The Y’s newest Sports Experience Director comes to Plant City after two and a half years in Madison, Ala, at the Hogan Family YMCA. Segura, a two-sport high school athlete and NCAA Division I college football player, started working on the facility’s sports programs at the end of April and has a fully-realized set of goals for the next year.“I want to help the community of Plant City grow,” Segura says.While at the Hogan YMCA, his first sports management job after graduating from Alabama A&M
Aug 9 2017BY YVETTE C. HAMMETTThe first time Ayden Thomas was asked to speak to a small group at the Campo Family YMCA she was petrified.Seven years and more than 5,000 volunteer hours later, the 30-year-old has great confidence. And all those who she has spoken with through the years about the Y’s mission are now her extended family, she said.For Thomas, her hours volunteering at the Y, whether it’s to shred paper, help plan a budget or a special event, or speak to a group, it’s not only her job,
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