The Perry YMCA has meant a lot to me growing up because it was where I played volleyball for many years. After 3-4 years playing at the Y, I began to play at my intermediate school and I also played club volleyball for two years. The reason playing at the Y had more of an impact on me is because my team mostly consisted of a group of us that had been friends since pre-K and we always requested to play together. Because of this, playing volleyball allowed me to see my friends and stay close to them even though we no longer went to school together. Even once all of us were playing club and school, we still signed up to play at the Y together every summer so we could see each other, and playing with them are some of the best memories I have from that time.