Faces in OUR crowd
Row 1-- Susan and John Green, Peggi Simmons and Craig Altschul, Jean Bock. Row 2 -- Haan and Sue Phelps, Bea Halk, Dan Sager
YMCA Alumni
National Service Project
...in partnership with the
YMCA of the Seven Council Fires
The largest endeavor in the 100-plus year history of YMCA Alumni continues on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
YMCA Alumni partners with the YMCA of the Seven Council Fires for National Service Project; first phase near completion.
YMCA Alumni members have raised more than $1,000,000, and several hundred volunteers traveled to Dupree, S.D., home of the YMCA of the Seven Council Fires, to prepare the land, build the foundations, and construct a YMCA Tiny Home Village of four homes on the property of the Y's headquarters. The goal is to help alleviate some of the reservation's housing deficit. This first phase of the project will be completed in September 2025.
The volunteers, in addition, plan to build a "twig" -- a small Y branch -- in the outlying community of La Plant on the vast reservation. Click the button below to visit the National Service Project for complete details. (Photos by Randi Sidman Moore)
The chapter service project 'gold standard'
The New England YMCA Alumni Chapter has been building homes for poor families in the humble village of Don Gregorio in the Dominican Republic each May for more than a decade. They comnpleted their 22nd and 23rd home in May 2025. Click the button below to email Lou Falk for information and to volunteer.