YMCA of Yonkers Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Jan 30, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$2,168,704

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

In an effort to address the community's gap in teen programs the ymca provides offers a continuum of services that meets the diverse needs of over 500 teens annually. "real talk," a friday night teen led discussion group, tackles traditional and contemporary teen issues. Our youth employment-training program continues to provide employment-training, preparation, life skills and placement to over 300 youth annually. Our four core areas of certification include media production, childcare, personal and group fitness and lifeguarding. Our gang prevention program provides teens with a safe, nurturing and fun environment that serves as a safe haven and alternative to the allure of street and gang involvement. This year we open a new teen center within our facility fully equipped with state of the art electronics, computers and a media production studio. Our y sports program utilizes basketball, soccer, flag football, intramural leagues, martial arts and boxing to teach discipline, sportsmanship, teamwork and character development. All of our teen program incorporate the ymca's core values of honesty, caring, respect and responsibility and contain a life skills development component. Our youth and government program was suspended this year due to funding constraints but our college access and college goal sunday program was implemented with huge successes. Through partnership with let's get ready, ycap and westhab we were able to offer sat preparation to high school juniors and seniors. Financial literacy, additional college prep, college tours and college counseling services were made possible through partnerships and grants from ymca of the usa and the lumina foundation. This summer and fall our students visited georgetown university in washington, dc and several local colleges to learn more about college life, the application process, securing financial aid, choosing a major, etc. We are excited about the opportunity expand our college preparation and access services as higher education is directly linked to improvements in health and financial outcomes. In the last quarter of this year through new york state, funding the y launched the snug shooting and violence intervention initiatives. Modeled after chicago ceasefire, yonkers snug aims to reduce the incidence of shootings and killings in yonkers by employing "credible messengers" to provide community education, outreach, coalition building and crisis intervention/mediation. The snug program will engage the most "at risk" youth who have been involved in or closely associated with past acts of violence and "gang" activity.the ymca received $347,171 in contributions and government grants in 2011 to operate the teen program.

Activity 3

The yonkers family ymca offers a continuum of health and wellness programs aimed at helping our members and program participants develop a balance of mind, body and spirit. More than 2,500 individuals benefit annually from our wellness programs. As a learning organization, the yonkers family ymca is dedicated to helping individuals and families develop healthier lifestyles through exercise, improved nutrition, and stress reduction, emotional, social and spiritual development. Our wellness center and weight room is equipped with over 50 fitness stations including cardio, strength and free weight equipment. We offer a wide array of exercise classes including zumba, body sculpting, aerobics, kid's fitness, calisthenics, adult and youth sports, active older adults, silver sneakers, martial arts, boxing and of course aquatics. The ymca has served as a leader in the area of water safety, swim lessons, lifeguard training, water exercise and competitive swim programs. Our programs have been designed to meet the needs of our members which allow participants to grow and learn at their own pace, master skills, build and improve their self-confidence and esteem and improve health outcomes at every age. Our program participants range in age from six months to 95 years of age. These programs are crucial in that they help individuals and families develop a foundation for a healthier lifestyle which will reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and obesity related illnesses. This year the yonkers family ymca placed greater emphasis in working with our partners to create programs that reduce health disparities in minority and impoverished neighborhoods. Through our community feeding initiative, we served over 93,000 hot meals. We collaborated with over 25 community and government agencies to host, sponsor and co-sponsor over 82 health/wellness and cultural events throughout yonkers. We expanded our healthy lifestyle/education initiatives through health smart behaviors and salsa sabor y salud. Both programs health education/behavior modification programs, designed to increase healthy eating and exercise practices, improve self-esteem and provide individuals and families needed with tools to maintain a healthier lifestyle. We continue to work diligently with our members and community partners to develop strategies to prevent diabetes, hypertension, obesity and related illnesses as well as strategies on how to reverse the diagnosis that many of our members are currently living with. We have seen tremendous improvement in the health of our youth and adult members and anticipate seeing greater impact as we widen our efforts. The yonkers family ymca will continue to work with our partners to offer onsite health screens including blood pressure, glucose, bmi, waist measurements, hiv and hepatitis c and physical stress tests. Screening, early detection and diagnosis with coordinated referral to medical treatment and follow-up have produced a very positive impact in the health outcomes of our community. The ymca will look to develop closer relationships with medical service providers in the next year as we seek to expand our response to issues of health and wellness that challenge our community.the ymca received $176,542 in contributions and government grants to operate the health and wellness program.

Filer

EIN

13-1740520