Did You Know?

5/18/09

• Women were involved in the YMCA organization as early as 1858 and were accepted as members in 1859.
• President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps in 1961, patterned after YMCA World Service.
• Basketball, volleyball, and raquetball were all invented at YMCAs.
• The Greater Kingsport Family YMCA gave over $210,000 in financial assistance in 2008.