Each and every person touched by military life has a heavy weight to carry – from deployed troops to the spouses at home, to the children and siblings missing their mom, dad, brother or sister. And someone needs to help "Lighten the Load." The Armed Services YMCA has spent the last 150 years doing just that – making military life easier – and with your help, we can do even more for those who dedicate their lives to protecting the freedoms and way of life that we enjoy every day.
Family Programs
DoD Military Outreach Initiative
ASYMCA has partnered with the Department of Defense (DoD) on a $31-million initiative...
Military Family Month
Military Family Month was established in 1993 by the Armed Services YMCA, with the...
Operation Outdoors
In 2007, More than 3,000 service members and their families attended camp free of...
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Children's Programs
Operation Kid Comfort
Operation Kid Comfort creates custom-made quilts for children of deployed military...
Student Art & Essay Contest
The annual ASYMCA Art and Essay Contest is officially launched every November and...
Operation Hero
One of ASYMCA’s keystone programs is Operation Hero, a program that aids children...
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News & Updates
Wounded warriors benefit from ‘Operation Saddle Up’The Ramona Sentinel | Jan. 27, 2012 Four years ago this month a pilot program began for wounded warriors that became “Operation Saddle Up,” an uplifting, healing process for veterans at Cornerstone Therapeutic Riding Center in Ramona. Judy Beckett is founder and executive director of Cornerstone, which was one of three places invited to participate [...]
Fred Meyer Raises 40 Thousand for Armed Services YMCA
KTVA 11 | Jan. 24, 2012 Fred Meyer customers and staff members have raised 40 thousand dollars for the Armed Services YMCA in Alaska A check was presented to members of the organization and military families Tuesday at the midtown Fred Meyer Store. By dropping their change in coin boxes located at the checkout area, [...]
Quilters hold ‘cut-in’ for comfort quilts to go to military children
Ramona Sentinel | Jan. 19, 2012 Members of Ramona Back Country Quilters filled their meeting room in Ramona Community Center on Tuesday for a “cut-in” to prepare kits of cut fabrics for other sewers to assemble into small children’s quilts, called “Comfort Quilts.” The finished quilts will go to children of deployed military people. “Family [...]
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Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter and its parent company Textron Systems, support The Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) and have committed $40,000 to support our mission to provide programs and services that make military life easier for men and women in uniform and their families in 2012.
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