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Archive for entries tagged with: '1940s'

August 04, 2011

What is the purpose of the Midway event?

by Downtown Admin

Purpose of "All Aboard the Midway""All Aboard the Midway", our largest annual gala, is much more than a night of dinner and dancing. Every year the Downtown YMCA hosts this even for the benefit of the local, low-income, homeless youth in our downtown community. Our goal for this event is to raise $50,000, all of which w ...more

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Tags: 1940s, all aboard the midway, community, donations, downtown communitiy, fundraising gala, social, social responisbility

May 23, 2011

Doing Our Civic Duty

by Downtown Admin

A History Behind the YMCA’s Contributions to the USO In the months before the United States entered WWII, the United Service Organization (USO) was formed by six voluntary civilian agencies, one of which was the YMCA. At the time, the YMCA was looking for ways to help the increasing numbers of young men who were ...more

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Tags: 1940s, armed services, community, social responisbility, uso, volunteer, ymca history

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