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City Kids donates $12,500 to Oak Square YMCA in Brighton

Shown (from left) at the Oak Square YMCA Summer Camp along with camp participants are: Associate executive
director at YMCA of Greater Boston Kerry Jackson-Lee; senior regional sports director at YMCA of Greater
Boston Doug Teixeira; City Realty Group director of project development Josh Fetterman; and City
Realty Group vice president of project management Jacob Simmons.

Boston, MA City Kids, a youth education nonprofit organization founded by City Realty Group managing partners Fred Starikov and Stephen Whalen, donated $12,500 to the Oak Square YMCA in Brighton. The donation will be used to provide resources to support the Oak Square YMCA’s summer camp program. Located at 615 Washington St., Oak Square YMCA offers day camp all summer long to children of all ages. City Kids has supported the summer camp program for several years, as well as helping Oak Square YMCA feed people in need in Allston-Brighton during the COVID-19 pandemic.

City Realty Group director of project development Josh Fetterman and City Realty Group vice president of project management Jacob Simmons visited Oak Square YMCA to personally deliver a donation of $12,500 on behalf of the entire City Kids and City Realty Group team.

“The Oak Square YMCA offers great opportunities for local youth that keeps them active, engaged, and learning while school is not in session,” said Fetterman. “We are proud to support this great organization and the wonderful community it serves.”

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