Did You Know?

• The first YMCA in London (1844) held bi-weekly meetings in a drapery shop next to St. Paul's Cathedral.
  
  
• The state with the most YMCA members is California with 1,394,776.
  
  
• Among the services provided by YMCA volunteers during the Civil War, was the distribution of $1,000 per week in stamps for soldiers' letters home.
  
  
• 75% of YMCAs offer day camp for youth; 45% offer day camp for teens.