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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 ...
YMCA Indian Guides, the former name of Adventure Guides, an outdoor youth program; a girl guide/scout in/from India, see Scouting and Guiding in India; a girl guide/scout who is American Indian, see American Indian Scouting Association; Other. the 1927 Indian Guide Monument, a monument in Peabody, Kansas, USA
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]
The Zanesville YMCA, at 34 S.Fifth St. in Zanesville, Ohio, was built in 1919.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]It was designed by architect Cyrus McLane and built by the Lorenz Construction Co. [1] McLane was architect of the Rock Island YMCA, in Rock Island, Illinois, [2] and of other YMCA buildings.
In 2018, that program began to move to the Toledo Correctional Institution in phases, so that it could expand to 200 beds. [4] The county regional court services now operate out of the building to support the nearby Lucas County Courthouse. In 2017, a new downtown YMCA opened 37 years after the closure of the Central YMCA.
Franklin University has a history of serving older adult students that spans more than a hundred years. It was founded in 1902 at the Columbus Downtown YMCA, under its sponsorship as the YMCA School of Commerce. [7] It changed its name to Franklin University in 1933, and amicably discontinued its formal affiliation with the YMCA in 1964.
YMCA Camp Tecumseh Outdoor Center is located in Indiana near the towns of Brookston, Indiana and Delphi, Indiana on the Tippecanoe River. [1] The closest large city to Camp Tecumseh is Lafayette, Indiana , which is just across the Wabash River from West Lafayette (home of Purdue University ).
In 1984 a new Ohio-West Virginia YMCA is chartered by the National YMCA. At the end of 2012 the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA made the decision to no longer be a YMCA and chose to return their charter to Y-USA, at this time the Ohio Alliance of YMCA's began operating the Ohio YMCA Youth & Government programs. [86]