The Young Men's Christian Association

The YMCA is the nation's largest not-for-profit community service organization in America. With more than 2,500 YMCAs, they are able to meet the health and social service needs of 18.9 million men, women and children in over 10,000 communities in the United States. No one is turned away from the Y. It is a place for people fo all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes. Inability to pay is never a reason for the YMCA to turn someone away. Their strength lies in fulfilling their goal of bringing people together.

THE Y’S mission statement is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. At the Y, strengthening community is our cause. We believe that positive, lasting personal and social change can only come about when we all work together to invest in our kids, our health, and our neighbors. (Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, 2013)

Church of the Brethren does not accept abortion. Participating in abortion is not support their beliefs. Church of the Brethren is a denomination that was formed to continue their practices their own way. They started as a small group and to this day still recruit new members. They solely use the New Testament as their source of guidance for the practice they preach. Rational Choice theory explains Church of the Brethren 's position in opposing abortion.

William Booth, a Methodist Minister, founded the Salvation Army in London in 1865. “This organization is dedicated to the propagation of the Christian faith and furnishing various forms of assistance to persons in need of

It was founded by a science fiction author Lafayette Ronald Hubbard in 1954. He was born in Nebraska in 1911. Interestingly, he is the youngest Boy Scout Eagle Scout in history. He earned the rank at age 13. He started traveling all over Asia in his late teens. Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism influenced him greatly.

More than just another place to exercise, the North Royalton Family YMCA is a place that does its best to include the entire community. Whether it is handing out scholarships to children whose families cannot afford sports camp or hosting community discussions about important topics, the YMCA of North Royalton is fully committed to its vision of building healthy kids, healthy families, and healthy communities. Every day at the North Royalton YMCA is full of activities geared toward people of all ages, genders, and fitness levels. Regardless of race, age, culture, gender, or religious views the YMCA offers itself as a center for the enjoyment and the overall physical betterment of the individual.

Brigham Young was the second Prophet of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. He lived in the early to late 1800s. He was a leader, father, son, brother, friend, and a great Prophet. Brigham Young righteously led the mormons in the western movement to Salt Lake City Utah, and in the coming up of Salt Lake City, where they settled in order to have a better, and free life.

John Swales defines the term discourse communities as "groups that have goals or purposes, and use communication to achieve these goals" (Swales). A discourse community is defined by the following six characteristics: The community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals, the community has mechanisms of intercommunication among their members, the community uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback, the community utilizes and possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims, the community also owns genres and has some acquired lexis that are specific to the community in terms of jargon, and the community has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discourse expertise. In such communities, members often come as novices, and due to their high level of commitment to the community, they “leave by death or other less involuntary ways” (Swales, 27).

The Kentucky YMCA is a big part of my life. The first thing that I learned when I joined was that people at the Y promote four core values. These are Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, and Caring. These words have been seared into my brain by constant repetition and reminders. I never was conscious of these values until I saw them in work during a program they call Y Corps. This program is a large community service program that goes on 6 different service trips over the summer around Kentucky, the northern states, and the southern states. I had the privilege of going on the trip to the south. I realized that I was seeing these values be acted out by 27 high school students that were nothing special yet incredibly important all at once. I realized

The Young Men's Christian Association ("YMCA" or in the USA "the Y") is a worldwide movement of more than 45 million members from 124 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs. Founded on June 6, 1844 in London, England by George Williams, the goal of the organization was putting Christian principles into practice, achieved by developing "a healthy spirit, mind, and body." The YMCA is a federated organization made up of local and national organizations in voluntary association. Today, YMCAs are open to all, regardless of faith, social class, age, or gender. The World Alliance of YMCAs is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

A semi-detailed business overview of the non-profit organization known as the YMCA or Young Men’s Christian Association is discussed. A brief history of the origins of the company is detailed along with the definition or explanation of the company’s mission statement. The organization’s basic legal, social, and economic environment is described. Likewise the YMCA’s management structure, operational issues, as well as financial issues are discussed. Lastly, the possible impact that potential change factors, which includes the role of technology, can present to the YMCA business organization are discussed.

According to YMCA (n. d), The YMCA was founded by 1844 in London. George William and elven of his friends formed Young Men’s Christian Academy. Later, Thomas Valentine Sullivan, who was retired Boston sea captain, began the first U.S YMCA in Boston on December 29, 1851. According to Eugene Family YMCA (n. d), In Eugene, twelve young men created the YMCA on April 20th, 1887 at 1076 Williamtte St. In 1955 the Eugene YMCA moved to present location, 2055 Patterson.

In 1906, a few young men chose become members. The Federated Boys Clubs in Boston was shaped with 53 part associations this signified the beginning of an across nation movement and their national association. In the year 1990 the national association’s name was change to the Boys and Girls Club of America due to the fact the girls were an important part of the program. In their website, they have interesting

This analysis will look at the Young Woman’s Christian Association (YWCA) in order to understand the organizations effective communication strategies with its audience. This is important because the organizations goals are aimed at helping empower woman and eliminate racism around the world. However, to do that the information must be truthful, authentic, and helpful to the people it is trying to impact. In my research, I looked at the YWCA’s focus on domestic violence and homelessness. Their role is to empower both genders to break the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness while also achieving self-sufficiency (YWCA of San Diego, 2016). They try and do this through many programs and services that allow individuals and families to recover from trauma, improve their economic status, and secure a permanent residence (YWCA of San Diego, 2016). The YWCA’s purpose is to inform, persuade, and aid its audience out of abusive relationships while also helping woman all over the world fight for their rights. The analysis of this organization movement towards fighting domestic violence and homelessness will be based off Bitzer’s model, TARES test, narratives and argument, visual rhetoric, symmetrical and asymmetrical communication forms, as well as, ways to improve the organizations rhetoric.

George Williams founded the YMCA in 1844. In 1844 twenty-two-year-old George Williams joined 11 friends to organize the first Young Men’s Association (YMCA), a refuge of Bible study and prayer for young men seeking escape from life on the streets. The Y offered something