Raritan Bay Area YMCA Celebrates Belonging During Welcoming Week
Kick off the week-long celebration, starting 9/15!
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The Raritan Bay Area YMCA will be joining Welcoming America, other organizations and YMCAs across the country to celebrate Welcoming Week, September 15-19. Welcoming Week elevates the growing movement of communities that fully embrace all community members and their contributions to the social fabric of our country.
This week-long celebration is an opportunity for neighbors to get to know one another and celebrate what unites us as a community. In our community, the Y will host a variety of events. Click the buttons to view the activities we have planned for this year's Welcoming Week.
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About the Y
Driven by its founding mission, the Y has served as a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community for more than 175 years. The Y empowers everyone, no matter who they are or where they're from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships, and opportunities for all to learn, grow and thrive. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations, the Y's goal is to improve overall health and well-being, ignite youth empowerment and demonstrate the importance of connections in and across 10,000 communities nationwide. Learn more at ymca.org
About Welcoming Week
Welcoming Week is an annual campaign and celebration to showcase the movement of communities striving to be more welcoming places for all. Launched in 2012 by Welcoming America and its members, Welcoming Week provides individuals and communities the opportunity to proclaim welcoming values through events and local initiatives that foster mutual understanding between people and a deeper sense of belonging for all.
About Welcoming America
Welcoming America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that leads a movement of communities becoming more prosperous by ensuring everyone belongs. Through the Welcoming Network, we work to change systems and culture by providing communities the roadmap they need to create welcoming policies and share new approaches to create an environment where everyone can truly thrive. Learn more at welcomingamerica.org
