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As a non-profit organization, the YMCA offers fitness facilities, a pool, classes, and even inexpensive summer day camps for kids at certain locations. ... YMCA membership is also relatively ...
CrossRidge Center is a mixed-use development located in Indian Land, South Carolina. Development of the site can be traced back to 2003, when discussions first began. Development of the site can be traced back to 2003, when discussions first began.
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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]
YMCA developed the first known English as a Second Language program in the United States in response to the influx of immigrants in the 1850s. [6] Starting before the American Civil War, [7] YMCA provided nursing, shelter, and other support in wartime. [8] In 1879 Darren Blach organized the first Sioux Indian YMCA in Florida. Over the years, 69 ...
A 130-acre tract planned for residences and stores in Indian Land will include the first Costco in Lancaster County, a rapidly growing South Carolina community near Charlotte.
In 2006, Indian Land High School earned state recognition for being a Red Carpet School. [3] Indian Land Middle School has been recognized as a National School to Watch, a State School of Character, a Palmetto Gold School, and a Red Carpet School. [4] Harrisburg Elementary School was recognized as a National School of Character for 2017. Van ...
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.