YMCA impacts Brantford community one life at a time
More than 65 years ago, Bill Verity and his brother Don left their William Street home in Brantford to go for walk. They ended up at the YMCA and the way Bill tells the story, they never really left. “We’d go to the Y a couple of days a week and then it was more like four or five,” Verity recalled Wednesday. “It had a huge influence on me and taught me lessons that still apply today.” A successful Brantford businessman, Verity said the YMCA taught him to set goals a