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YMCA Across the United States, 18.9 million members are part of more than 2,500 branches and camps run by 55,961 volunteer policymakers serving on YMCA boards and committees, plus 540,672 volunteer program leaders and uncounted other volunteers, all of whom work with paid professional staff members. They are at work in more than 120 countries around the world, serving more than 45 million people. YMCAs have total revenue of $4.1 billion. The first U.S. YMCA was started in Boston in 1851, the work of Thomas Sullivan, a retired sea captain and lay missionary. Believe it or not, these things were all invented by or started at a YMCA: volleyball, basketball, racquetball, Father’s Day, Toastmasters, Gideons, and professional football. YMCA inspired the founding of Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts of America, the Peace Corps, and the USO. Additionally, YMCA helps people develop values and behaviors consistent with Christian principles. YMCA |
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Domingo Guyton 