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Jun. 22—Erina McWilliam-Lopez of Gloucester will serve as Cape Ann YMCA's new executive director. She starts Monday, July 11. "I'm thrilled to be joining this incredibly impactful and driven ...
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.
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]
Williams' idea grew out of meetings he held for prayer and Bible-reading among his fellow workers in a business in the city of London, [5] and on 6 June 1844, he held the first meeting that led to the founding of YMCA with the purpose of "the improving of the spiritual condition of young men engaged in the drapery, embroidery, and other trades."
Aug. 31—The YMCA of Greater Nashua is pleased to announce that Carlisa Choate has joined the Y as Executive Director of Education, a new position at the Y. In this role, she will be responsible ...
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On 24 March 1905, Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, a 1903 graduate from Illinois Wesleyan University, who was also the educational director for Bloomington YMCA in Illinois, started a club in a dinner meeting, to train young boys and men in speech, to face an audience, and to express their thoughts. He envisioned it as a weekly social club, with training ...