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Celebrating 10 years of giving newcomer youth a confident start
30 January 2018 - by Lucy Schmidt
Earlier this month, Newcomer Youth Leadership Development (NYLD) alumni from eight centres across...read more
Healthy Communities • Support the Y • Y Stories • YMCA Events • YMCA Youth Programs
Brampton Barracudas: Leading like Fish in the Pool and Community Champions on Land
25 January 2018 - by YMCA of Greater Toronto
The Brampton Barracudas, a group of 120 Junior Lifeguards, have garnered a reputation for...read more
Healthy Communities • Y Stories • YMCA Volunteers
16 years and 5000 pieces: The impressive impact of the Toronto Sheppard Y’s knitting group
23 January 2018 - by Nicole Meredith
Last week, I introduced you to longtime YMCA volunteer and former staff member Edna, and the...read more
Healthy Communities • Y Stories • YMCA Volunteers
How Edna’s decades of service shaped the Toronto Sheppard Y into the community it is today
16 January 2018 - by Nicole Meredith
I’m sitting amidst busy knitting needles, piles of colourful pom-poms, a ton of coffee and...read more
Healthy Communities • YMCA Events • YMCA Newcomer Programs • YMCA Volunteers
YMCA Volunteers connect with 500 years of Indigenous history
12 January 2018 - by YMCA of Greater Toronto
By Hannah Neff Last month, as part of a training session for YMCA Immigrant Services...read more
Healthy Communities • Y Stories • YMCA Events • YMCA Health and Fitness
The community spirit that earned the YMCA a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title
11 January 2018 - by YMCA of Greater Toronto
Early this morning, hundreds of YMCA members, staff, volunteers, and people from across the...read more
Healthy Communities • Support the Y • Y Stories
Generations come together in support of the YMCA
02 January 2018 - by YMCA of Greater Toronto
“To me, being a Y donor shows my faith, trust and pride in my employer. There’s no way I’d work...read more
Healthy Communities • Y Stories • YMCA Employment Programs
How the Y helped Vianney find a job after living on the street
14 December 2017 - by YMCA of Greater Toronto
By: Yonatan KifluVianney is a happy, hopeful, and motivated young man. He has permanent...read more
Healthy Communities • Healthy Kids • YMCA Camps and Outdoor Education
Meet Dayna, a dynamic Y Day Camp Director
11 December 2017 - by Leigh Coffey
Our president and CEO, Medhat Mahdy, has always said that it is not the buildings, but the people...read more
Healthy Communities • YMCA Events
Ten in a row: YMCA of Greater Toronto again recognized as a top GTA employer
08 December 2017 - by YMCA of Greater Toronto
For the tenth year in a row, the YMCA has been selected as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers...read more