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Mason City woman rips YMCA for “worst experience”

A Mason City woman, Angie Fistler Walker, today blasted the local YMCA for what she called the “worst experience there” and felt so strongly about it that she posted the following open letter to them about her experience on her public Facebook page:

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Mason City YMCA
Mason City YMCA

The YMCA can kiss my a**!!! Here is my letter to them……
I am not sure who to direct this letter to but I am hoping it ends up in the right hands. I had the worst experience there today and would not wish it on anyone. The holidays themselves are so stressful anyways and yet to come into your establishment and be treated the way I was just made things that much harder. My thoughts on the YMCA have changed dramatically and I want you to know that I am going to voice it to whomever will listen.

First let me admit that yes I do know the woman that handles the scholarships and decides I guess who gets one and who doesn’t, although I was under the impression that everyone was allowed a membership if they are able to pay. My daughter had spent the night at her house years ago with her daughter and she asked “well, we go to church in the morning, does she have something appropriate for church, because I’m not sure if I have anything that would fit her.” Second, her daughter was invited to a birthday party of a mutual friend and apparently had forgotten a towel at the party, well she had called and called and called about this beach towel, unknowing to her that the person that had the party was in the hospital. When she finally did get ahold of this person, she said, “my daughter left her beach towel at the party and I have been calling you for days now and you never responded” my friend replied “I am so sorry, my daughter has been in the hospital for several days now and I haven’t had a chance to get back to you” the response was not what you would expect, it was not is she ok, I am sorry, is there anything I can do, it was “so when do I get the towel back?” This is the type of person that you have deciding if someone with low income should attend the YMCA? Obviously this person has herself above others. I knew she was in charge and I avoided coming in to apply but with Christmas here and the kids having so much time off, I thought it may be a good Christmas present for my kids since I can’t afford much at all this Christmas, but I swallowed my pride for my kids and came in and left in tears.

I was told AT THE FRONT DESK INFRONT OF ANYONE COMING IN AND OUT that I was not showing her anyway that I would be able to afford coming to the Y. Are you serious? Is that not what I was doing there? Applying for help? She says, “I know your husband has an income” well first of all, you do not know me or my situation, I was not applying for him, I was applying for myself and my children and if you must know, no he does not have an income at this time. I said I can bring you anything you need as far as my check stubs etc. and that I didn’t have tax info because I was a student for the last 3 yrs, she says, so how did you live, because I am not seeing any way of how you did……….believe me I KNOW!!! I HAVEN’T! I am trying to give my kids a better life and trying to get on my feet but that is not for you to decide. I don’t think it is up to someone sitting in the back room eating whatever it was she was wiping off her face when she came out, to know how I planned on paying, maybe my mom was going to cover it each month, maybe my dad, who cares? Should you not give me at least a month to prove to you that I can and will pay??? I had to come home and explain to my kids AGAIN sorry, mommy is too poor to even afford to take you to the Y even though I have taken them at least once a week for the last couple of weeks and paid $5 for each of them, so $15 each week to come and swim. But I guess that didn’t matter to her, she would just rather shove me under the rug than to have someone of my “status” in your establishment. Well thanks a lot and Merry Christmas to you!

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