Young Mens Christian Association

Programs: Total health - wellness for adults - helping people of all ages and abilities develop health in spirit, mind, and body is at the core of the ymca movement. Our ymca is committed to providing a comprehensive array of programs designed to meet the needs of our diverse community. Wellness and fitness programs help people, youth through seniors, to create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize wellness through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Aquatic programs offer swim instruction, therapeutic water aeorbics, arthritis therapy and special need classes. Sports programs for youth, familes, and adults promote teamwork, interaction, and development of social skills as well as physical activity. Our work place corporate advantage program brings ymca wellness offsite to many locations in our community. Costs related to membership services include promotion, billing, records management, delivery, and management of financial-assistance programs, retention, and weekly/monthly reporting of membership and administrative staff and board committees. Also, costs related to facility use by the members (pool, gymnasium, racquetball courts, youth lobby, locker rooms, prescott and amp rooms, and general use areas), utilities, and support staff services (member services desk staff, fitness instructors, lifeguards, youth monitors, maintenance staff, custodial staff, etc. ) our financial assistance programs for memberships makes fitness available to anyone in our community. 234,947 in membership and program assistance was provided to 1,216 members. The ymca works with the united way to subsidize total health services.

ymca camping programs - day and resident camp programs are designed to provide peace of mind to working parents while giving kids a chance to have a fun filled and adventurous summer. Our summer camp programs are designed to educate, develop, and stimulate camper's creativity, leadership and character. Last summer, our day-camp programs had an enrollment capacity of 1,546. 160 campers attended day camp through full or partial financial assistance. Our program meets the need for school age childcare for many children who attend multiple weeks of camp throughout the summer. A staff of 28 is required for this program, and other associated costs include program supplies, traveling expenses, promotional materials, and administrative support. Youth activities - youth sports served approximately 1,510 children over the past year with the help of 139 volunteer coaches and program aids. Our program is designed to develop teamwork, communication skills, self- confidence, and physical fitness. We stress cooperation over competition, fair play over winning at any cost and each child plays, regardless of ability. Youth social/recreational activities are designed to give young people a safe place to go where they will meet caring adults during their non-school hours. The programs are fun so that young people stay involved and build meaningful relationships. Program fees help to cover staffing costs, supplies, and other administrative costs. 911 youth were served through social/recreational programs last year.

child care - a state-licensed, star 4 childcare center serving approximately 31 children per week with a capacity of 38 children per week from the ages of six weeks to five years old. Costs include wages for 10 to 12 full and part-time employees, as mandated by state licensing requirements, and program supplies, food, insurance, administrative and maintenance support. Our center promotes the emotional growth of the children in an environment that is educationally stimulating. Relationship building, problem solving, development of positive communication pathways, turn taking and sharing are all a part of our foundational structure. We are strong proponents of early literacy and creativity to prepare children for both school and life experiences. The ymca works cooperatively with state financial-assistance programs and the united way to subsidize childcare services in our state licensed, star 4 center to low-income families. School aged child care program (sacc) - this program is currently serving south middleton school district. The sacc program serves approximately 50 -75 children daily with an enrollment of 95 in grades k-5. Sacc is held on-site, both before and after school, at rice elementary school with upper level elementary students bused to rice elementary from iron forge elementary school. Program participants receive content based activities focused on initiatives that enrich and supplement the school day. The sacc program employs 7-9 part-time staff per state requirements. The ymca works with state funding programs to subsidize the cost of sacc services to low income families.