Good Deed: Jersey Mike’s supports YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga

May 13, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

by Community submission

Contributed photo / At the check presentation, in back from left, are Tripp McCallie, chief development officer/group vice president, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Telky Murphy, chief human resources officer, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Kathy Teufel, executive director, Hamilton Family YMCA; Debbie Sabelka, executive director, Downtown Family YMCA; Bekah Dalton, program director, Cleveland Family YMCA; John Donahoo, executive director, North Georgia Community YMCA; Rosemary Dworak, executive director, YMCA Healthy Living Center at North River; Tasha Hill, general manager, Jersey Mikes at 153 location; and Baron Herdelin-Doherty, president and CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga. In front from left, are Cara Standifer, chief marketing officer, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Kay Dunbar, executive assistant, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Amber Day, shift leader, Jersey Mikes at 153; Taylor Hearrell, assistant manager, Jersey Mikes at 153; and Jordan Bennett, crew member, Jersey Mikes at 153.
Contributed photo / At the check presentation, in back from left, are Tripp McCallie, chief development officer/group vice president, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Telky Murphy, chief human resources officer, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Kathy Teufel, executive director, Hamilton Family YMCA; Debbie Sabelka, executive director, Downtown Family YMCA; Bekah Dalton, program director, Cleveland Family YMCA; John Donahoo, executive director, North Georgia Community YMCA; Rosemary Dworak, executive director, YMCA Healthy Living Center at North River; Tasha Hill, general manager, Jersey Mikes at 153 location; and Baron Herdelin-Doherty, president and CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga. In front from left, are Cara Standifer, chief marketing officer, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Kay Dunbar, executive assistant, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga; Amber Day, shift leader, Jersey Mikes at 153; Taylor Hearrell, assistant manager, Jersey Mikes at 153; and Jordan Bennett, crew member, Jersey Mikes at 153.

Representatives from local Jersey Mike's sites recently presented the YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga with a $44,758 check as part of the restaurant chain's annual Month of Giving initiative, according to a news release.

The campaign ended in March, when about 1,500 Jersey Mike's restaurants, including five in the Chattanooga area, donated 100% of sales (not just profits) to more than 200 different charities across the nation.

"We are very grateful for community partners like Jersey Mike's," Rosemary Dworak, executive director for the YMCA Healthy Living Center at North River, said in the news release. "We have a shared vision for giving and social responsibility."

Money raised in the 2023 Month of Giving efforts exceeds previous years of the partnership between Jersey Mike's and the YMCA, which began in 2016.

The money raised will go toward the YMCA's Community Support Campaign, which raises nearly $1 million annually and supports various community efforts such as providing financial assistance, food programs, mentoring, healthy living programs and more.

Cara Standifer, YMCA

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