YMCA Facts and Figures

Did you Know?

That globally, the YMCA is the largest provider of childcare services.

That the YMCA was fundamental in the development of the scouting movement.

A YMCA instructor created the first group swimming lesson.

The YMCA was the first to establish certification programs for lifesaving, swimming
and aquatic instruction

It was at the International YMCA Training School in December 1891 that James Naismith invented the game of basketball

Volleyball was invented at the Holyoke YMCA in 1895 by William Morgan

Softball was given its name by motion of Walter Hakanson of the Denver YMCA in 1926

Racquetball was invented in 1950 at the Greenwich YMCA

The term "bodybuilding" was first used in 1881 by Robert Roberts, a member of the staff at the Boston YMCA

News

Anti HIV Campaign – Promoting Healthy Lifestyle
December 2009

The YMCA Kosovo has been working on a new image in Kosovo, to be known as an association that focuses on the promotion of healthy lifestyle. For this reason YMCA were actively involved in the Anti-HIV Campaign in Kosovo.read more>>...

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Dance Audition: Hip-Hop, R&B, and Social Dance Theater

On Monday, February 15, 2010, YMCA Kosovo held an audition for young talents from American School of Kosovo who are interested in Hip-Hop, R&B, and Social Dance Theater. read more>>...

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General Annual Meeting and Election of YMCA Kosovo Board

On February 4, 2010, YMCA Kosovo held a General Annual Assembly Meeting in Hotel Grand, Prishtina.Most of the Local YMCA Branches were present at the meeting and presented their Annual Reports to the National Association of YMCAs in Kosovo.

The Plan for 2010-2011 has been presented to the assembly too..