STERLING – The Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA has received a $5,000 grant from jcp cares, J.C. Penney Co.’s new charitable giving program, to provide school-aged children with financial assistance to attend afterschool programs at the Y.

This gift helps children in the Sterling community, who otherwise could not afford to participate, with access to life-enriching afterschool programs that cultivate the values, relationships, and skills kids need to thrive.

This is the fourth year the company has supported the local Y’s afterschool programs.