Too much fun for a Tuesday! Thanks for hosting a meaningful event with lots of laughter! #yadvocate

The YMCA Government Relations team gathering after #Election2022 to prepare for a busy year ahead! Lots of new friends and new partners coming to DC soon! #ymca #yadvocates will be busy!

When Suzanne McCormick spends time with the #ymca YMCA Government Relations team in DC, we know she’ll keep us busy on #CapitolHill! We spent the afternoon sharing #Relief4Charities priorities with some special Hill #yadvocates. Thx Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸 Carolyn B. Maloney Sen. Maggie Hassan Sen. James Lankford!

Three years after our last in-person National Advocacy Days, #YAdvocates are back in DC to advocate for priorities that will help Ys strengthen communities! We're ready!

DC Youth Mayor Diya Bardwell is kicking National Advocacy Days off with a warm welcome and call to action! In addition to being Youth Mayor, Bardwell is a member of YMCA of Metro Wash's board. #YAdvocate

ACTION ALERT: It's YMCA National Advocacy Days! We're urging Congress to take action on the Y's top 3 legislative priorities for 2023, as outlined in Suzanne McCormick's open letter. #YAdvocate ymca.quorum.us/campaign/44917/

Sharing Y success stories this morning at National Advocacy Days - inspiring stories and helpful advice from our panel on ‘Building Stronger Communities Through Government Funding’ THANK YOU Pennsylvania YMCAs NJ YMCA STATE ALLIANCE California State Alliance of YMCAs #yadvocates

We're so excited to honor our YMCA Congressional Champion Senator Chris Coons this morning! Thank you for your longtime support of the Y and your leadership on bipartisan bills to support civics education and bring communities together! #YAdvocate

.Senator Amy Klobuchar has been a YMCA member, board member, and now Congressional Champion! Thank you Senator for your leadership on the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act and more! 💗 #YAdvocate

"Maine is a community... And that's what the Y is all about, community is what brings it together." Well put, Senator Angus King--and thanks for being a YMCA Congressional Champion! #YAdvocate

"All of us in life must do the spiritual, we must do the physical, and we must do the civic." - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. We agree! Thank you for your leadership on civics education and addressing chronic disease, and we're proud to celebrate you as a Congressional Champion! #YAdvocate

Neal Denton 🌻 doing his ‘other duties as assigned’ to help make National Advocacy Days a success! Is he flanked by security? #advocates

How can we support Ys to strengthen communities? Brainstorming w Y friends GA, VA, New York State YMCAs, IL Alliance of YMCAs #yadvocates

Thank you Florida YMCAs for hosting our Y Network Partners, including NC Alliance of YMCAs. Neal Denton 🌻 your Alliance friends say hello! #yadvocates

Appreciate these colleagues and learning more about Y impact in IA, ND, SD and NE communities. #yadvocates

Tip of the cap to thank this inspiring #yadvocate team led by Anthony Walters of YMCA of S HamptonRds to support Sen. James Lankford and Sen. Senator Chris Coons as they moved to provide #relief4charities with the #CharitableAct. Thx Kelly Kennai Kelsey McKim @KaylaPaynee for leading YMCA Government Relations!

2023 IL Alliance of YMCAs State Advocacy Days! YMCA of Metro Chicago bringing a bus of advocates to support Out of School Time Programs and Healthy School Meals for All. #YAdvocates

An inspiring team of #ymca leaders gathered at ymca offices today! Great to see Sokthea Phay, Mike Van Haelewyn and Kristin Hurdle today! #GreatToBeTogether! Trang Truong-Hill YMCA Government Relations

So grateful to David L. Thompson National Council of Nonprofits for sharing expertise with #ymca colleagues on working closer with local Govt. Great success stories from YMCA Government Relations leaders, too! Rick Gorab abigail rogers Kristin Hurdle