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2. YMCA - Wikipedia

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   YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. [1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization aims to put Christian values into practice by developing a ...

3. YWCA - Wikipedia

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   YWCA. The Young Women's Christian Association ( YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC. The YWCA is independent of the YMCA ...

4. YWCA USA - Wikipedia

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   YWCA USA was founded as the Young Women's Christian Association in New York City in 1858. In 1905, the Harlem YWCA hired the first Black woman general secretary of a local YWCA branch, Eva del Vakia Bowles. Bowles joined the national association as the head of "colored programs" in 1913 and remained in that capacity until 1932.

5. YMCA honors women who achieve excellence in their field and ...

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   Staff Reports. April 19, 2024 at 5:06 AM. ZANESVILLE – The 2024 Muskingum County Women of Achievement inductees will be recognized at the 36th annual banquet on April 24 at the Campus Center of ...

6. YMCA of the USA - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. A new take on summer camp: YMCA program to include ... - AOL

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   This year, there will be a fun new option at the Albert Lea YMCA: Adventure Summer Camps 2024. YMCA day camp has been going on for years but needed to be modified during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...