Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation Donates $2,500 to the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne in Indiana
Irving, TX and Fort Wayne, IN (April 22, 2025) – The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and WANE-TV, the Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) television station serving Fort Wayne, IN, and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation will donate $2,500 to the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne.
For over 160 years, the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne has been committed to strengthening and enriching the development of individuals and families through quality programs and services related to youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. They serve more than 144,000 people annually across Allen, Wells, and Whitley counties through eight membership facilities, as well as three youth serving branches: YMCA Youth Service Bureau, YMCA Child Care Services, and YMCA Camp Potawotami.
The Foundation’s donation will help fund the new Natural Playscape at the YMCA on Dawsons Creek Boulevard, a 24,500-square-foot, year-round nature playground. There, children will get to interact with various environmental elements such as a log climbing area, a crawling tunnel, a platform and slide, a hillside boulder climb, a butterfly garden, and natural materials building area.
“WANE-TV and the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne have partnered on several community events in the past and we are committed to making our community better,” said Tom Antisdel, Vice President and General Manager of WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, IN. “We are grateful that the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation is making this donation in recognition of our dedication to improve lives in Northeast Indiana.”
The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation’s mission is to contribute to and work with public charities and non-profit organizations to improve the communities in which Nexstar Media and its subsidiaries do business. The foundation was originally established in 1958 and makes donations of approximately $350,000 annually.
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