One of the joys and, at times, challenges of being a direct service organization is that you get direct, unambiguous feedback from many people. As a large direct service organization, it’s important that we organize and analyze that feedback in order to continuously improve, doubling down on what we’re doing
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Last Monday, about 100 people gathered at the Living Classroom’s Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum in Fells Point to honor Chris Ader-Soto upon her retirement after 45 years of service to children and families, 33 of which were spent at the Y in Central Maryland. Last Friday, Chris exited
Celebrating Chris Ader-Soto
“You should feel this in your abs!” “Let’s try this one for 45 seconds.” “Here’s a new one that you haven’t done yet. It’s really ‘fun.’” “Let’s go one more round on those.” These are familiar exhortations for the over 1,300 Y members who work with a personal trainer to
Our Youth Development work is both varied and expansive. Helping children and their families reach their fullest potential and a greater sense of well-being is at the core of the Y’s mission, history and purpose. Our work with young people plays out in a wide variety of ways, settings and