• Jaxon Lawrence Leasure Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Jaxon was on a mission.

    He was training to become a US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer.

    He'd graduated high school early.

    His USCG paperwork had been approved. He was getting scheduled for bootcamp.

    He was a lifeguard and swim instructor at the Maragaret Maddox YMCA

    where he found real community 

    with the people he worked with and the members who walked through the doors each day.

    We are so grateful for his YMCA family.

     

     

    In the spirit of all that Jaxon represented, there is a now a Jaxon Lawrence Leasure Memorial Scholarship Fund to provide swim lessons and life guard training to the youth of Nashville.

     

     

    From the YMCA:
    Jaxon Leasure brought his light to the Aquatics program at the Margaret Maddox YMCA through his work as a lifeguard and by his special presence. To honor the memory of Jax, a fund has been set-up to support swim lessons and future lifeguard training at the East Y – with a focus on equipping underserved youth to participate. Our goal is to reach or even surpass $10,000 to set this fund up as a lasting endowment.  

    UPDATE:

    Your donations have helped us reach our goal and we have surpassed the $10,000 mark.

    THANK YOU!!!

     

     

    TWO WAYS to GIVE!

    Jaxon Lawrence Leasure Memorial Scholarship Fund

     

    Via online payment:

    https://www.ymcamidtn.org/jaxon-lawrence-leasure-memorial-scholarship-fund

    You may donate anonymously, but we'd love to be able to send a note of gratitude for your support.

     

    Via check:

    Please make checks payable to the YMCA of Middle Tennessee and put “LOVE LIKE JAX” in the memo line.

    Checks may be mailed to:

     

    Attn: Philanthropy Office

    YMCA of Middle Tennessee

    1000 Church Street

    Nashville, TN 37203

     

     

     

     

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    Thanks to our friend, Jill Booreman, and our printing friends at Friendly Arctic, we still have some original LOVE LIKE JAX shirts available. If you'd like one, please send us a message and let us know.

     

    Suggested Donation $30. ALL proceeds benefit the Jaxon Lawrence Leasure Endowment Fund to provide swim lessons and lifeguard training at the Margaret Maddox YMCA here in East Nashville.

     

    Just let us know if you want one using the submission form below! (While supplies last.)