RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Y AFTER SCHOOL BUILDS COMMUNITY WHILE BUILDING SKILLS

From middle schoolers in Queens raving about their Y After School days in elementary, to parents in the Bronx describing the Y as “essential,” to kids in Brooklyn saying the Y helped them try new things and be more social—across the city Y After School

“YMCA After School has been the difference between being able to feed my family or not because I know they are in a great place with great people while I go to work.”

– Parent at the Castle Hill Y’s program at PS 106 in the Bronx

(l) A participant at the Broadway Y’s program at PS 22 in Staten Island created a special cake for the Y theme of Kindness. “Kindness means to smile always even if you’re having a bad day, which is why I put a smiley heart on my cake.” (r) Students at the Harlem Y’s program at PS 96 participated in a ceremony where they locked their hopes and dreams onto a wall outside the Y’s office – so staff can help keep them safe.