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Website. wanakita.ymcahbb.ca. YMCA Wanakita is a camp located on Koshlong Lake near Haliburton in central Ontario, Canada. It is run by the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford and attracts campers from throughout Ontario and sometimes internationally. [1] The name "Wanakita" comes from a legend of the Wendat people.
The New York City's YMCA Camp is a former recreational and educational sleepover camp in Huguenot, New York that belonged to the YMCA of Greater New York. While the YMCA operates day camps in the five boroughs of New York City, the Huguenot Camp was the only sleepover camp of the YMCA of New York City. The camp was created in 1918. [1]
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association.
As of 2021, there are twenty two branches throughout the five boroughs, including the McBurney Y that was the inspiration for the Village People's song and the West Side YMCA. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] YMCA of Greater New York is affiliated with YMCA in America and also operated Camp Talcott , a more than century-old sleepaway camp that hosted more ...
In 1885, the YMCA founded Camp Baldhead (later known as Camp Dudley). Established by G.A. Sanford and Sumner F. Dudley on Orange Lake in New Jersey, it was first residential camp in North America. [18] The camp later moved to Lake Champlain near Westport, New York. [8] In 1915, Camp Copneconic was established by the YMCA of Greater Flint. [19]
Oppenheimer will replace former Sioux Falls YMCA CEO Mike Murphy, who resigned from the organization in July continue his role as director of Camp Leif Ericson and focus efforts there by ...
The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [11]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s. [34] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
Camp Kitaki: Camp Opal Springs: Tri-Trails Council (defunct) Near Wellfleet, NE: Closed: Site was occupied by Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge until 2016 [60] Camp Wa-kon-da: Mid-America Council: Bellevue, NE: Active: Camp Wa-kon-da is in Bellevue, Nebraska and covers 40 acres of wooded bluffs, adjacent to Fontenelle Forest [61] Little Sioux Scout ...