 Volunteering
Get Involved as a YMCA Volunteer
At the YMCA, your time and talent go a
long way. Every hour you spend as a YMCA volunteer translates
into the caring attention a child or teen needs to grow
up healthy and resilient. It translates into support
for families so they can be successful and strong. Into
healthier lives for people of all ages, backgrounds,
abilities and incomes. Into a safer, more viable community
that's a good place to live and work.
YMCAs are first and foremost volunteer
organizations. To put it in perspective, not every YMCA
has a building, but every YMCA has volunteers. All 2,617
YMCAs are volunteer-founded, volunteer-based, and volunteer-led.
Local volunteers establish YMCAs—not the YMCA of the
USA—and local volunteers run YMCAs, continually ensuring
that we are meeting the unique needs of our communities.
Volunteers are at the heart of every YMCA and that is
why YMCAs are at the heart of community life in more
than 10,000 communities nationwide. From helping Civil
War troops more than a century ago to international
disaster relief efforts today, YMCAs are one of the
nation's leading volunteer organizations.
The basic definition of a YMCA volunteer
is "anyone who willingly gives time to help
the YMCA accomplish its mission without getting paid
by the YMCA." In our YMCA, we have five categories
of volunteers:
Policy
Volunteers
Fundraising
Volunteers
Program
Volunteers
Support
Volunteers
Community
Service Volunteers
Learn more about Volunteer Day at Camp Burgess & Hayward.
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