Y's Men's Clubs, also known widely as Y's Service Clubs, are community service clubs for both men and women. It is many things……
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It is anything from volunteering at the front desk, to taking kids to asthma camps, to patching leaks of all kinds.
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It is helping kids who can’t afford to go to camp. It is helping buy a new van for the local YMCA, a wheel chair for a needy perso
n or building swimming pools to help make the 'YMCA' a fun place to be.
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It's getting cots for child care, cabinets for the offices, giving your small coats to more needy kids. It's getting cans and cans of paint and helping paint an old building.
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It is making the time to help mark the football field.
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It is scholarships for the young people who plan to pursue a YMCA career.
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It is volunteers who serve on YMCA boards and committees, who work as coaches, referees, and umpires, who rebuild cabin roofs, remodel rooms and who paint, clean and fix-up.
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It's eye clinics in India, teachers in Thailand, an educational centre in Papua New Guinea, and outreach to kids in Kenya. It's antique shows and auctions, book sales and breakfasts, Christmas tree sales and carnivals, dinners and dances, Easter breakfasts and everything in between to raise funds and lend support to the YMCAs and their immediate community. All Y's Men Clubs, across the globe, are partners with the YMCAs in their cities and towns. This is what it means to be a Y's Man or Woman. "The dedication of the Y's Men and Women is just unreal. They are the backbone of our programs in terms of volunteers. They don’t turn down anything you ask them to do. They are a group that makes things happen."
