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The Greater Philadelphia YMCA is a community service organization that promotes positive values through programs that help to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities. Over the years, Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA has grown to include 15 branches and 55 program sites throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
The Nile Swim Club officially opened on July 11, 1959, welcoming a thousand people to its large outdoor pool on the first day. [1] [2] [3] The swim club expanded over time, adding basketball and tennis courts to its 4.5 acres. [4] Carnivals, parties, musical performances, and other events took place there. [1]
Harry Wilfred Rawstrom (February 11, 1917 – April 26, 1994) was an All-American collegiate swimmer for Springfield College and the Head Swimming Coach for the University of Delaware from 1946 to 1981, leading them to the 1947 Mason-Dixon Conference and the 1954 Middle Atlantic Conference titles.
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. [59] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
Doylestown is a borough in and the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 8,300.. Doylestown is located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Trenton, 25 miles (40 km) north of Center City Philadelphia, and 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Allentown.
About 400 first-grade students in Plain Local schools are getting free swim lessons through a partnership with the YMCA of Central Stark County.
YMCA Camp Mason is a YMCA summer camp located in Hardwick Township, New Jersey. The 650-acre site is located next to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area . [ 1 ] Camp Mason annually serves approximately 800 campers in its summer camp programs, and 7,000 participants at its outdoor center.
Wilmington YMCA, also known as Wilmington Central YMCA or just Central YMCA, is a historic YMCA building located in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1929, and is a six-story, red brick and Indiana limestone building in a Spanish Colonial Revival style. It consists of a center six-story, nine-bay main block flanked by ...