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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
To provide quality care for children regardless of socioeconomic status
To support and strengthen the family unit focusing on:
Improving communication among family members
Increasing kids' ability to work and play together
Helping families share their values with each other
Increasing their sense of community with other families
To help children develop to their fullest potential focusing on:
Creating an atmosphere which provides loving and understanding
Self-awareness, confidence, and feelings of self-worth
Interpersonal relationships
Academic achievement
Gross motor skills and fine motor skills
Health and nutrition
To deliver the program in a positive YMCA environment of safety, support, and care focusing on:
Having all children safe and happy in the program
Broadening community, national, and world understanding of children and parents including experiences that foster exposure to ethnic and cultural diversity
Conducting the program in accordance with YMCA principles
