Category: Community Development
The JCC Harlem, an initiative of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York, is thinking inside the box when it comes to creating financially accessible opportunities for families to explore, ...
It’s more important than ever to start teaching children to be aware of their physical distance with their peers, and to practice healthy hygiene in youth fitness and sports camps this summer. Integrating safe practices ...
When COVID-19 forced facilities everywhere to close, most traditional youth programs came to a grinding halt and organizations had to pivot to completely virtual programming. Since mid-March, kids and families have had to adjust to ...
Today is the perfect time to start teaching children coping skills. With the recent events, and twist and turns of life happening, it is important to use these current moments to give children a repertoire ...
At first, the idea of staying home all day must have seemed like a dream for kids everywhere. However, without the opportunity to interact with friends their own age during the COVID-19 pandemic, many children ...
Summer camps have always been a key component of YMCAs. Since the coronavirus pandemic has taken away traditional camps for many facilities, some are getting creative to still deliver the fun atmosphere of camp to ...
The YMCA of San Diego has been serving the greater San Diego community for the past 138 years, and one of the areas they best showcase their mission, according to Baron Herdelin-Doherty, the president and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges that community rec organizations have had to adjust to, such as engaging at-risk populations, battling food insecurity and scheduling fitness programs while under stay at home orders. However, ...
Each year, more than 14 million children and adults attend summer camp in the U.S., but the coronavirus pandemic may cause these camps to look different moving forward. The Harrisburg Area YMCA in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ...
What a great time to learn how to get and keep your children’s attention. Remember the time you heard a good story? Exactly — you remember. In fact, I bet the person telling the story ...
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