THE YMCA, (THE 'Y') HAS BEEN A PIONEER THROUGHOUT ITS 181-YEAR HISTORY, HELPING STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, KEEPING ABREAST OF CRITICAL NEEDS, AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO LEARN, GROW AND THRIVE. THE Y IS A MOVEMENT AND A CAUSE AND SINCE NO TWO COMMUNITIES ARE ALIKE, NO TWO Y'S ARE EXACTLY ALIKE. WE BRING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILD A STRONG COMMUNITY. WHETHER DEVELOPING SKILLS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO RESPOND TO THE EDUCATION ENRICHMENT GAP, RESPONDING TO LOCAL CONCERNS WITH DROWNING PREVENTION PROGRAMS, WELCOMING AND CONNECTING DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATIONS, OR BUILDING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH HEALTH CARE COMMUNITIES TO HELP PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE, THE Y FOSTERS THE CARE AND RESPECT THAT ALL PEOPLE NEED AND DESERVE.