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Best overall community commitment to aquatics: Capital district YMCA, Guilderland, N.Y.(quality management in swimming pools)
Some equate swimming with a religious experience. And at the Capital District YMCA in Guilderland, N.Y., it can be. At least once a month, one of its facilities offers its hot tub to local churches as a place for baptisms as part of its involvement with the community.
The 10-branch YMCA, which draws swimming populations from the Albany region, offers a range of aquatics programming targeted at the diverse community.
For instance, for its yearly SPLASH learn-to-swim campaign, the facility offers five days of free lessons during the school spring break, underwritten by different organizations (this year the local newspaper stepped up). Due to a strong marketing campaign, the event went from close to no participation to more than 2,000 students in one year.
The Y also offers a unique backyard swimming program: It sends instructors to teach students in their own homes. What's more, it does a collaborative effort with local schools, churches, home-school students and different agencies to bring swimming into their lives.
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- CLIFTON PARK MAN TO HEAD CAPITAL DISTRICT YMCA.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 24, 1990 700+ words
...officer of the newly merged Capital District YMCA. Flynn, president of the...transition is completed, the Capital District YMCA will offer services in eight...Dempf and chairman of the Capital District YMCA's transition board...
- CAPITAL DISTRICT YMCA COMING TO GUILDERLAND.(CAPITAL REGION)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 15, 1994 700+ words
...Byline: YANCEY ROY Staff writer GUILDERLAND The Capital District YMCA, confirming a move it hinted at earlier this year...John F. Flynn, chief executive officer of the Capital District YMCA, said his organization will kick off a capital...
- EDITORIAL: The visionary at the Y: John Flynn led the Capital District YMCA...
- Newspaper article from: Times Union (Albany, NY) February 16, 2007 700+ words
...happened. John Flynn became president and CEO of Capital District YMCA, and nothing has been quite the same since. Today...provided the best opportunity for that. Today, the Capital District YMCA has branches in Guilderland, Clifton Park, East...
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- Newspaper article from: Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA) September 11, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Andrew Wind Sep. 11--WATERLOO -- A joint task force will explore the possibility of establishing a YMCA branch at East High School. The Board of Education Monday approved the non-binding agreement between Waterloo Community Schools and the Family YMCA of Black Hawk County. The YMCA's board
- New CEO's lifelong bond with Y endures: J. David Brown, whose first job was at...
- Newspaper article from: Times Union (Albany, NY) March 28, 2007 700+ words
...president and CEO of the Capital District YMCA. Brown, 39, will take...president, has worked for Capital District YMCA since 1993, when he came...choice for the job, said Capital District YMCA board of directors Chairman...
- ST. PETER'S GETS FUND-RAISING REPRIEVE.(CAPITAL REGION)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) December 10, 1994 700+ words
...Kresge Foundation's generosity. Just this past year, the Center for the Disabled in Albany, the Capital District YMCA, the Capital District Hospice and the Nott Memorial at Union College all received foundation funds. Neithercut said the...
- AND THE EXHIBITORS ARE ...(CAPITAL REGION)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) March 24, 1996 700+ words
...North Greenbush Camp Somerhill, Athol Capital District Certified Nurse Anesthetists, Albany Capital District Veterinarians, Albany Capital District YMCA, Albany Capital Region Independent Schools...
- BUILDING ON DREAMS Y PLANS FACILITY IN CLIFTON PARK.(Living)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 13, 1991 700+ words
...switched its affiliation to the Capital District YMCA, a year-old regional organization...District. So we approached the Capital District YMCA about the possibility of...senior vice president of the Capital District YMCA. "Elsewhere, we'd have...