Several local YMCAs continue to employ the Native American theme, and some YMCA Indian Guides groups have separated from the YMCA and operate independently as the " Native Sons and Daughters Programmes " from the National Longhouse

Examples of each of these are the National Park Service, the YMCA, the Kiwanis, and Disney World.

These three angles are reflected by the different sides of the ( red ) triangle – part of all YMCA logos.

The Archives of the YMCA of the United States are located at the Kautz Family YMCA Archives, a unit of the University of Minnesota Libraries Department of Archives and Special Collections.

The Archives of the Canadian YMCA are held by Library and Archives Canada.

This variation is in keeping with the concept of local autonomy expressed in the preamble to the Paris Basis, and both YMCA Canada and YMCA of the USA are active participants in the World Alliance of YMCAs.

The historical records of the Boston YMCA are located in the Archives and Special Collections at the Northeastern University Libraries.

The core values are painted onto a wall of a fitness centre in a YMCA, along with a Bible verse, as well as the logo of the YMCA.

Today, Joe Friday and Harold Keltner are commemorated with patch awards honouring their legacy which are given out to distinguished YMCA volunteers in the programme.

Bexley Council run a library at Binsey Walk near Southmere Lake, and sailing and canoeing are run at Southmere Lake in Thamesmead South by Southmere Boating Centre ( with Greenwich Yacht Club ) and sailing only by the YMCA in association with Erith Yacht Club.

Two municipal parks are within the city limits-The North Park provides recreational facilities including lighted tennis courts, lighted baseball diamonds, playground facilities, a YMCA and a band shelter.

Private recreational opportunities are available, including the West Cabarrus YMCA and the Sportscenter.

Within the Arapahoe area, there are four camps: Camp Sea Gull for boys ( YMCA affiliated ), Camp Seafarer for girls ( YMCA affiliated ), Camp Don Lee ( Methodist ), and Camp Caroline.

While the organization remains independent of the YMCA, some programs they provide are similar, such as child care, health & wellness, and employment training.

Some notable attractions in Grimsby are the local skatepark, the Grimsby Museum, the Grimsby Public Library, the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, the West Niagara YMCA, the Danish Church and the hockey arena ( Peach King Centre ), home of the Grimsby Peach Kings.

There is no “ National ” Youth and Government program or organization due to the local and state-based structure and affiliations of most YMCA programs, but there are two national events attended by most of state Youth and Government programs: The annual YMCA Youth Governor ’ s Conference in Washington, D. C., held in June, and the annual YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs, or CONA, held the first week in July.

Split into four districts geographically, chapters are organized into Delegations by their YMCA affiliation.

The two to three winning teams of the regional competition in each region are invited to prepare a case to argue in front of the YMCA state supreme court, held at the same time as the YMCA Legislature.

YMCA pioneered the concept of night school, providing educational opportunities for people with full-time employment.

The YMCA was associated with gay sub-culture through the middle part of the 20th century, with the athletic facilities providing cover for closeted individuals.

Holly YMCA in 1921 after voters adopted a new law providing for the creation of a county library system.

In response, many local YMCA and YWCA associations have amalgamated into YM / YWCAs or YMCA-YWCAs, and belong to both organizations while providing the programs of each.

Before the YMCA began to admit females in the early 1960s, swimming trunks were not even allowed in the pools, and high school swimming classes for boys sometimes had similar policies, citing the impracticality of providing and maintaining sanitary swimming gear and clogging swimming pools ' filtration systems with lint fibers from the swimsuits.

American high school students have a chance to participate in YMCA Youth and Government, wherein clubs of kids representing each YMCA community convene annually in their respective state legislatures to " take over the State Capitol for a day.

The majority of longtime members cancelled their memberships as a form of protest to the deal. The current management believes that once a new and much smaller gym is built without a track and other amenities the old YMCA had, revenue will come from temporary and seasonal memberships that they can get from local students around the area.

In regards to recreation YMCA provides athletic leagues for students in participating neighbouring schools.

Another famous Williams ( not related ) in the area is George Williams ( YMCA ), the founder of the YMCA whose officials and students of Chicago-based George Williams College frequently met just west of the town of Williams Bay and later established a camp in the village on the shores of Lake Geneva.

While a student she did volunteer work at Boston City Hospital and tutored students at the Roxbury YMCA.

Camp Stepping Stone, a summer day camp for students with special needs, is also hosted just past the Danvers YMCA camp, also along the Stiles Pond Shoreline.

YMCA Youth and Government, or Y & G ( also known as YMCA Youth in Government ) is a YMCA civic engagement and service-learning program in the United States that allows high school students to serve in a model government process at the local, state, national, and international levels.

The California YMCA Youth & Government ( Y & G ) organization sponsors statewide educational programs for junior high and high school students.

The Florida YMCA Youth In Government program, founded in 1957, has grown to include not only a Senior Youth In Government program ( referred to as YIG ) targeted at high school students but also a Junior Youth In Government program ( referred to as JYIG ) for middle school students.

These volunteers, along with State YMCA staff, help guide the students through mock committee meetings and procedures.

These volunteers, along with State YMCA staff, help guide the students through mock committee meetings and procedures.

The mission of the YMCA Louisiana Youth & Government program is to encourage and foster leadership through service, fellowship, responsibility, and respect for oneself and others among all participants and to educate and engage students in the process of government, from local to international.

The YMCA Mock Trial program allows students to participate in a " true-to-life " courtroom drama.

He found his interest in special education while directing YMCA children's camps as a teenager, and at age 19, he served as a substitute teacher for a classroom of students with autism at Brentwood Elementary School in Raleigh.

The Fringe did not benefit from any official organization until 1951, when students of the University of Edinburgh set up a drop-in centre in the YMCA, where cheap food and a bed for the night were made available to participating groups.

The camp was operated by the YMCA and here Moltmann met many students of theology.

* 2006 Plain English Speaking Award ( YMCA Singapore, Ministry of Education, National Library Board ): The public speech competition for students was held in August 2006.

Just a few years after opening its doors to the first eighteen students in 1885, the YMCA Training School could boast an international reputation as a pioneer in teaching and scholarship related to physical education class, sports medicine, physical therapy, physiology of exercise, biomechanics, wellness, the training of YMCA executives, and many other fields.