YMCA News:
The Family YMCA is participating in the Five Days of Action®, April 21-25, 2025. The Five Days of Action is a weeklong campaign to raise awareness and inspire adults to take action to protect children from sexual abuse.
The Family YMCA encourages adults and organizations to join in marking this special week as Los Alamos comes together to make the community a safer place for children to live, learn, and play. With summer right around the corner—when children gather for activities and camps, it is a wonderful time to bring attention to the simple ways we can all make the children in our community safer.
“The children of Los Alamos County have the right to a happy and safe childhood, and it’s our responsibility as adults and organizations to stand up to protect that right,” said Tammie Clancy, Child Development Director of The Family YMCA. “By joining in the Five Days of Action campaign, we hope to inspire other organizations and members of our community to create safe spaces that protect children from sexual abuse.”
As part of its continuous efforts to improve the safety of the youth it serves, The Family YMCA is working towards Praesidium Accreditation, a rigorous process under which they are doing a complete assessment and improvement of their Child Protection policies and procedures. Additionally, they are adding additional evidence based training for staff and volunteers, and increasing their background check and screening process for hiring staff and engaging volunteers. Look for more information on this process as they complete this nearly year long journey this summer.
For more information on how to keep your children safe, visit the parent resource page on The Family YMCA’s website at https://laymca.org/child-protection.
About YMCA
Driven by its founding mission, the Y has served as a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community for more than 175 years. The Y empowers everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships, and opportunities for all to learn, grow and thrive. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations, the Y’s goal is to improve overall health and well-being, ignite youth empowerment and demonstrate the importance of connections in and across 10,000 communities nationwide. Learn more at ymca.org.
About The Family YMCA
Since 1955, The Family YMCA has provided programs that promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
The Family YMCA has a motto: “We don’t turn anyone away for their inability to pay.” This year the YMCA has a fundraising goal of $250,000 that will support financial assistance through need-based scholarships for childcare, memberships and youth programs; as well as program support for our Teen Centers in Los Alamos and Española.