Postivively an Impact: Why choose the Y

Your local YMCA is not just a daycare, summer camp, or a place to workout. It’s an brand, it impacts the community , and it’s a family.

Y The Brand

The YMCA , which is shortened to the Y is a global brand that highly promotes customer service and creating an experience. They aim for everyone to have a great experience while at the Y. With being greeted by every staff member you encounter , to the phone operators saying “How can we make your day great” during their daily phone calls, to pushing their employees to never say “no” or “no I can’t help” to individuals.

They also take the time to build a great staff with their annual staff meetings and training to help the upcoming staff learn how to think outside the box with activities and events to keep the kids and parents saying “WOW.”

Y The Community

The Y has several locations around the USA and is a member based facility with a purpose to serve the community. They promote these 3 things:

The Y promotes youth development by helping kids improve academically with:

Teen and Educational Summits

School Supply giveaways

Incorporating learning and team building into games

Computer labs

Scholarships (Some)

Volunteer Programs

Programs for the special needs

The Y promotes healthy living:

Healthy choices in vending machines

Sport and dance programs

Gym

Swimming

Exercising classes

The outdoor Y with (horseback riding, zip-lining, canoeing, archery,etc)

Heath fairs including Healthy Kids Day for kids

Y The Family

The Y is a growing family that starts off as strangers going through many training where they get to know each other through team building and growing together as invested staff members, while establishing friendships. With the Y family they support and help you reach your full potential with your career path with training and opportunities to advance. Even one of the staff members started as a camper and ended up as a Regional Program Register. “WOW” right ?!

“I’m Y” is a true phrase for every staff on the Y team because they are helping to touch everyone and impact their communities through these facilities and making each Y experience great ! Joining the Y family benefits you, your kids, and your community, so “Y” not choose the Y?

A first time camp counselor “WOW’d” by everything the Y offers!