Y's Men's Clubs. Y's Men and Women's Clubs. Encouraging an

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Y Service Clubs Ys Mens Clubs Ys Men and
Womens Clubs Encouraging and providing
leadership to build a better world for all
mankind based on the teachings of Jesus Christ
and as partners with the YMCA.
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• Main purpose
• To serve the local YMCA
• Y Service Clubs are a human and financial
  resource
• to the YMCA.
• Ys Men/Women provide hundreds of thousands
• of hours of voluntary service annually.
• An estimated 4 million is given annually by
• Y Service Clubs.

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Service and Assistance to the Community The
efforts of the service club are different at
every Y, just as every Y is different in every
community as it responds to the needs of that
community.
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Our Focus Targeting the needs of the local
community
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• How Y Service Clubs Assist Local Ys
• Ys Men/Women are a source of Y Board and
• committee members.
• They cooperate with the Y in maintenance and
  support
• of Y camps.
• They spearhead leadership for World Service
• activities, and the international emphasis of
  the Y
• (hosting international visitors and exchange
  students).
• Ys Men/Women recruit and train volunteer
  leaders.
• Ys Men/Women organize and lead youth clubs.
• They participate in campaigns
• for new members.

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FOCUS THE COMMUNITY Westfield Ys Mens
Club Westfield, New Jersey Building a better
community by raising approximately 30,000
annually from Christmas tree sales. The number
of trees sold by the Ys Men would fill Giants
Stadium!
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Westfield Ys Men continued The money is
committed to a YMCA Capital Projects Fund, and to
community youth clubs and organizations. Many
other clubs in the US Area sell Christmas trees
as their fundraiser.
Burbank Ys Men
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FOCUS FAMILIES Kankakee Area Ys Mens
Club Kankakee, Illinois Supporting families for
more than thirty years by distributing free
coats to children unable to afford appropriate
attire for the cold winters.
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Kankakee Area Ys Men continued The Coats for
Kids campaign blossomed into a significant
collaboration with large area vendors, and set an
example for other community organizations to
conduct similar clothing campaigns.
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Kankakee Area Ys Men continued A note from Joe
Giacchino, CEO Kankakee Area YMCA The Kankakee
Area YMCA Ys Mens Club is committed to the Y
and the community. Not only are they active in
the annual Strong Kids campaign and membership
drives, but they also conduct a quarterly project
to help spruce up the Y, assist with the annual
youth Halloween party and give significantly to
youth programs. They are friends of the Y and we
would be hard-pressed to find more volunteers
like them.
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FOCUS CAMP Green Bay Ys Mens Club Green Bay,
Wisconsin Ensuring the availability of camping
programs for all youth by helping preserve and
maintain the buildings and property of YMCA
Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya and Day Camp Wabansi.
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Green Bay Ys Men continued Work weekends are
spent maintaining and repairing the camp. Club
members conduct fund-raisers to support the costs
of the work weekends including Service Club
Olympics, YMCA ski sale, poinsettia sale and
Entertainment Book sales.
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FOCUS SENIORS Seal Beach Leisure World Ys Mens
Club Los Altos YMCA, California Empowering
seniors with quality service, this Ys Mens
Club is dedicated to helping residents of the
Seal Beach retirement community who are unable to
accomplish tasks of normal home activities
for themselves.
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FOCUS INTERNATIONAL Y FOCUS Club The Ys Mens
Club in Ottawa, Canada In an effort to reach out
to the international community, Y FOCUS Fair
Trade Sports has been able to send over 500
used soccer balls, 690 soccer shirts and 150
pairs of socks to refugee camps, schools,
orphanages and YMCAs in 12 different developing
countries.
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Y FOCUS Club continued Because of these
donations, soccer matches are now a part of the
regular curriculum in some schools in Tanzania,
providing a significant boost in morale for these
HIV/AIDS orphans.
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Y FOCUS Club continued A note from Bonnie Gray,
President Canadian Support of Rural African
Initiatives Our partner NGO, MKUKI, in Tanzania
was the recipient of the donated soccer balls
and I wanted to convey the great impact they are
having with the children. The boys and their
instructors are having regular soccer matches
now and it is part of the regular curriculum.
What a tremendous boost to morale it is! And it
was particularly heart-warming for me to see
these students clearly having so much FUN given
most of them are HIV/AIDS orphans. You can
certainly see by their faces how much they are
enjoying themselves! They are extremely grateful
for this equipment.
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FOCUS THE COMMUNITY Carondelet Y Service
Club St. Louis, Missouri Making a community
contribution through a Book Fair fundraiser now
an annual city-wide eventthat has raised more
than 800,000 in 27 years. Thousands of books
are sold each year.
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Carondelet Y Service Club St. Louis,
Missouri Making a community contribution
through a Book Fair fundraiser now an annual
city-wide eventthat has raised more than
1,000,000 in 30 years. Thousands of books are
sold each year.
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Carondelet Y Service Club continued The funds
raised support the YMCA, community service
projects, literacy projects, and programs of Ys
Men International.
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• How Y Service Clubs Assist Local Ys
• Ys Men/Women are a source of Y Board and
• committee members.
• They cooperate with the Y in maintenance and
  support
• of Y camps and other facilities.
• They spearhead leadership for World Service
• activities, and the international emphasis of
  the Y
• (hosting international visitors and exchange
  students).
• Ys Men/Women recruit and train volunteer
  leaders.
• Ys Men/Women organize and lead youth clubs.
• They participate in campaigns for new members
• and sustaining memberships.

