YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF NORWICH
68 NORTH BROAD STREET, NORWICH, NY 13815 www.norwichymca.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Health and Well being for All At a time when 39.6% of U.S. adults are obese and 18.5% of children and teens are obese, many activities that the YMCA provides to over 3,300 people are supportive relationships and environments they need for their successful pursuit of health and wellbeing in spirit, mind, and body. Men, women, and children of all ages, faiths, backgrounds, abilities, and income levels improve health and well being at the YMCA. In 2019, we provided over $84,890 in financial assistance to overcome economic barriers for participation in YMCA programs and usage of the YMCA facility. In 2009 the YMCA Board of Directors unanimously voted to implement a new membership program for community and YMCA members that have lost their jobs within the past twelve months. A complimentary three month membership will be provided for adults and families that qualify for this program. In 2019, six individual membership units benefited from this significant community program.Helping people of all ages and abilities develop health in spirit, mind, and body is the core of the YMCA movement. We encourage through active participation, programs that help individuals create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Recreational athletic programs for youth and adults promote teamwork, sportsmanship, fair play, interaction, and development of social and physical skills.We offer many Adult classes and leagues such as: Basketball, Racquetball, Swimming, Pickle-ball, Group Exercise, Yoga, Personal Fitness, and Active Older Adult social programs.Collectively we are the largest youth sports provider in Chenango County. Program offerings include: Basketball, Flag Football, Baseball, Tee Ball, Swim Team, Indoor Soccer, Outdoor Soccer, Instructional Swim Lessons, and Preschool Gym and Movement classes. With affordable participation rates and inexpensive membership rates youth play a significant role at our facility and our program offerings. For example, our Youth Sports participants had over 663 duplicated and 495 unduplicated youth, ages five through twelve, which represent all socio economic demographics, races, and religions participating in our programs.Our Water Fitness program is ideal for members of all ages and increases physical strength and endurance while using the water as a natural resistance. Our classes promote healthy habits, develop new relationships, and introduce new active lifestyles. In addition to Health & Wellness classes at the YMCA in Norwich, we also conduct outreach classes in the following rural communities of Oxford, Gilbertsville, New Berlin, and Greene.During 2019 the Norwich YMCA continued to open its doors to over forty community based organizations at no cost. It is the belief at the YMCA that we are a community based charitable organization that is supported by our community and it is our philosophy to assist other agencies providing good to our community. Collectively over 1,000 hours of facility usage is provided annually to our community based organizations such as: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, High School Booster Clubs, Rotary, Department of Health, Churches, Pop Warner, and more. One of our most recent collaborations is with the Chenango County Area of the Aging and the relocation of the local Senior Center to the YMCA which has been a wonderful community partnership.

Holistic Development of Children and YouthFor the first time in our nations history, demographers project that children will live shorter lives than their parents while also facing a declining standard of living. Everyday the YMCA helps young people deepen positive values, their commitment to service, and their motivation to learn. YMCA programs offer a range of experiences that enrich a childs cognitive, social, physical, and emotional growth. The Norwich YMCA provides high quality childcare providing all-inclusive programming for nursery, preschool and school age children throughout Chenango County. We offer many different childcare options to assist and serve a wide variety of family needs including before school, after school, holiday breaks, snow days, and summer opportunities. The YMCA currently offers school age childcare programs in Norwich, Oxford, and Greene, New York. Our childcare programs are a commitment to strengthening families, which directly relates to our mission and our values. YMCA childcare programs assist families in balancing work and family responsibilities. Our programs make it possible for parents of children in our care to remain gainfully employed, knowing that their children are in a safe environment and being cared for.The YMCA provides scholarship assistance for childcare programs. Over $28,655 was awarded to families through our Open Doors scholarship program this year. It is estimated that 25.2% of our children enrolled in our childcare programs receive tuition assistance. In addition, we provide assistance to families for all YMCA program and facility offerings.The YMCA annually conducts nursery and preschool programs for approximately forty students each year. Our programs prepare each student with the school readiness skills that they will need when entering kindergarten. Reading, literacy, shapes, colors, letters, sounds, safety information, swim lessons, and healthy lifestyle classes. Our SKIPPERS program introduces children to the water, and equally important, it introduces parents to the water as care givers. It focuses on children having fun and being comfortable in the water, focusing on water exploration and safety. Early acclamation to the water promotes comfort, calmness, and increases flexibility.The YMCA Instructional swim program helped over 436 duplicated and 263 unduplicated children in 2019. Field-tested across the nation by aquatics experts, Y Swim Lessons stress a developmental approach based on current research in child development, motor learning, and motor control. Swim lessons are more child centered as opposed to group centered, and focus on the part-whole stroke method of teaching. YMCA instructors guide children through a process of individual exploration. Children build confidence and self-esteem in this caring environment. This swim program teaches more than swimming lessons it develops character values (caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility) at every level. YMCA Swim Lessons address community issues of safety in and around water, lifesaving, survival, and safe boating skills while developing leadership skills and encouraging volunteerism.YMCA Youth and Teen programs give kids good role models to help them develop self-esteem, self-respect, and good values including cooperation, acceptance, respect, citizenship, and a strong work ethic. The YMCA employs many teenagers and young adults that work with our younger members teaching them to swim, watching them in childcare programs, or counseling them within our Summer Day Camp programs.Our YMCA camping program provides a lasting experience of personal enrichment. Our camping programs offer adventure and learning activities that challenge and promote spiritual awareness, mental development, physical well-being, social growth, and more importantly self respect. Camping programs recognize the value of cooperation, the ability to gain confidence, creating lifelong friendships, and environmental education.

