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Shouse Receives Highest Honor Given to YMCA of Northwest North Carolina Volunteers Winston-Salem (2021) – The YMCA has meant something to Darle Shouse for a long time. 

Stokes Family YMCA Member Sharon Taylor fell in love with the Y and wants to be an inspiration to others. Sharon said, “It is a mindset. Decide you want it!” She has been a member since May 2017 and can’t believe she has already lost 18 pounds and several inches. Here is her story:

Dr. Harvey Allen recalls his parents taking him to the Patterson Avenue Y. Some of his earliest memories of the Y are in its swimming pool. “I learned to swim at the Y when I was young,” he recalls. “I also went to the Y after school. The people there were always helpful and ready to encourage you. Mo Lucas was there, helping kids keep on the straight and narrow.

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As a little girl, Sue Padgett went to the Y in Elkin, where she grew up. “The Y was where the whole community came together,” she recalls. Sue participated in all the programs available to her at the Y. “I swam, was in Leaders Club, took gymnastics and even synchronized swimming,” she says. She later worked for the Y as a swim instructor and lifeguard.