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The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.
In the 1990s, the decline of classical music programming and rising real estate costs threatened the Y's finances. The Y responded by cutting Jewish life and cultural offerings and expanding its class offerings. [2] By 2003, the Y's budget had grown to $43 million and served 300,000 annually; less than a decade later, it had revenues of $80 ...
YMCA's parent/child programs, conducted under YMCA's Y-Guides program, provides structured opportunities for fellowship, camping, and community-building activities, including craft-making and community service, for several generations of parents and children from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA, Danville, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania. [2] YMCA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP as "Young Men's Christian Association", is a building in the "Art Deco" style of architecture, designed by Louis E. Jallade and built 1926 to 1928. It has since been ...
Y's Men International is an international group of volunteers in support of YMCA. [ 1 ] It was established in 1922 in Toledo , Ohio , U.S. and is now headquartered in Geneva , Switzerland. [ 2 ] It was originally founded as a service club to support the work of the World Alliance of YMCAs. [ 3 ]
YMCA Philadelphia, also Greater Philadelphia YMCA was founded on June 15, 1854, by George H. Stuart, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and importer. The goal of the Association was to reach "the many thousands of neglected youth not likely to be brought under any moral influence by any other means."
Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. This YMCA facility served as an important social center within the Black Metropolis area, and it also provided housing and job training for African Americans migrating ...