Remembering why we have Veterans Day
There’s no doubt in my mind, Thomas W. Brunker, Jr. would not have anydifficulty explaining the meaning of Veteran’s Day long before Wikipedia made it easy – if you were […]
Emergency Before and After School Care
YMCA Before and After School Sites Open September 17, 2014 for Families in Need of Emergency Childcare at No Cost; Two Major School Districts Holding Minimum Day(s) for Excessive Heat […]
Empowering Young People
A message from Carl Vonderau, board member Greetings from beautiful Estes Park. Baron Herdelin-Doherty, four of our staff and I, a volunteer, arrived with thirteen hundred other Y people from […]
World’s Largest Swimming Lesson at the Y
This Friday, June20th 2014, tens of thousands of adults and kids at aquatics facilities aroundthe globe will partake in an attempt to break the record for the WORLD’SLARGEST SWIM LESSON […]
Developing our Future Leaders
Elaine-Marie Hartmann, Interim Department Head for the East County Family YMCA – McGrath was recently in Chicago as part of the YMCA of the USA MECA (Mutlicultural Executive Career Advancement) […]
Swim Programs Keep Youth Active and Safe
ThisMay, the Y is recognizing National Water Safety Month and National DrowningPrevention Month, empowering swimmers to practice safety when in or around thewater. As part of the Y’s commitment to […]
National Volunteer Week – April 6 – 12
NationalVolunteer Week is April 6-12, 2014 a great time to take action and discoveropportunities to give back and make a difference in your community. DuringNational Volunteer Week, the YMCA of […]
The True Meaning of Global Work
Firsthand Experiences From Lisa and Joanie Note from the Air back from Cape Town Joanie and I are on the way back to the states on our last leg of […]
Y Work on a Global Scale
Durban YMCA Our visit to the Durban YMCA was on Wednesday afternoon. It was a hot andhumid afternoon, much like most of the days in February in Durban due to […]
I was the other 42
A very special friend of the JackieRobinson Family YMCA, Jerry Coleman, the legendary broadcaster for theSan Diego Padres often called himself “the other number 42” for the NewYork Yankees when […]
