They may be children, but kids from Cambridge YMCA child care centers all over the city understand the importance of lending a helping hand to those in need. Hundreds of these kids are working from the sidelines to help other less fortunate children get the same opportunities they enjoy at YMCA.

Whether it’s day care with other kids or even just swimming lessons, every child deserves the opportunity to enjoy these activities that some of us sadly take for granted.  Little volunteers from YMCA’s child centers are currently doing chores for some spare change, collecting what they get in piggy banks and donating all of them to this year’s YMCA Strong Kids Campaign.

The goal this year? To raise $235,000, a significantly higher amount than the $200,000 they raised last year.

According to Alice Michaud, YMCA’s director for financial development, the need for children’s services in Windsor has risen over the past year, prompting them to increase the fundraiser’s goal for 2010. With the recession’s effects still felt today, she thinks the need for these services will rise even more over the next few months.

You and your family can also do your part. Read more about the YMCA of Cambridge’s Strong Kids Campaign by logging on to ymcastrongkids.ca.