We have a great relationship with the schools, the trustees and other community partners. The goal is to be the family destination for those living in the township. “We want to grow the family programming and we want to be the health and wellness resource for Jackson Township. “The Jackson Y and the YMCA of Central Stark County have excellent reputations,” he added.

Plus, I get to be involved with fundraising and moving the Y’s cause forward.”īussey said he doesn’t plan any major changes at the YMCA, stating that he thought Jean Campbell has done “a phenomenal job of getting the Jackson Y to where it is today.” I was drawn to my new position because it deals with all areas of the YMCA versus just sports. “I’m a graduate of Lake Local Schools and I attended Kent State University for a bachelor’s in sports management. “I came back to the area as the associate executive director at the Jackson YMCA in 2019,” Bussey said. From there, he was the executive director at a Cleveland YMCA before coming back to the Stark County to work at the Jackson Township YMCA. The Paul and Carol David YMCA in Jackson Township has a new interim director when Brandon Bussey officially took over June 19 after the retirement of longtime executive director Jean Campbell.īussey started with the YMCA while living in Lake Township.

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