Young Mens Christian Association Of Anaheim

Healthy living the y is for healthy living. We believe that being healthy means more than being physically active. It's about maintaining a balanced spirit, mind and body. The y brings families closer together, encourages good health and connects people through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. The y also hosted a health fair where families were able to get free services, healthy resources, and sampled exercises such as zumba. Family time: providing opportunities for every family to build stronger bonds, achieve greater work/life balance, and become more engaged with their communities. For a guide on becoming a closer, healthier family, click here.nourish food program: in september 2014, the y launched the food program to provide children with nutritious meals so they can be healthy, succeed in school and are not at risk of going hungry. The after-school food program was created to fill the late afternoon hunger gap by providing healthy meals for students in the anaheim achieves after school program. Data revealed that 85% of the students in the anaheim elementary school district are provided with a free or reduced-price lunch, and 7% self-report insufficient food at home to meet their basic needs. Thanks to our partnership with the anaheim elementary school district and anaheim union high school district, we are ensuring that over 3,400 children have access to healthy meals during out-of-school time, when they need them most. We currently serve meals at 30 school sites. As part of our focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the y is committed to keep children nourished and teaching them healthy habits all year long. Approximately 21,000 meals are ordered every week. Meals are served between 4:45 5:15 p.m.

Social responsibility the y is for social responsibility, where we unite people around the importance of giving back. We are committed to supporting our neighbors and providing opportunities for kids, adults and families to get involved in their community through giving, volunteering, advocating, and getting involved in meaningful ways. We work with volunteers, donors and collaborative partners that span countywide to impact nearly over 20,000 youth, teens and adults annually. Giving: the generosity of others is at the core of our existence and is the reason we are able to give back to the communities we serve. We continually engage funders to help us address critical needs in our community; needs like school-readiness, water safety, safe spaces, health and connections. Through the generosity of our donors and the y's work in the community, we have provided thousands of youth scholarships to ensure that young people have the opportunity to participate in the y's character-building programs. Community support comes through several opportunities for businesses and residents to learn about the y and donate to our cause, including our annual support campaign, ymca charity golf classic, y annual gala and other giving opportunities. We view all our donors as partners in our impact and we focus on continual donor stewardship and recognition. Volunteering: the ymca is volunteer-founded, volunteer-based, and volunteer-led. Volunteers are at the heart of every ymca, and that's why ymcas are at the heart of community life in more than 10,000 communities nationwide. At the anaheim family ymca, volunteers have opportunities to give back in time and expertise through sports, camp, academics, and enrichment programs, and numerous other activities. Volunteers of the y: lead our boards of directors and committees; raise funds to ensure the y is accessible to all members of the community; coach our sports teams and teach many of our classes; our boards of directors and committees; raise funds to ensure the y is accessible to all members of the community; coach our sports teams and teach many of our classes; motivate and support youth in building the character strengths, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health, smart life choices, and the pursuit of higher education and goals; extend a hand to help adults who want to do more, be more or live healthier; advocate for the y's efforts to influence policies and initiatives that positively impact societal issues of importance to the nation, and your community; and participate in opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Collaboration: the anaheim family ymca has demonstrated history of effectively collaborating with community leaders, organizations, and policymakers, including an award-winning after-school collaboration and active involvement to building stronger, healthier communities. Working in collaboration with hundreds of partners, the y has built a culture of collaboration that positions the y as a trusted convener to address our community's most critical needs: safe spaces (keeping youth safe after school from gangs and other negative influences); water safety (preventing drowning, the second leading cause of accidental death in kids 1-14); health (increasing access to healthy eating and physical activity to prevent obesity and related chronic disease); learning (closing the achievement gap, preventing summer learning loss, promote 21st century skills) and connections (connecting youth, adults and families to the community and resources). The anaheim family ymca is also among the few ys across the nation selected to pilot national collaborative projects in stem (science, technology, engineering, math). Community events: the anaheim family ymca hosted various free events for the community to bring fellowship and opportunities to the surrounding neighborhoods. Many of our events are held at the ymca community complex. Some of the events we hosted in 2023-2024 were: trunk or treat over 400 families participated where kids received treats from various halloween themed stations; toy drive over 500 children were able to enjoy a toy. Health kids day over 200 families were able to get resources for health and wellness.