Family Strengthening Parents spend less time per week with their children today than they did in 1960. The YMCA is committed to helping families build stronger bonds by bringing them together in a variety of activities that help form stable relationships, enhance communication, and promote healthier lifestyles. Our YMCA helps families build stronger bonds, achieve greater work/life balance and become more engaged with their communities. In 2019, the YMCA awarded $48,081 in financial assistance to provide access to families, single parent families, adults, and children. This financial assistance equals 60% of all YMCA financial assistance awarded in 2019. In 2009 the YMCA Board of Directors unanimously voted to implement a new membership program for community members and YMCA members that have lost their jobs within the past twelve months. A complimentary three month membership is awarded to all qualifying participants with proper validation of job loss. In 2019, six applicants benefitted six total participants with access to the YMCA. This financial benefit to our community equated to over $711 in donated memberships to this mission driven program.The YMCA facility is open throughout the year providing space and time for family connectedness. Our Family Swim program gives families the opportunity to share time together with their family. Our Family time in our Kids Gymnasium play zone provides children and families the opportunity to play while exercising, building trust, and having fun. All of our Youth Sports programs allow for family involvement and participation. All of the coaches, officials, scorekeepers, and assistants are volunteer parents assisting with their childs recreational experience.In addition to programming at the YMCA, we also offer programming opportunities for families at numerous offsite locations throughout Chenango County. The YMCA provides swimming opportunities in the communities of Greene and New Berlin; School Age Childcare opportunities in Oxford and Greene; and Health and Wellness opportunities in Oxford and Gilbertsville. By providing more opportunities in our rural communities, families will have more opportunities to recreate together. The YMCA offers a Child watch program for families that wish to utilize the YMCA. Child Watch is a supervised program that is designed for infants, toddlers, and young members, in a supervised setting, permitting parents an opportunity to participate in YMCA programming for their spirit, mind, and body. Other possible non-measurable program achievements, strategies, and operating principles: - Develop values for daily living: develop moral and ethical behavior based on Judeo-Christian principles.- We appreciate diversity: respect people of different ages, abilities, incomes, races, religions, beliefs, and disabilities.- Provide opportunities for youth and teens to grow within an environment that promotes caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility within the YMCA.- The YMCA is a place that promotes a friendly and welcoming atmosphere where members feel comfortable and connected while receiving the support they need to improve their physical, mental, and spiritual health.- Provide opportunities for youth, which shape values and encourage lifelong community service.- Provide activities, which support and strengthen families.- Encourage and support the development of healthy lifestyles.- Provide older adults with opportunities to achieve a healthy and productive quality of life.- Value the essential role of volunteers.- Foster a sense of belongingness amongst members, staff, and volunteers.- Collaborate with community agencies to address community issues.- Securing financial resources necessary to achieve our program goals.- Maintain high quality facilities, programs and management support systems.

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