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Officer positions include Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and Editor-in-Chief. Michigan was a charter delegation at the National Judiciary Conference, which was partially founded by former MYIG Executive Director Brent Veysey. The NIF program at MYIG is set up with the same structure as the YMCA Conference on National Affairs.
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] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association.
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. He was influenced by the London YMCA and saw the association as an opportunity to provide a "home away from home" for young sailors on shore leave.
Jun. 22—Erina McWilliam-Lopez of Gloucester will serve as Cape Ann YMCA's new executive director. She starts Monday, July 11. "I'm thrilled to be joining this incredibly impactful and driven ...
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William 'Bill' L. Schultz (November 25, 1923 – June 7, 2009) was a late 20th century American circus performer (acrobat and flying trapeze artist), national paddleball champion, [1] [2] national racquetball champion, [3] [4] U.S. Marine, Big Time wrestler, the youngest executive director of the YMCA, [5] and poet. [6]
The first female Executive Director, Sue Edmonds, was appointed in 1988 followed by Tim Millbern in 1995 who started the popular day camp program. Since 1999, Denise Learned has led Camp Hazen YMCA with the same focus as all of her predecessors, to 'help youth develop valuable life skills through camping experiences that build healthy bodies ...
As of 2021, there are twenty two branches throughout the five boroughs, including the McBurney Y that was the inspiration for the Village People's song and the West Side YMCA. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] YMCA of Greater New York is affiliated with YMCA in America and also operated Camp Talcott , a more than century-old sleepaway camp that hosted more ...