Kansas City YMCA Blog
The renovation of the Mark Teahen Family Baseball Field is complete! To celebrate, we hosted a rededication on August 31 for the Mark Teahen Family Baseball Field. It marked a special moment for the…
Hispanic Latino Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15, and the YMCA of Greater Kansas City is celebrating our diversity and the histories, cultures and contributions of our Hispanic, Latino and…
This Welcoming Week, taking place September 8-17, the YMCA of Greater Kansas City will join Welcoming America and hundreds of YMCAs and other organizations nationwide celebrating immigrants’…
Darcy Swan is now senior vice president of Youth Development at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. She will provide leadership and strategy while building relationships to advance before and after…
The Y received the Nonprofit Connect Stronger Together award for our partnership with GEHA, The Hunt Family Foundation/Kansas City Chiefs, and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County &…
Did you know that the YMCA of Greater Kansas City offers group exercise classes at the Riverside Community Center? Y members are eligible to participate in a variety of free classes. In addition…
Mark Hulet will serve as the next president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, beginning July 7. Hulet is the 11th chief executive officer to lead the local Y association since it was…
June is National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. Worldwide, more than 55 million people are living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Did you know that studies have shown that…
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded the YMCA of Greater Kansas City a $10,000 grant to support our English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. This local grant is a part of…
