Georgia’s Own Credit Union donates soccer balls to YMCA

Members of the Albany Area YMCA’s soccer program pose with newly donated soccer balls Thursday in Leesburg. Representatives from Georgia’s Own Credit Union stopped at the YMCA as part of a statewide initiative celebrating the start of the FIFA World Cup, donating 176 soccer balls across Georgia, including 26 to the Albany Area YMCA.

Pictured with local youth are, from left, Josh Howell, Georgia’s Own Private Relationship Manager; Ruby Byrd, YMCA program director; Coach Darrick Lowery of the Leesburg YMCA soccer program; Jarrod Hester, Georgia’s Own Community Sales Manager; and Albany Area YMCA CEO Tony Duckworth. Not pictured is Georgia’s Own Public Relations Manager Brianne Heape.