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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] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association.
Pearland was one of two Texas cities to average double-digit growth in retail sales from 2004 to 2009, and its retail market was the state's fastest growing over the five-year periods ending 2009, 2010, and 2011. [41] Prominent mixed-use lifestyle and shopping complexes service residents with national retailers and dining establishments. [6]
W. Camp Wapsie. YMCA Camp Wanakita. Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village. Categories: YMCA. Summer camps in the United States.
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Christian Camps. Camp Gray (Catholic), Wisconsin. Camp Iawah (Christian), Godfrey, Ontario, Canada. Camp Ondessonk (Catholic), Illinois. Camp Unirondack (Unitarian Universalist), New York. Christian Service Brigade (Non-Denominational), New York. Especially for Youth (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Utah.
In 1885, the YMCA founded Camp Baldhead (later known as Camp Dudley). Established by G.A. Sanford and Sumner F. Dudley on Orange Lake in New Jersey, it was first residential camp in North America. [18] The camp later moved to Lake Champlain near Westport, New York. [8] In 1915, Camp Copneconic was established by the YMCA of Greater Flint. [19]
It is home to Camp Tadma, a Cub Scout summer resident camp and Camp Wakenah, a Cub Scout day camp previously located on Gardner Lake in Salem. The reservation was known almost exclusively as Camp Tadma until 2004. Camp Tadma was closed in 2013, much to the sorrow of the staff and dedicated Scout troops who had grown to love the camp.
As many as 2.7 million electricity customers in the Houston area are left without power in the storm's aftermath, representing the most extensive power outage suffered by CenterPoint Energy. [184] Rainfall accumulations of 8–12 in (200–300 mm) cover the Houston area, [ 185 ] reaching as high as 14.88 in (378 mm) in Hilshire Village . [ 183 ]