San Diego Armed Services YMCA

Serving over 6,500 active-

duty junior-enlisted mili-
tary service members and
their families each month
with free programs!
January 2010 Volume 5, Issue 1
SuperParent Holiday Shopping Day
On the morning of December 16th, stacks of baby toys, stuffed ani-
mals, board games, hula hoops, footballs, action figures, and hun-
dreds of other toys stood organized and stacked awaiting the arrival of
hundreds of Super Parents. Over 670 families (with over 1300 chil-
dren) took part in the two day SuperParent Holiday Shopping Day
Event and each family went home with 2 new gifts for each of their
children, stocking stuffers, and even mini Christmas trees. Needless to
say there were some very happy children this holiday season!

Neighborhood Exchange
Welcome
Happy New Year!
In this issue ______

SuperParent Holiday Shopping Day

Family Outreach
Neighborhood Exchange……….........
Family Outreach
Hard Rock Christmas Party…….......
Active Duty Programs
MonteVista Holiday Party…..…….....
Special Events
The morning of December Skating, Children’s Museum………...
17th doubled as Day Two of YCO Intersession Day Out
the SuperParent Holiday Shop- San Diego Yacht Club Event……..….
ping Day Event and the Family Outreach
December Neighborhood Holidays at the NMC.........................
Exchange. Naval Medical Center
1000th Computer Giveaway...........
With Computers to San Diego Kids
Compiled & Edited by Katie DesBois
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Hard Rock Christmas Party

Christmas morn-
ing, over 50 chil-
dren and their
families enjoyed
presents from
Santa and a free
breakfast at the
San Diego Hard
Rock Café.

MonteVista Holiday Party

Thank you MonteVista for a great Holiday Party!

YCO Intersession Day Out

Ice Skating at Horton Square; exploring, coloring,
and bouncing around the New Children’s Museum;
and (to top it off!) testing out a new bike from BAE
Systems makes for a great Intersession Day Out
with YCO!
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San Diego Yacht Club Event

Nearly 50 military families

celebrated a special holiday event along the Bay at the
San Diego Yacht Club this past December.

Naval Medical Center

Santa and Mrs. Claus (Maria Taggart), along
with members of San Diego Navy League,
delivered gifts and holiday cheer to pediatrics.

Holiday cheer was showered on the disabled, injured and ill.

Our littlest warriors, pediatric patients, attended a magical holi-
day party sponsored by Town and Country Resort Hotel. Santa
was good to adult patients as well. More than a dozen events
featured: carolers, gifts, food, fun & football. Most of our
wounded warriors woke up Christmas morning surrounded by
family, thanks to the generous donation of travel from the War-
rior Foundation. That evening 65 patients/families attended a
Cajun Christmas dinner in Hillcrest.

Computers to San Diego Kids and the Calendar of events

ASYMCA gave away their 1,000th com-
February
puter to a military family in December! 6th— Camo for Kids at USD
14th— Valentine’s Day Party for Spouses of
Deployed
20th— Annual Father & Daughter Dance
25th— ASYMCA Neighborhood Exchange

March
19th— ASYMCA/ USO Golf Tournament
25th— ASYMCA Neighborhood Exchange

Visit our Website Event Calendar

for updates and free ticket giveaways!
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The San Diego Armed Services YMCA would like to extend a

special thank you to those who have contributed for over 20 years
PARTNER MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

20 Years 25 Years
RADM H.J.T. Sears, USN (Ret) Mr. Jerome Eggers
John Rebelo
Pattie Wellborn
Mr. & Mrs. D.B. Shelton
Thank you for your continuous support and commitment to the Armed Services
YMCA and the many military families of San Diego.
Our Latest donors and contributors…
Price Family Charitable Fund Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Sempra Foundation Lincoln Military Housing
Philoptochos Society Waste Management, Inc.
Nice Guys Point Man Ministries
The Alpha Project MWR of Naval Station
MonteVista Village Sweetwater Harley Davidson
Hard Rock Café Santa Ana Police Department
San Diego Yacht Club Coast Christian School
San Diego USO Navy Band Southwest
Computers to San Diego Kids Trevor's Toy Box
Operation Courage is Beautiful Town and Country Resort Hotel
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Navy Old Goats
Poway Center for the Arts Dillon Foundation
Disney On Ice Mayor Jerry Sanders
Starbucks Jumpitz
Chopper the Biker Dog Big Easy Restaurant
Anderson Children’s Foundation Tipton Honda
McCarthy Family Foundation Matt Fevang
Warrior Foundation Project Linus
San Diego Kiwanis Club Todd Little
San Diego Rotary Club 33 Kerri Ewing
America’s Finest Carpet Company Oster and Associates
TRIWEST NuVasive, Inc.
FOCUS
Thank you Corporate Partner Members...
 Final thoughts...
From the Desk of Executive Director Paul Steffens:
Happy New Year Everyone! This is the time of the year that we ponder over all that we
accomplished during the year that just ended and think about the challenges ahead in
the new year. Looking at 2009, I am very proud of the ASYMCASD Team (my 26 Super-
stars, the Members of the Board of Management and Civilian Advisory Committee, the
members of Avant Garde and the hundreds of civilian and military volunteers who, to-
gether, enabled us to reach a new threshold in our average monthly program participa-
tion. Our average monthly program participation in 2009 reached 6,832. We will con-
tinue our effort in 2010 to reach even more military and their families. In 2009, we
were excited over introducing new programs, such as our Neighborhood Exchange Pro-
gram and Camp Hero. We also introduced periodic “Open Houses” in our Youth and
Community Outreach Department to introduce YCO programs to more and more military
families. We clearly recognize that we could not provide our quality programs without
the terrific support of the San Diego Community, both the military and civilian. San
Diego is a military town and that is evident in the fantastic support we receive, both fi-
nancial and hands on support. We will continue in 2010 to provide innovative programs
that meet the current and emerging needs of military families.
We thank you for your support!
CUM ULATIVE PARTICIPANTS

8,000
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6,000
6000 6,000
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4,000
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ASYMCA Average Monthly Program Participation Cumulative Participants Neighborhood Exchange

PLEASE KEEP THOSE WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND THEIR
FAMILIES IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
PLEASE TELL EVERY MILITARY FAMILY YOU SEE THAT WE STAND READY TO ASSIST
Paul Steffens, Captain, SC, USN Retired
Executive Director

For more information on how YOU

can make a difference…

info@asymcasd.org
858.751.5755
www.militaryymca.org