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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.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
Macleod, David I. Building character in the American boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and their forerunners, 1870-1920 (Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004), a standard scholarly history. Putney, Clifford W. "Going Upscale: The YMCA and Postwar America, 1950-1990." Journal of Sport History 20#2 1993, pp. 151–166. online
Onalaska (/ ˌ ɒ n ə ˈ l æ s k ə / ⓘ ON-ə-LASS-kə) [4] is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,803 at the 2020 census. It borders the larger La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is a part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Area. [5] Onalaska is built on a slightly elevated ridge above the Black River.
U.S.-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra is confirmed dead in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Dec. 2, 2024. / Credit: The Neutra Family
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.
Shane Homes YMCA opened to the public in 2018 as the construction was fully completed in 2017. [1] This particular YMCA is known as the World's largest YMCA in terms of square footage (284,000 sq ft [26,400 m 2]) and contains North America's largest glue-laminated timber roof. [3]
A dazzling light display on Candy Cane Lane in West Allis, Wis., on Dec. 21, 2023.
It drew a crowd of 12,500 runners (the maximum the YMCA would allow) for the 2010 race, [6] [7] resulting in the YMCA arranging to increase capacity and accommodate 13,200 runners in 2011, [8] which also maxed out several days before Thanksgiving. [9] The race again filled the expanded 14,000-runner field over a week before Thanksgiving in 2012 ...