Anchorage / Alaska / United States
With a location in Anchorage, Alaska, the Anchorage Community YMCA offers a variety of programs for community and youth development. It offers various sports activities, such as baseball, soccer, basketball and T-ball. The organization provides child care and before- and after-school programs to students in elementary schools. The Anchorage Community YMCA offers swimming and aerobic classes. It also organizes summer camps, including Anchorage and Eagle River. The organization is a part of the national YMCA, a nonprofit organization, which serves more than 20 million people each year. The YMCA, Young Mens Christian Association, was founded in London in 1844, in response to social conditions arising in the big cities at the end of the Industrial Revolution.
