PRESS RELEASE
Boise, ID - The Treasure Valley Family YMCA (Y) has awarded four individuals with awards for their years of volunteerism and service to the local Y and the community. These awards were presented at the Y’s 128th Annual Meeting on June 5 at the Grove Hotel, an event that brought ...
Stories & Videos
“Over ten years ago, I found myself a single mom with two young sons. I felt powerless and alone. That’s when I found my local YMCA.
Through Financial Assistance, I was able to join the Y and participate in group exercise classes while my sons were with competent, caring Y staff members in ...
In 2017, Debbie was spending five days a week in bed due to chronic pain. Through a chance conversation with Windie, Lifeguard and Safety Coordinator at the West Boise YMCA & Boise City Aquatic Center, Debbie learned that the Y has warm water pools that would be comforting for her pain. ...
By PATTY BOWEN pbowen@idahopress.com
If all goes according to plan, Meridian will get is first indoor aquatic center by 2020.
The Treasure Valley Family YMCA is in the beginning stretch of a fundraiser that would pay for the aquatic center at the South Meridian Family YMCA, 5155 S. ...
PRESS RELEASE
The Treasure Valley Family YMCA (Y) has awarded four individuals with awards for their years of volunteerism and service to the local Y and the community. These awards were presented at the Y’s 127th Annual Meeting on June 6 at the Grove Hotel, an event that brought people ...
INFLUENCE TO LAST A LIFETIME
Abdi’s Y journey began on the basketball court, but his heart led him to the track. Born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, Abdi arrived in Boise with his mother in 2010. He was a newcomer to our community with few resources and no education. Bit by bit, Abdi built a ...
IT SHOULDN'T HURT TO ASK
By the time Mandy drove up to the West Family Y, she was out of options for herself and her son, Jonathan. The difficult life they had been sharing resulted in behavioral problems for Jonathan that made things even worse. Multiple moves, family conflict, cancer ...
For many, the YMCA serves as a place to access critical physical rehabilitation support. That is certainly true for Ed, a 62-year-old retired railroad engineer from South Dakota, who began a membership at the Downtown Y in 2016 in order to maintain his aquatic rehab exercise routine, a ...
At the Y, we strengthen community through youth development because we believe that a community is stronger when all children have the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. The best way to do this is by providing them a safe and fun environment in which to explore and ...
Regardless of what or who someone's donation supports, every dollar makes an impact at the Y.
YMCA Camp at Horsethief Reservoir is just one of many ways that the Y carries out our cause of developing successful youth. At YMCA Camp, kids of all backgrounds explore nature, make lasting ...
Not quite an infant, not quite toddler. That's Connor. But this young kid's getting so much more from the Y's child care program than motor skill development and playtime discovery. This is his family's Y. Their camera. Their story.
Watch Connor's video here»
By Jim Everett, Treasure Valley Family YMCA CEO
The last time Braxton returned home from Boise to Arizona, it did not go well. He reconnected with some of his former “gangster” friends and began smoking pot. Fortunately, he remembered the person he had become as an employee at the Treasure ...
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