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YMCA of Greater Seattle turned its former residence into transitional housing for former foster care and currently homeless youth, aged 18 to 25. This YMCA operates six transitional housing programs and 20 studio apartments. These services are offered at their Young Adult drop-in center in Seattle, Washington. [17]
Through a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Houston TUTS brings creative drama based residencies to after school programs throughout the city. Theatre Under The Stars merged with The River Performing and Visual Arts Center in 2010, creating a barrier free arts education model for non-profit musical theatre performing arts organizations.
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]
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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 Weekley Family YMCA is in the area. It opened in 1951 as the Southwest YMCA, [61] in West University Place. The current facility in Braeswood Place, Houston broke ground in 2001. [62] In 2023, Helix Park opened as part of the Texas Medical Center complex with six parks shaped around a double-helix and a campus collaboration building.
The YMCA was originally named after Ken Lay; in the wake of the corruption scandal that led to the downfall of Enron Corporation, a major Houston-based energy company which Lay headed, he asked for his name to be removed from the YMCA in June 2006, shortly before his death. [10]
The Weekley YMCA in Houston, the current YMCA facility, includes West University Place in its service area. [75] It opened in 1951 as the Southwest YMCA. [76] The current facility in Braeswood Place, Houston broke ground in 2001. [77] Colonial Park, at 4130 Byron Street, has a park and a recreational center.