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Sam Lopez Receives Award from Northmont City Schools

25 February 2021
Brooke, Sam and Josh Haynes

On Monday, February 22nd, Sam Lopez, Child Care Director at the Kleptz YMCA, was presented with a Helping Heart Award from the Northmont City Schools for her and her YMCA staff’s outstanding support and generous cooperation to the youth in the Northmont community. 

Vickie Dannals, Executive Director of Child Care Services for the YMCA of Greater Dayton, was excited about the award. “I am really proud of Sam and all of our Child Care Directors who have provided essential pandemic child care throughout the last year. As a non-profit, we want to be there for our community when it needs us the most. Sam and her team have done an extraordinary job.”, Vickie said.

The YMCA of Greater Dayton provides care for children ages infant through age 12 at forty two locations throughout the Greater Dayton area with Virtual Academy, before and after school care, summer day camps and more.