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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]
In the United States, YMCA's parent/child programs, under the umbrella program called Y-Guides, (originally called YMCA Indian Guides, Princesses, Braves, and Maidens) have provided structured opportunities for fellowship, camping, and community-building activities (including craft-making and community service) for several generations of ...
Beaver Lake has been historically a habitat for Beavers, from which it was named. [3] Beaver Lake "may soon need a name change" because flooding of some homeowner's docks, has prompted the Sammamish Parks and Recreation Department to obtain an emergency permit from the Washington Department of Ecology to relocate a family of beavers (Castor canadensis) that built a dam on Laughing Jacobs Creek ...
Chillicothe senior Ryan Blum competes in the boys 100-yard butterfly event during the Cavaliers' home opener against Unioto, Hillsboro and East Clinton on Dec. 6, 2023 at the Ross County YMCA in ...
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Boys should bring a towel but no suit for their YMCA classes. [56] The learn-to-swim program continued in Lincoln for a decade. [57] [58] The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [40]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s ...
On July 10, 1960, swimming for the Neptune Swim Club at age 12, Wales broke an age group record in the 50-meter butterfly for boys 11-12 with the new record time of 31.5 seconds at the Cuyahoga Falls Senior Open and age group swimming meet. [5] Representing the YMCA Neptune again in November, 1964, he swam a :54.9, winning the 100-yard ...
Klahanie is located at (47.570970, -122.008391), [18] approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of downtown Issaquah and 19 miles (31 km) east of Seattle. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.942 square miles (5.03 km 2), of which, 1.926 square miles (4.988 km 2) of it is land and 0.016 square miles (0.041 km 2) of it (0.82%) is water.