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Young Men's Christian Association. YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as ...
Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is "skinny dipping". In both British and American English, to swim means "to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body". [1] In British English, bathing also means swimming; [2 ...
Nude swimming in US indoor pools. Nude swimming in US indoor pools was common for men and boys from the late 1880s until the early 1970s, but rare for women and girls. For much of that time period, indoor pool use was primarily for physical education or athletic competition, not recreation. Male nude swimming had been customary in natural ...
One of two public pools in Brockton, the Manning Pool is set to open June 28 and is open to the public from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily. An entry fee of $5 is required, however entry for children ages ...
The Pocono Family YMCA will get a bigger pool as part of its overall expansion, which will increase its swim lesson capacity. Pocono Family YMCA expansion: What it means for the swim program Skip ...
YMCA Philadelphia. / 39.95472°N 75.16472°W / 39.95472; -75.16472. YMCA Philadelphia, also Greater Philadelphia YMCA was founded on June 15, 1854, by George H. Stuart, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and importer. The goal of the Association was to reach "the many thousands of neglected youth not likely to be brought under any ...
The Muskingum County Family YMCA located at 1425 Newark Rd. offers two indoor pools for patrons to use year-round. Anyone can come and use the pool at any time during the year at a rate of $10 per ...
YMCA is also the name of a group dance with cheerleader Y-M-C-A choreography invented to fit the song. One of the phases involves moving arms to form the letters Y-M-C-A as they are sung in the chorus: The dance originated during the group's performance of the song on the January 6, 1979 episode of American Bandstand.