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Category Youth Development
MAY 5, 2026
Healthy Kids, Stronger KC: Why Partnership Matters
Healthy Kids, Stronger KC: Why Partnership Matters YMCA Healthy Kids Day, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas...
MARCH 26, 2026
If Kevin Can, So Can KC: Replacing Fear with Confidence in the Water
Taking the First Step At the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, we believe life-changing growth often begins with one brave...
AUGUST 6, 2025
How Teens Are Finding Voice and Vision at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Inside the North Kansas City YMCA, something extraordinary is happening. Teens are writing their own stories—through music, film, coding, photography,...
JULY 8, 2025
How S.P.A.R.K! is Closing the Literacy Gap
At the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, summer isn’t just a break, it’s a breakthrough. In the season finale of The...
JUNE 30, 2025
165 Years of Impact: Generations Shaped by Y Camps
As thousands of kids enjoy our summer day camps and we celebrate the Y’s 165th anniversary, we take a moment...
JUNE 23, 2025
A First for Female Flag Football: YMCA and Ottawa University Host National Tournament
The excitement was palpable on Saturday, June 21, 2025, as the inaugural YMCAKC x OttawaU Female Flag Nationals took place...
JUNE 9, 2025
Kids in Motion: Sports-Based Program Keeps Kids Active All Summer
Kids in MotionPLATTE COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER SOUTHAges: 7-12 yearsDays: Monday-FridayTime: 3-4 p.m.Cost: $30/week for members, $45/week for community participants About...
JUNE 4, 2025
Ignite Curiosity This Summer at the Fusion Summer STEAM Camp!
How to Register HOW TO REGISTERRegistration is in-person only. Visit the Linwood YMCA / James B. Nutter Sr. Community Center...