In 2001, America's YMCAs celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the first Y in Boston, Massachusetts. One out of three Americans reports being a YMCA member at some point in their life. Today, America's Ys serve 17.5 million people, including nearly 9 million children each year through a broad range of programs, including mentoring, youth leadership and volunteerism. Collectively, YMCAs are also the nation s largest provider of childcare. YMCAs are for people of all faiths, races, ages and incomes.
Financial assistance is available for all YMCA programs and membership.
The statistical significance of the results is plus or minus 4.4 percent at the 95 th confidence interval level.