Happy Birthday YMCA – 175 years!

Happy Birthday YMCA – 175 years!

Happy 175th birthday YMCA 🎂
The YMCA was founded in on 6 June, 1844 during the Industrial Revolution in England, a time of great despair and poverty. George Williams, a truly inspired 22 year old, decided that something had to be done. He gathered together a few friends to form a society that met regularly to support each other and gain renewed strength in body, mind and spirit. The group called itself the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). From its inception, through to the early 1900s, the focus was on the welfare of young men, and related social concerns.
YMCA is now an iconic global youth movement, operating on every continent, in 120 countries, reaching more than 65 million people regardless of gender, race, religion or socio-economic background.

The YMCA of Hobart acknowledges the Tasmanian Aboriginal People as the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of lutruwita, Tasmania. We pay our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to their Elders past, present and emerging.

YMCA of Hobart Inc - ABN 89 135 481 073

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