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The Belleville Family YMCA's mission to help people grow STRONG – in body, mind and spirit. The Y offers diverse programs, an inclusive environment that’s accessible to everyone (thanks to our financial assistance program), qualified staff and volunteers to help you reach your goals, and YThrive; a FREE fitness coaching program. 

For the last 15 years, Steve Rutledge has served the rural villagers of Laos with the most basic of needs for sustained life. Since 2009, Adopt A Village in Laos has completed over 90 villages with filtered water one family at a time, serving over 500,000 rural villagers, constructed or repaired over 2 dozen permanent water supplies, built dozens of toilet banks, 13 school construction projects and continues to sponsor university students, feminine hygiene training and kits to hundreds of secondary students, plus other special interest projects.