Guelph YMCA – YWCA loves to help out in the community. Through our organized programs and partnerships with other organizations, you have the opportunity to participate, volunteer or donate to one of the many great causes!
TAPPs (Teenage Parents Program)
The goal of the Teenage Age Parents Program is to support the personal growth of pregnant and parenting teens and their children while assisting teen parents in improving their parenting skills, education and well being.
Learn how you can get involved
SHARKS
YMCA-YWCA SHARKs is a “Swim to Survive” program provided for free to all grade 3 students in the city of Guelph. This program teaches children how to survive a fall into open water with the goal of decreasing the number of deaths due to drowning in our community.
Find out how your school can get involved!
DASH
The YMCA-YWCA of Guelph and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (WDG) Public Health have teamed together to launch the Daily Activity in Schools and Home (D.A.S.H. program. The goal is to increase activity levels, and decrease negative behaviour on the playground through active games and walking/biking initiatives/ clubs.
Learn what your kids can be doing!
Women of Distinction
Help us to celebrate the amazing women in the Guelph community by joining us
at the 17th annual Women of Distinction Awards Gala.
This evening is held at the River Run Centre on May 3, 2012 and will
honour some of Guelph’s most inspiring women.
Nominate an outstanding woman in your life today
EnCore
The EnCore Program is designed to help breast cancer survivors come together at the Y and participate in a free program of gentle floor and pool-based exercises for women of any age who are recovering from breast cancer at any stage.
Check out more information here!
International Support
The Guelph Y supports the work and progress being made our brother Y in Tijauna, Mexio. This ‘Casa’ provides physical and emotional support to youth and also helps to reunite missing youth with their families. The Guelph Y supports these services by donating funds and also providing work exchange programs for staff.
