At the 25th anniversary event, the Saint John Y celebrating the Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative and the Leader to Watch–Sara Mudge.
Tom Gribbons of BCAPI tells CHSJ News says this recognition from the Y gets the word out.
Gribbons says this kind of recognition keep the dinner table conversation going adding when they started in 1997 no one even wanted to talk about it.
Sara Mudge says her years serving on boards like the Greater Saint John Community Foundation helped her figure out where her skillset fit.
Mudge spent 8 years with the Foundation.
Tonight’s event brought in $40,000 for the Y’s Strong Kids program.