BELVIDERE, Ill. (WTVO) — In response to declining membership at the YMCA of Belvidere, the organization reached out to form a partnership with the Rockford branch to keep its services intact.
“I took over the CEO position about three years ago and continually noticed that we’re not just getting our memberships, and we’re not getting the community as involved as we want to,” said Belvidere’s CEO Cherie Dollinger.
An assessment was conducted in response, and one suggestion for improvement was to partner with a neighboring YMCA…