Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — The Bellefonte family YMCA in Centre County hosted a Memorial Day weekend celebration and Remembrance Day event on Friday.
Members and the public arrived for plenty of food and entertainment.
New this year, each of the YMCA branches in Centre County are hosting two community events per month.
For Friday’s community event, the staff in Bellefonte decided to have a day to honor those men and women of our armed forces who have passed away, and to say thank you to those members who may have family who passed away in combat or in retirement.
"It's just our way to say thank you, for being a member, for coming here, using our facility every day. It's just a way we can say thank you and get our message to them you know face to face,” the YMCA branch’s director said.
The YMCA has many members who are veterans and they remind all of us that Memorial Day is a day of honor, remembrance, and reflection.
One of the YMCA employees also painted a wooden pallet to the likeness of an American Flag, and displayed it at the event for members to write messages to family and friends who served in the military.
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