Young Men's Christian Association of Carlisle

Total health - wellness for all - helping people of all ages and abilities develop health in spirit, mind, and body is at the core of the ymca movement. Our ymca is committed to providing a comprehensive array of programs designed to meet the needs of our diverse community. Wellness and fitness programs help people, youth through seniors, to create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize wellness through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Aquatic programs offer swim instruction, therapeutic water aerobics, arthritis therapy and special need classes. Sports programs for youth, familes, and adults promote teamwork, interaction, and development of social skills as well as physical activity. Our work place corporate advantage program brings ymca wellness offsite to many locations in our community. Costs related to membership services include promotion, billing, records management, delivery, and management of financial-assistance programs, retention, and weekly/monthly reporting of membership and administrative staff and board committees. Also, costs related to facility include use by the members (pool, gymnasium, racquetball courts, youth lobby, locker rooms, prescott and amp rooms, and general use areas), utilities, and support staff services (member services desk staff, fitness instructors, lifeguards, youth monitors, maintenance staff, custodial staff, etc.). Our financial assistance program for memberships makes fitness available to anyone in our community. Membership and program assistance in the amount of 209,790 was provided to 2,502 members. The ymca works with the united way to subsidize total health services.

Child care - the ymca offers a state-licensed childcare center serving approximately 31 children per week with a capacity of 35 children per week, from the ages of six weeks to five years old. Costs include wages for 6-9 full and part-time employees, as mandated by state licensing requirements, and program supplies, food, insurance, administrative and maintenance support. Our center promotes the emotional growth of the children in an environment that is educationally stimulating. Relationship building, problem solving, development of positive communication pathways, turn taking and sharing are all a part of our foundational structure. We are strong proponents of early literacy and creativity to prepare children for both school and life experiences. The ymca works cooperatively with state financial-assistance programs and the united way to subsidize childcare services in our state licensed center for low-income families. School aged child care program (sacc) - this program is currently serving south middleton school district. The sacc program serves approximately 30 children daily with an enrollment of 59 in grades k-5. Sacc is held on-site, both before and after school, at rice elementary school with upper level elementary students bused to rice elementary from iron forge elementary school. Program participants receive content based activities focused on initiatives that enrich and supplement the school day. The sacc program employs 5-7 part-time staff per state requirements. The ymca works with state funding programs to subsidize the cost of sacc services for low income families.

Ymca camping programs - day and resident camp programs are designed to meet the needs of working parents while giving kids a chance to have a fun filled and adventurous summer. Our summer camp programs are designed to educate, develop, and stimulate camper's creativity, leadership and character. Last summer, our day-camp programs had an enrollment capacity of 900. This total included 127 campers who attended day camp through full or partial financial assistance. Our program meets the need for school age childcare, many of whom attend multiple weeks of camp throughout the summer. A staff of 16 is required for this program, and other associated costs include program supplies, traveling expenses, promotional materials, and administrative support. Youth activities - youth sports served approximately 1,500 children over the past year with the help of 107 volunteer coaches and program aids. Our program is designed to develop teamwork, communication skills, self- confidence, and physical fitness. We stress cooperation over competition, fair play over winning at any cost and each child plays, regardless of ability. Youth social/recreational activities are designed to give Young people a safe place to go where they will meet adult and Young adult leaders and mentors during their non-school hours. The programs are fun so Young people stay involved and build meaningful relationships. Program fees help to cover staffing costs, supplies, and other administrative costs. During the past year, 2,188 youth were served through social/recreational programs.