Northern Lake Y gets new paint job from volunteers

Volunteers from UBS Financial Services and the Lake County Family YMCA spent five hours sprucing up the after-school room at the Northern Lake Y recently.

Eighteen volunteers from UBS, along with four volunteers from the Y, transformed the room at 2000 Western Ave., Waukegan.

The room previously had a small play structure, white walls and not much furniture. Used for about 40 children daily, the room now is bright and cheery with a turquoise wall and another wall painted in chalkboard paint as suggested by the UBS volunteers.

There's even a Dr. Seuss quote painted on the wall: “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.”

UBS donated five computers, 100 books in Spanish and shelving that now divides the room into a homework area and an area for healthy snacks.

“It's groups of volunteers like UBS that help make the Y so successful. We count on our volunteers to help us make such a positive impact on the families and communities we serve,” said Lake County Family YMCA President and CEO Lynda Chott.

For more information about volunteer projects or volunteering in general at the Y, call Special Events Coordinator Makayla Cansler at (847) 996-6321.

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