<body><div>AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - After nearly 20 years, the Augusta South Family YMCA is closing its doors. However, leaders with the Family YMCA say child care programs will continue at other sites.Tyron Ashley, director of Family YMCA Primetime, said his career in youth programming began at the YMCA in South Augusta nearly 13 years ago. He said his own experience with the Y as a child shaped his approach to the closure.A 911 call captured the moments after a student passed out and became unresponsive in a Westside High School band hallway.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=09wyHy_1F8weDXX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=09wyHy_1F8weDXX00" width="1600" height="897" ></figure>“Those kids, specifically in South Augusta, they need programs. They need things like this. They need things like the Y. I am a product of that,” Ashley said.Ashley said he grew up watching his mother rely on programs like the Y not just as a place to go after school, but as a place that invested in his growth and development. He said that experience led him to act quickly when he learned the location would close.Advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3MT76w_1F8weDXX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3MT76w_1F8weDXX00" width="1600" height="890" ></figure>“As soon as we got the news about the closure of that location, we just went into action and said that we’re going to service those kids still,” Ashley said.<h2>Relocation plan for students</h2>Ashley said the plan to relocate kids focused on space and stability. “We sent the Willis Road kids to our Deer Chase location, and we sent the Jamestown kids to our Bayvale location. We didn’t want there to be any gap, so we started the first day of school,” Ashley said.Every kid who was enrolled in childcare at the YMCA in South Augusta was able to get a spot at a nearby Y site. Catie McCauley, president and CEO of the Family YMCA, said the organization intends to keep serving the South Augusta community.“We’re not leaving South Augusta. We’ll continue to serve. It’s just going to look a little bit differently,” McCauley said.Ashley said the commitment shows the community impact of the YMCA was not tied to the physical building.“It’s the actual people in the building. But not only the people in the building, but the programs, everything that we did in that building. And so those things will live on as that building closes,” Ashley said.</div></body>

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - After nearly 20 years, the Augusta South Family YMCA is closing its doors. However, leaders with the Family YMCA say child care programs will continue at other sites. Tyron Ashley, director of Family YMCA Primetime, said his career in youth programming began at the YMCA in...

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South Augusta YMCA arranges care for every kid after closure

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