OUR MISSION STATEMENT
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~ Because the Lakewood YMCA serves as a cornerstone for surrounding neighborhoods and communities and provides needed services to adults, youth, and families of Durham …
~ We are concerned that closing the Lakewood YMCA will have serious negative consequences for these neighborhoods and communities.
~ We advocate that this facility remain a community health, fitness, and education center for adults, youth, and families.
~ We invite the Triangle YMCA to engage in open discussion with the surrounding neighborhoods and communities regarding the problems at Lakewood and how the Duke-Durham community can solve these problems.
~ We invite the Triangle YMCA management to join the ongoing community-based planning process for the greater Chapel Hill Road area including the Lakewood YMCA facility and the Shoppes at Lakewood.

Committee to Save the Lakewood YMCA Board Members
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Chuck Clifton (charlyrandy@yahoo.com)
Boyd Gibson (Boyd.Gibson@dpsnc.net)
Frances Kerr (frances@duke.edu)
Joe Marion (j.marion@mindspring.com)
Dexter Richardson (dex27713@yahoo.com)
Lars Trost (trostlc@juno.com)
Jon Ward (jonward@us.ibm.com)

HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE THE LAKEWOOD YMCA
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- Write a letter expressing your concerns to the following people:
Bobby Salmon
Chairman, Durham YMCA Advisory Board
4505 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 650
Raleigh, NC 27609

John Linderman
Chairman, Board of Directors of the YMCA of the Triangle
1511 Sunda