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Carondelet Y Service Club continued The funds
raised support the YMCA, community service
projects, literacy projects, and programs of Ys
Men International. On average, according to
Rolando Dalmas, International Secretary-General,
US Y Service Clubs give 90 of funds raised to
their local Y.
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Reaching Out to the World Y Service Clubs
provide greater international understanding
through links with clubs around the world. They
have helped alleviate human crises by providing
105,000 for Tsunami relief, and have accepted a
Universal Global Project HIV/AIDS International
Y Service Clubs working as a recognized NGO by
the United Nations has adopted the Roll Back
Malaria project seeking to donate 20,000
packages of mosquito netting. These kits
contain a) routine immunizations b) Vitamin A
(or multiple micronutrient) supplementation, c)
insecticide-treated nets and pretreatment kits
d) Anti-malaria blister packs for at home fever
management. These nets will be distributed by
the World Health Organization (WHO).
Tsunami relief in Alumnae
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Our Character Sharing the same goals and
direction worldwide
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Y Service Club Motto To acknowledge the duty
that accompanies every right. Our challenge
To transfer the emphasis from rights to duties.
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YS MEN/WOMEN ARE Idealists They reflect the
original concept of the YMCA people concerned
about fellow human beings. Allying themselves
with other active idealists some younger, some
olderto increase their own effectiveness in
serving fellow men.
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YS MEN/WOMEN ARE Loyal to the Y Ys Men/Women
receive continuing orientation in all YMCA
programs. They work with the Y as a union of
persons acting together for a common purpose
striving to practice the teachings of Jesus
Christ. They understand that next to the
church, the Y is the greatest character builder
in the world.
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YS MEN/WOMEN ARE Dedicated to the
Community They desire to alleviate human
crises, making the Y a great community
servant. Ys Men/Women can decide the
priorities in the communityfrom day camp to
drug problems.
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YS MEN/WOMEN Reach Out to the World Y Service
Clubs provide greater international
understanding through links with clubs around
the world. Ys Men/Women are world-minded
people, with the objective to achieve the
Christian ideal of international and interracial
justice. The measure of a man is the breadth
of his horizon. - Member induction ceremony
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• International Programs
• Time of Fast
• Supports projects in developing countries
• Members fast for one meal, contribute meal cost
  
• An international committee selects and monitors
  
• projects proposed by YMCAs worldwide.
• During its history, this project has distributed
  4 million.
• Annual contributions approximate 220,000.

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• International Programs
• Brotherhood Fund
• Personal contributions by members enable other
• members to experience another culture first-hand
  by
• visiting clubs in other parts of the world,
• being hosted in members homes,
• learning about their projects.
• Members apply for these travel grants.
• Annual contributions approximate 175,000.

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• Member Benefits
• To give back
• to the community
• Fellowship and fun
• Profitable use of free time
• Opportunities for
• youth development
• To be involved in
• international assistance

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• How to Start a Y Service Club
• Identify the needs in the Y and the community.
• Identify a group of people who might be
  interested
• in helping.
• Y members and potential members
• Church groups
• Members of other community organizations
• Call a meeting to discuss the needs and
  possible
• approaches, emphasizing the opportunity
• for personal development.
• Additional information can be downloaded
• at www.ysmen.org

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