Conroe YMCA, Consolidated Communications partner on Fun Zone
Representatives from Consolidated Communications and the Conroe YMCA met for a ribbon cutting at the YMCA Fun Zone on June 18. From left to right: (from Consolidated Communications) Rhetta Bobo, Tonja Watkins, Sherry Jackson and Bob Udell and (from the Conroe YMCA) Edna Kennedy, Dave French, Steve Wright and Josh Holden.
CONROE – Consolidated Communications has partnered with the Conroe YMCA to offer a multi-media activity center for six- to 12-year-old members of the YMCA. A ribbon cutting to celebrate the Fun Zone was held on June 18.
The Fun Zone features five computers equipped with wireless Internet and a television. Consolidated Communications made the donation of refurbished PCs and is the provider of Internet and Digital TV services, creating a secure area for children and adults to browse the Internet and watch educational programming. The Fun Zone is housed in a modular building on the grounds of the Conroe YMCA and also features areas for arts and crafts and computer and other games.
Consolidated Communications employee Rhetta Bobo, who is also a fitness instructor and board member of the YMCA, suggested the idea. Bobo worked with the YMCA and her employer to arrange the donations after seeing a similar center on a business trip to Pennsylvania.
“I believe in the YMCA’s mission of providing programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The Fun Zone provides a safe place for children to exercise their minds,” she said. “The Conroe YMCA has a tradition of serving the community of Conroe and Montgomery County and I am proud to be able to help with the YMCA’s mission through this donation.”
Edna Kennedy, director of Member Services for the YMCA, said members are thrilled with the new Fun Zone. “The parents can do their own thing at the YMCA and not worry about their children when they’re in the Fun Zone,” she explained. “Parents sign in their children at the Fun Zone for up to two hours and the YMCA staff oversees the children and the activities. Without Consolidated Communications’ support this wouldn’t have been possible.”
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