YMCA

THE NATION’S 2,686 YMCAs respond to critical social needs by drawing on our collective strength as of one of the largest non-for-profit community service organizations in the United States.

Today’s YMCAs serve thousands of U.S. communities, uniting 21 million children and adults of all ages, races, faiths, backgrounds, abilities and income levels.  Even Channel 5’s Dana Tyler visited the YMCA showing how to get fit for this summer of 2011!  View the video as seen during Channel 5 News by clicking here. Our reach and impact can be seen in the millions of lives we touch every year.  Across the nation, YMCAs are committed to helping:

- Children and youth deepen positive values, their commitment to service and their motivation to learn
- Families build stronger bonds, spend time together and become more engaged with their communities
- Individuals strengthen their spiritual, mental and physical well-being

Embracing Our Commitment to …Children and Youth

- Nearly 10 million children ages 17 and under engage in a wealth of enriching YMCA activities, nationwide.
- Together, YMCAs are the nation’s largest provider of child care, with nearly 10,000 child care sites across the country that provide high-quality, affordable care to more than 500,000 children.

Families
- YMCAs help families build bonds, connect with community resources and become strong and self-sufficient
Health and Well-being
- YMCAs are collectively the nation’s largest providers of health and well-being programs.
- YMCAs are working to promote healthy living for millions of Americans through YMCA Activate America ®. 

Click on link to learn more about YMCA Activate America http://www.ymca.net/activateamerica/

Communities
- Financial assistance – made possible annually by more than $1.6 billion in public and private support, as well as YMCA members – opens all YMCA programs to those in need.
- Volunteer founded and volunteer led, YMCAs depend on the generosity and dedication of their 548,926 volunteers across the United States

Improve Lives
- America’s 2,686 YMCAs are collectively one of the largest not-for-profit community service organizations in the United States.
- 64 million households and 32 million children ages 14 and under live within three miles of a YMCA, while 1,518 YMCAs serve communities where the median family income is below the U.S. average.