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Category Youth Development
OCTOBER 22, 2026
From Bitty League to Team USA: Why the Y is Where Champions Start
It’s fast, non-contact and taking the sports world by storm. Right now, flag football is the fastest-growing game in America....
AUGUST 26, 2026
Invest in a Kid, Raise a Leader: The Atchison Story
The latest episode of The Movement takes us to the Atchison Family YMCA — and to a story 40 years...
JULY 23, 2026
Straws, Tape and Kansas City’s Next Engineers
Inside the Y’s year-round push to close the STEAM gap, and the open invitation to KC companies who want in....
MAY 5, 2026
Healthy Kids, Stronger KC: Why Partnership Matters
Healthy Kids, Stronger KC: Why Partnership Matters YMCA Healthy Kids Day, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas...
MARCH 26, 2026
If Kevin Can, So Can KC: Replacing Fear with Confidence in the Water
Taking the First Step At the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, we believe life-changing growth often begins with one brave...
AUGUST 6, 2025
How Teens Are Finding Voice and Vision at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Inside the North Kansas City YMCA, something extraordinary is happening. Teens are writing their own stories—through music, film, coding, photography,...
JULY 8, 2025
How S.P.A.R.K! is Closing the Literacy Gap
At the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, summer isn’t just a break, it’s a breakthrough. In the season finale of The...
JUNE 30, 2025
165 Years of Impact: Generations Shaped by Y Camps
As thousands of kids enjoy our summer day camps and we celebrate the Y’s 165th anniversary, we take a moment...