YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HIGH POINT NC INC

Programs

1. Aquatics program - provide swimming instruction for infants to senior adults including adaptive aquatics for physically and mentally challenged individuals, competitive swim teams and lifeguard training. Water exercise and lap swimming for lifelong fitness, recreation and disease prevention.served 2022 individuals through fitness classes, water aerobics classes, swim lessons, outside groups and special events.students who took swim lessons reported a 95% increase in their confidence and skills and 98% of participants in the aquatics and wellness programs reported an increase of physical activity. Anne slack, age 59, joined the ywca of high point in july 2024. At age 44, anne had a heart transplant due to an inherited condition. During the 2024 paris paralympics, anne's nephew won a silver medal in the 200 im relay. This inspired anne to get back in the water to get fit and toned. I feel at home in the water, as I was a swimmer in my childhood, says anne. It brings back fond memories with my sisters who also swam. Anne swims 2-3 times per week and participates in the tuesday/thursday swim for fit class. Anne had several reasons for selecting the yw. I like to swim at the ywca. It…

   $407,035 spent$120,307 earned by the program
   21% of program spending

2. Youth services - provide safe and affordable care for school age children ages 5-12, including programs before and after school and full day care during holidays and summer vacations.served 169 youth aged k-8th grade through after school programs and summer camp. The afterschool program offers a variety of enriching activities that provide opportunities for students to build life skills, develop critical thinking and communication skills, and work collaboratively with peers. The program includes homework assistance, an afternoon snack, collaborative art projects, weekly free swim, performing arts activities, pottery workshops, reading assistance, and free and structured playtime. Summer day camp adds swim lessons, health and wellness workshops, nutrition and cooking instruction, and age-appropriate field trips to expose the students to opportunities they may not have a chance to experience. Career exploration is also offered as part of both the afterschool and summer camp programs by having professionals speak to the students and visiting workplaces and college campuses for the older students.ywca has continued to ensure that children have a safe, nurturing environment in which to…

   $578,298 spent$122,201 earned by the program
   29% of program spending

3. Latino family center - the center is dedicated to improving the quality of life and to promoting community participation of latinos living in the community.lfc is comprised of hermanos, a program focused on middle and high school hispanic youth, and el pueblo, a community resource program focused on hispanic adults. Between the two programs within lfc, we served 2540 individuals. Students in hermanos meet weekly for avance during the school year. This is a space where students are encouraged to express their interests and be themselves. Avance focuses on higher education, service learning and over all wellbeing. Avance provides that allowing the students to be empowered to follow their path to be successful adults. During the summer, a four-week summer camp is offered for students. During the camp, they focus on an issue important to them and research and create a service-learning project for the community around that issue. They also have the opportunity to take field trips and explore beyond high point, such as hiking trips, trips to raleigh to visit museums and other educational and enriching activities. For many of the students this is one of the only times during the year…

   $244,287 spent
   12% of program spending

4. Women's services - programs designed to increase awareness of women's health issues and the doula program. Served 3077 clients success story: ms. Velvet is a widow and a grandmother in her mid 60's, who is raising her five grandchildren. She had been raising her two granddaughters, ages 12 and 16 and more recently given custody of her 3 grandsons-ages three, seven, and ten. Mrs. Velvet is no longer able to work due to a medical condition and relies on other means of support. She is a member of the ywca high point and reached out to the baby basics closet for assistance. The baby basics closet provides children with clothing, diapers, wipes, and other essentials. After sharing her story with one of our resource representatives, it was evident that her family would be ideal to receive a christmas blessing. Thanks to the partnership of the ywca high point and signature wealth, ms. Velvet and her family and her family were blessed with an abundance of gifts and toys to make their season merry and bright! Ms. Velvet is so thankful and gives all the glory to god for using this partnership to bless her family.

   $205,544 spent
   10% of program spending

5. Maternal health comprised of several programs: maternal health, parents as teachers and healthy beginnings. Other program includes racial justice and teaching kitchen also.in 2024, our parents as teachers program was able to successfully meet all 21 essential requirements for our affiliate. This may look like just numbers and data but is the people behind those numbers and the families we deliver services too that make this possible. There have been many successes this year but a few to highlight are that almost all of our parent educators maintained full caseloads. Even when staff have transitioned, we have been able to maintain and retain the families that were on the previous person's caseload so that they could seamlessly continue receiving services. Speaking of services, a large part of what we do is connecting families with other needed resources outside of our program. Two of our families were dealing with homelessness and were able to be move into stable housing with a referral from their parent educator. We also partnered with organizations like unc-greensboro, bob's closet, barnabus network, habitat for humanity, backpack beginnings, and kellin foundation to provide our…

   $533,244 spentof which $5,000 as grants
   27% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,968,408.