Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua's Breakfast

Snapd Vaughan East
June 2017



Steve C. Murphy, Senior Vice President, Greater Toronto Division, Personal and Commercial Banking, made the announcement on behalf of BMO Financial Group at a breakfast event hosted by the Mayor of Vaughan, Maurizio Bevilacqua, on May 3rd at the KPMG Tower in Vaughan. Of BMO’s philanthropic support, $500,000 will directly support the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre YMCA, scheduled to open in 2019, and $500,000 will benefit multiple new YMCA Centres of Community in development across the Greater Toronto Area.

With the population of the Greater Toronto Area expected to grow by more than 2.8 million people in the next 20 years, BMO’s donation will help bring more vital YMCA programs and services to people who need them most.

The new Vaughan Metropolitan Centre YMCA is more than a gym. It’s a Centre of Community - a diverse and socially inclusive place where everyone has the opportunity to get active, participate in important community programs, volunteer their time, and feel a connection to the support they need to thrive. The opening of the new, 77,000 sq. ft. Vaughan YMCA location will expand the existing local programming to include a YMCA Health and Fitness facility with a large pool, gymnasium, fitness studios and community rooms, a new YMCA Child Care, and more YMCA Day Camps programs - which will all contribute to the health of the residents of Vaughan.