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Youth Development

Summer STEM mini-camps

May 2, 2023|Categories: Community & Culture, Youth Development|

Join us at the Y for a week of brain-bending fun, perfect for ages 5-12. Each week will bring a STEM theme to life through art projects, science experiments, games and creative play. We’ll be inside and outside each day, depending on weather, and kids can bring a nut free snack and water bottle.

Game Designers

What makes a good game? Dig into some classic games to discover what elements come together to make fun happen. Working in teams or individually, you’ll learn from the master game designers and create your very own board game masterpiece!
When: June 5

Andy Roddick Foundation

December 8, 2022|Categories: Youth Development|

Through our partnership and a grant with the Andy Roddick Foundation, each of our EAC Y afterschool programs received 3 weeks of curriculum aligned with the following literature: The True Story of the Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.

Andy Roddick Foundation’s LATT (Learn All the Time) Network has created the pilot curriculum, Reading Adventurers, aimed at youth to help ensure that children are reading on or above

Texas Bar Foundation Awards $5k Grant to YMCA Youth & Government

November 18, 2021|Categories: Impact Spotlight, Youth Development|

Hands-on civic engagement and leadership development program for teens will use grant funds to “reignite” the conference experience for more than 1,600 participants and 200 volunteers from across the Texas for State Conference events in Austin, Texas.

AUSTINNOVEMBER 15, 2022 – A $5,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation will help purchase new technology tools that will enhance the conference experience for both participants and judicial volunteers. Youth and Government is a nationwide YMCA program, and active in more than 120 Texas cities. Serving middle and high school students, the program begins each fall and culminates with the annual conference which brings

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