YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF

Developmental care: the ymca provided child care for infants, toddlers, pre-school and school aged children from 6 weeks to 14 years old. Child care is provided for the entire day or before-and-after school. Woven into the ymca mission is a commitment to strengthen families. Ymca childcare programs relieve the burden of balancing work and family and make it possible for parents of children in our care to remain gainfully employed, knowing that their children are thriving in a safe, developmentally sound environment. Our child care locations meet and often exceed the required licensed standards. The ymca is the largest nonprofit provider of childcare in the washington area. Members of the ymca's staff are trained professionals, implementing a curriculum that encourages children to develop self-esteem, self-confidence, motor skills and a positive social attitude engaging in age-appropriate activities.thingamajig:not even a pandemic could stop the ymca's annual stem thingamajig invention convention from being held. Rather than be cancelled, thingamajig re-invented its presence to a mainly virtual event, allowing young people to continue to dream, invent, and present their inventive designs through the newly established online platform. In addition, the 11,250 children attending the ymca's summer programs (summer day camp/power scholars academy/community parent) continued to explore and experiment with recyclables in designing new and improved ways of thinking about our future. In addition to the thingamajig youth, the ymca promotes stem through connecting young people in regular science and technology experiences, i.e.; gardening at the y, robotics for the younger curious learners, science of the sound supper experiences, math and science family nights, scigirls clubs, techbridge, stem gents for teens club, ruff ruffman workshop with weta summer science enrichment, hero education, crazy 8s math club and girls who code club are just a few of the programs promoting the stem.