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YMCA
programs continue to evolve to address growing community needs.
Programs are based on the YMCA triangle of a healthy spirit, mind,
and body for all. Youth
programs are designed to teach values like caring, respect, responsibility, fairness,
trustworthiness, and citizenship.
A summary of the number of people reached on an annual basis
and some of the programs offered are to follow.
Youth
& Families Impacted:
Total
number of people served in a given year is over 24,000.
Programs:
Youth
- Character
Counts! – Hometown Heroes of Character
- Y
Basketball Clubs – Girls and Boys Grades 2 through 12 (6,900)
- Tri-State
Boys’ & Girls’ Basketball Tournament (5,000+ students) (800+
volunteers)
- Leif
Ericson/Tepeetonka/Explorers/Little Vikes Day Camps (2,800)
- Camp
Scholarship Program (289)
- Summer
Basketball Camp (526)
- Volleyball
Camp (170)
- Girls
Volleyball League (112 teams)
- Elementary
school overnights & winter parties (2,150 students)
- Middle
school overnights (740 students)
- Swim
lessons (900)
- Lifeguard
and Instructor Certificates earned
- Middle
School Afterschool Programs (600/day)
- Afterschool
busing for 4th & 5th grade boys and girls
(560/week)
- Kid
Yoga
- Martial
Arts (80)
- Aerobic
fitness classes (1,679)
- Athletic
training program
- Racquetball,
handball & squash instruction
- Group
Cycling
Families
- Parent-Child
Program (50 families)
- Family
Fun Programs (1,900)
- Child
Watch (12,316)
- Yoga
classes (60/week)
- Family
Swim
Adults
- Racquetball
Tournament (186)
- Adult
Volleyball Tournament (140)
- Adult
Basketball League (200)
- Pick
Up Basketball League (180/day)
- Martial
Arts (72)
- Adult
Aquatics programs
- Racquetball,
handball & squash instruction
- Annual
Corporate Cup (8,700)
- Swim
lessons
- Aerobic
fitness classes (1,500)
- Athletic
training program
- Nautilus
Conditioning Program (2,300)
- Group
Cycling
Seniors
- Senior
Yoga
- Water
Aerobics
- Arthritis
Water Aerobics Class
- Healthy
Bones Step Class
- Silver Sneaker
Geographical
Area Served:
The Sioux Falls Family YMCA
serves families in Sioux Falls and nearby surrounding communities
including; Tea, Brandon, Harrisburg, Hartford, Dell Rapids, and Lennox.
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1851-YMCA
established in the USA by retired sea captain,Thomas Sullivan, in Boston.
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1886-YMCA
organized in Sioux Falls; T. M. Blowfield was named
secretary but the association became inactive in the 1890’s.
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1891-Basketball
invented by James Naismith at the YMCA training school to keep Y directors
fit and limber during the winter months.
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1895-Volleyball
invented at the YMCA by instructor William Morgan.
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1909-YMCA
of Spokane sponsored the first observance of Father’s Day, an idea of
Sonora Louise Smart.
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1919-Sioux
Falls YMCA reorganized and began a drive for a modern facility by new
volunteer leadership including W.H.T. Foster.
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1919-Sioux
Falls began youth camping at Covell Lake. Camp Tepeetonka or “Big
Tent” established the following year at Lake Madison.
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1919-YMCA
youth basketball leagues established through Sioux Falls churches.
Games were held in the old city auditorium until the Y opened.
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1922-Opened
downtown facility at 11th and Minnesota Avenue.
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1930-First
Tri-State Basketball Tournament held for youth.
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1950-Chicago
Y volunteer Joe Sobek invents racquetball when he couldn’t find a squash
partner.
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1966-YMCA
Camp Leif Ericson began, Harold Ersland first chair.
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1967-Anderson
Memorial Youth Addition opened including the Egger and Batcheller
Gym.
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1972-Women’s
Activities established with full membership status in 1976.
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1974-Tri-Gray
Y program began.
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1977-
Family activities (Family Afternoon) offered on Sunday.
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1977-Phase
III remodeling program was completed.
The program added two handball courts, one new gym, two exercise
rooms, one all-purpose room, two new locker rooms, a new basket room, a
new chapel; it also enlarged the Men’s Fitness Center and provided
miscellaneous improvements in building and equipment.
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1984-Project
2000 Chamber Approved Capital Campaign was initiated, with over $1.9
million raised.
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1986-Max
L. Rysdon Pool dedicated as part of Project 2000 that included new
Women’s locker room, Nautilus center, and free weight area.
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1992-Little
Vikes day camp began (camp for 4 and 5 year-olds).
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1993-Establishment
of Leif Ericson Endowment Fund by Don and Cara Lee Davis.
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1993-First
Girls’ Tri-State Basketball Tournament.
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1994-Looking
Up capital campaign conducted, raising over $210,000.
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1994-The
Y Rookies basketball program began for boys and girls in Grades 2 & 3.
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1996-Dan
and Arlene Kirby established the YMCA Endowment Fund at the Sioux
Falls Area Community Foundation.
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1997-Scherschligt
Family Play Space opens, catering to families and youth, in addition to
Foster Conditioning Center dedication.
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1998-Middle
School after school program established to meet the needs of youth and
working parents from 3:30 to 6:00 pm.
Reports an almost 50% reduction in police reports in youth ages
11-14 during the hours of program operation. Over
600 students per day are involved in this program.
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2001-In January,
Tamara U. Baker became the first woman to chair the YMCA Board of Directors.
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2002-Embarked on the first ever
Chamber of Commerce Appeals Campaign for endowment.
The YMCA was one of 18 organizations working together to raise a
total of $6 million, to be matched with another $2 million by the Kresge
Foundation.
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2003-Capital Campaign for the
west side facility was underway, with a goal of $5,000,000.
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2004-The Men’s Fitness center was completely renovated.
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2004-Boys’ Tri-State Tournament celebrated 75 years.
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2004-The Ivan H. Howes YMCA Camp Scholarship Endowment Fund was established at the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, by Mike & Bunny Howes.
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2005-Sioux Falls Family YMCA reached an endowment goal of $300,000 and was granted a match of $100,000 from the Kresge Foundation.
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2005-K-1st basketball program began - “Hoopsters”.
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2006-Family Wellness opens on the west side. This was a joint venture between the Sioux Falls Family YMCA and Sanford Health.
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