UOP contributes its facilities and a host of other resources that would otherwise cost a small fortune. The AYC remains, at the same time, an independent, tax-exempt, non profit organization affiliated not only with the YMCA, but the YWCA, Youth Service California, the Mentoring Collaboration and the Volunteer Council of San Joaquin. All programs at the AYC are led by teams of students who are guided by one professional staff member and dozens of faculty, staff and community volunteers . Students embrace learning through direct experiences. Students come to a heightened sense of self.
Students discover their spiritual nature through extending their compassion for learning to others.
The spark from our students' passion for life, learning and forging healthy relationships, ignites positive change in the lives of others and in the life of our valley home.