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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]
Carefree was the long-time home of Southwestern Studios, originally built in 1968 as Fred Graham Studios by actor, stunt man, and Arizona Film Commissioner Fred Graham. The sprawling 160-acre (0.65 km 2 ) desert property adjacent to North Scottsdale featured three state-of-the-art soundstages, edit bays, 35mm screening room, make-up, production ...
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 College may refer to a number of colleges and universities founded by or associated with YMCA: . Central YMCA College, Chicago, Illinois, 1922–1945; YMCA College of Physical Education, first college for physical education of Asia, was established in 1920 and affiliated to the Tamil Nadu physical education and sports university
The YMCA dance demonstrated in a photomontage. In this rendition, the M (second from left) is done in a popular variant. Members of the grounds crew of Yankee Stadium pause to do the YMCA dance. YMCA is also the name of a group dance with cheerleader Y-M-C-A choreography invented to fit the song. One of the phases involves moving arms to form ...
At least one person is dead after a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil barreled into another plane on the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona Monday afternoon, according ...
Arizona State Route 74 (SR 74), locally known as the Carefree Highway, is a state highway in central Arizona that stretches east to west from its junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) just south of Wickenburg to its junction with Interstate 17 (I-17) in North Phoenix.
The El Paso and Southwestern Railroad YMCA, also known as the Douglas YMCA, is a large brick building in Douglas, Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is a Mission Revival style building designed by architect Theodore C. Link. Its two-story main portion was built in 1905 and is 53 feet (16 m) by 150 ...