which a new policy can be fully paid in a period of five to seven years.

Establish a form of charitable trust and/or annuities that provide the donor with a fixed or variable lifetime income and receive a charitable deduction at the same time.

Donate a home or real estate to the YMCA of Rapid City, enjoy the benefits of ownership for life and recognize a charitable deduction immediately.

Name the YMCA of Rapid City as a full or partial beneficiary of your IRA or qualified retirement plan to avoid potentially both income and estate taxes on these gifts.

For more information on planned giving and the Heritage Club, call Roger Gallimore, YMCA Executive Director, or Elizabeth Sailer, YMCA Development Director, at 718-9622.

Please note that this information is general in nature. Before making any decision, please consult with an attorney and/or financial advisor.

YMCA Child Care offers quality programs to help individuals grow perspnally, learn values, improve personal and family relationships, appreciate diversity, become bettter leaders, and have fun.

The aquatics center features a warm water pool, 8 lane lap pool and 4 lane pool. Programs include swim lessons, arthritis relief classes, water exercise, family swim, open/lap swim, lifeguard training and special needs swim.

Quality programs for youth in a safe and fun environment.

YMCA sports incorporate sportsmanship, fair play and fun.

Fitness for all levels and interests can be found at the YMCA.

This place rules!

Summer day camps make for a fun and safe summer for youth.

La Croix Links is a great 9 hole 3 par golf course - perfect for all ages.

Have a birthday party or any type of celebration at the YMCA. Choose from swimming, climbing wall, gym games and youth center games.