Kitchener Waterloo
The Building a Healthy Community Initiative has been designed to strengthen the YMCA’s focus on building strong kids, strong families, and a healthier, more vibrant community by infusing the 40 Developmental Assets® and the World Health Organization’s Determinants of Health framework into staff and volunteer behavior, program design and implementation, and Association policy. The YMCA wishes to have its programs and services identified as major contributors to building a healthy community with the capacity to advance the healthy lifestyle goals of the individual and increasing Developmental Assets in the lives of children and youth in Kitchener Waterloo. The Y wishes to serve more individuals and families and continue to form partnerships that help our community achieve healthy outcomes.
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Build Strong Kids at Day Camp
In June 2007, a Building Strong Kids workshop was conducted for YMCA day camp staff. The two-hour workshop was delivered at the start of their three-day training session that takes place the week before camp begins.MORE
History and Beginnings of the YMCA Healthy Communities Initiative
About 5 years ago a Board member and one leadership staff from our association heard Dr. Peter Benson’s message about the power of the 40 Developmental Assets. They returned to the association as our first two champions for this work and continued to gather knowledge, resources, and research.MORE
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