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YMCA Wanakita is a camp located on Koshlong Lake near Haliburton in central Ontario, Canada. It is run by the YMCA of Hamilton , Burlington and Brantford and attracts campers from throughout Ontario and sometimes internationally. [ 1 ]
He received a life membership in the Brantford YMCA in March 1950, [251] and was made a life member of the YMCA of Canada during its centennial celebration in January 1951. [81] [252] The YMCA subsequently gave the J. Howard Crocker Award, to the association with the top score in its annual physical education program audit. [253] [254]
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.
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]
Sloane House YMCA, West 34th Street, New York City, which was the largest residential YMCA in the U.S.A. Old Poughkeepsie YMCA, Poughkeepsie, New York, listed on the NRHP as "Young Men's Christian Association". [2] United States Post Office (Canandaigua, New York), now used by the YMCA and listed on the NRHP in Ontario County, New York. [2]
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 ...
Location: 79 Market Street South Brantford, Ontario N3S 2E4: Seating type: Bowl: Capacity: 2,981 (1967-2015) 2,952 (2015-2023) Present 2,952 seated ( 3,207 ) including standing room
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity organization working on social issues in the Greater Toronto Area. [1] In 2008 and 2009, YMCA of Greater Toronto in Canada was named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. [ 2 ]