Anyone can fall down--especially in winter weather.

Kathy Armitage, active lifestyles director at Platte County Community Center South operated by the YMCA, is a specialist in working with active older adults. She offers the following reminders to help all ages prevent falls. 

United Healthcare has partnered with the YMCA of Greater Kansas City to bring public Medicare information sessions all around the Kansas City area. 

Sessions will cover the Medicare basics, different coverage options, enrollment and more. Meetings are open to the public with no registration necessary. 

Meetings will take place over the course of October and November. Find a session near you:

Every time someone becomes a member of Kansas City Credit Union by opening a savings or checking account, KCCU will donate $50 back to the YMCA.

This Welcoming Week, taking place September 9-18, the YMCA of Greater Kansas City will join Welcoming America and hundreds of YMCAs and other organizations nationwide in hosting events to celebrate immigrants’ contributions to communities and bring together all residents in a spirit of unity. 

Welcoming Week activities are open to the public and include open house events, resource fairs and seminars, an international pot luck and other activities that celebrate cultures from around the world. 

What a hit! On Wednesday Aug. 10, the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, the Kansas City Credit Union (KCCU) and Kansas City Royals infielder Nicky Lopez celebrated the graduating class of this summer’s inaugural session of “Catch Success” — a financial literacy program designed to help Kansas City youth learn money management skills.

School is starting soon across the Kansas City area and we want to support teachers this year by providing classroom supplies to them. Beginning Monday, Aug. 8, we will launch our Back to School Spirit Week to support teachers across the metro area. This campaign will run for two weeks and end on Sunday, Aug. 19

The YMCA of Greater Kansas City is proud to be named an inaugural United Way Impact 100 organization.

This year, United Way of Greater Kansas City launched the Impact 100 to provide unrestricted funding to the 100 organizations they believe are addressing the most vital health and human service needs in our community. The Y will use this funding to help youth reach their fullest potential in before and after school programs, summer day camps and Head Start programs across the metro, as well as youth programs at our Linwood Y. 

Make an appointment for a sports physical for $30 now through August 2022.

A member of the YMCA of Greater Kansas City Board of Directors was one of three new officers elected to World Alliance of YMCAs leadership, the highest governing body of the global YMCA Movement.

Kansas City Credit Union launched the “Catch Success” campaign for financial literacy along with Kansas City Royals infielder, Nicky Lopez, with a $10,000 donation to the Y. The check was presented at an event at the Linwood YMCA/James B. Nutter, Sr. Community Center, on Friday, June 3, 2022.