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Camp Seymour is a YMCA camping facility located in Washington state. It is considered a branch of the YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties and has been in operation since 1907. [ 1 ] As of 2019, it frequently sold out and a sister camp at Lake Helena was established. [ 2 ]
It employs 19,000 staff and is supported by 600,000 volunteers, and YMCA branches have about 10,000 service locations. [1] The first YMCA in the United States opened on December 29, 1851, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1851 by Captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan (1800–59), an American seaman and missionary. [2]
Gig Harbor has a marine west coast climate: Warm and dry summers, transitional springs and autumns, and cool and wet winters, with occasional snow. The annual high and low temperatures of Gig Harbor are 59.3 and 44.8 °F (15.2 and 7.1 °C), respectively, making for an average of 52.05 °F (11.14 °C).
A social services organization on Detroit's east side has closed its housing shelter after 26 years and is attempting to sell the now-empty building: a giant YMCA from the 1930s.
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
Clallam, Jefferson, and Mason; parts of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, and Pierce: 2003–2013 Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Mason; parts of Kitsap and Pierce: Derek Kilmer : Democratic: January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2025 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th: Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected ...
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.
The Greater Philadelphia YMCA is a community service organization that promotes positive values through programs that help to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities. Over the years, Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA has grown to include 15 branches and 55 program sites throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.