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Robert V Glaser Giving

The Mary Louise Bates Scholarship Program

The Mary Louise Bates Scholarship Program provides financial help to children who wish to attend the Maplewood Family YMCA, allowing more of them to experience the many benefits associated with the YMCA. Mary Louise Bates Scholarship Program was established to honor the memory of its namesake, a woman born 1929 to a family of eight children. Growing up during the Depression era, Mary was raised in poverty and never graduated from high school. During her teenage years in the middle of World War II, she worked in a silk mill, assisting with the creation of parachutes for paratroopers. She eventually… Read More