XENIA YMCA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CHAIR WINS PRESTIGIOUS E.L. KOHNLE AWARD
[Xenia, 3-26-2019] — The YMCA of Greater Dayton is pleased to recognize Perk Reichley as the 2018 E.L. Kohnle award winner for his years of dedicated service and leadership to the YMCA and his tireless work on the New Xenia YMCA Capital Campaign. Reichley helped raise the capital funds necessary to build the $11 million-dollar facility.
The E.L. Kohnle award is the highest honor given to a volunteer of the YMCA of Greater Dayton. The recipient is an individual who personifies leadership and community service.
Reichley began volunteering for the YMCA of Greene County in 1995 and was the board chair from 1999-2001, serving Greene County for 10 years. He then began as a volunteer with the YMCA of Greater Dayton in 2008 after the YMCA of Greene County and the YMCA of Greater Dayton merged together. He was voted in as the Secretary of the Board in 2010, moved into the Vice Chair of the Board in 2012, and then took over as Chairman of the Board in 2014. Three years later, he took the helm of the Xenia Y capital campaign.
“It would be hard to find an area of our YMCA’s operation that Perk has not positively impacted,” said Dale Brunner, President & CEO of the YMCA of Greater Dayton, “Perk’s knowledge and understanding of the Y and Greene County is encyclopedic. It was our honor and privilege to work alongside Perk on this campaign. He was integral to the success of the Xenia Y and the continued development of Greene County.”
In addition to his enduring legacy at the YMCA, Reichley has volunteered for the last 11 years as a board member (and previously as a past board chair) for the Ohio Insurance Agents Association. He is a Rotarian, Mason, and board member of the Xenia Adult and Recreation Services Center, now located next door to the new Xenia Y. He also is a volunteer with Greene Memorial Hospital.
The E.L. Kohnle Award was presented during the YMCA of Greater Dayton’s 148th Annual Meeting at the David H. Ponitz Center at Sinclair on March 14th. The event raised over $26,000 for the YMCA’s Annual Campaign.
About the Y
The Y is one of the nation’s leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Ys engage men, women and children – regardless of age, income or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities, the Y has the long-standing relationships and physical presence not just to promise, but to deliver, lasting personal and social change. The YMCA of Greater Dayton was established in 1870 and now offers ten YMCA branches and one residential camp in the Miami Valley. www.daytonymca.org.
