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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]
In the United States, YMCA's parent/child programs, under the umbrella program called Y-Guides, (originally called YMCA Indian Guides, Princesses, Braves, and Maidens) have provided structured opportunities for fellowship, camping, and community-building activities (including craft-making and community service) for several generations of ...
YMCA of Greater New York is a community service organization, the largest YMCA in North America and also New York City's largest private youth-serving organization [citation needed] serving more than five hundred thousand each year.
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Canadian Cadet Organizations (Canada) (*see Royal Canadian Army-Air-Sea Cadets below); Camp Fire (US); Campus Front of India (India); Canadian Young Judaea (Canada); Canadian Youth Congress (Canada)
YMCA Philadelphia, also Greater Philadelphia YMCA was founded on June 15, 1854, by George H. Stuart, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and importer. The goal of the Association was to reach "the many thousands of neglected youth not likely to be brought under any moral influence by any other means."
Y's Men International is an international group of volunteers in support of YMCA. [1] It was established in 1922 in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. and is now headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. [2] It was originally founded as a service club to support the work of the World Alliance of YMCAs. [3]
The program was planned to be free, open-source, grassroots and a traditional Boy Scout program with no 501(c)3 non-profit status (so as to keep government interference to a minimum). [4] By October, the Scouts of St. George was forced, due to the BSA's ownership of the "Scouts" trademark, to change its name to "Troops of St. George". [13]