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YMCA Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford Celebrates 2025 Youth Scholarship and Peace Scholarship Recipients
YMCA Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford is proud to share the recipients of the Farah Family Youth Peace Scholarship and the Christopher Cutler Youth Development Scholarship, recognizing youth who are
Nov 19, 2025
YMCA announces 2025 Peace Medal recipients for local and global peace-building
Today, YMCA Hamilton|Burlington|Brantford announced the recipients of the YMCA Peace Medal at its 38th annual YMCA Peace Medal Breakfast.
Nov 19, 2025
YMCA announces 2025 Peace Medal recipients for local and global peace-building
Today, YMCA Hamilton|Burlington|Brantford announced the recipients of the YMCA Peace Medal at its 38th annual YMCA Peace Medal Breakfast.
Nov 18, 2025
A Lifelong Home: Ken’s 50 Years with the YMCA
When Ken Geroux first walked through the doors of the YMCA on June 13, 1975, he wasn’t looking for community. He was looking for a heavy bag. Fifty years later, Ken still works out at the Hamilton Dow
Nov 14, 2025
Koshlong Current - Fall/Winter 2025
The Koshlong Current is a bi-annual newsletter dedicated to keeping campers and alumni up-to-date on what's happening at YMCA Wanakita. Hear from campers and staff, learn about improvements around cam
Nov 11, 2025
A Lifetime at Camp: Ann’s 45 Years of Friendship, Family, and Food at YMCA Wanakita
When Ann Francis first walked into the kitchen at YMCA Wanakita in July 1980, she didn’t know she’d still be there 45 years later. She certainly didn’t know that the camp tucked quietly into the Halib
Nov 11, 2025
Latest Blogs
Be The Spark: Corinne Norris
Corinne oversees the Health & Wellness staff, fitness instructors and classes, and LiveWell programs. She also provides internal training and support to other branches and Health & Wellness teams thro
Mar 4, 2025
Be The Spark - Joshua Austin
Joshua’s responsibilities include maintaining donor relationships, attending volunteer opportunities, writing grants to corporate donors and stewarding donors along their giving journey. Simultaneousl
Feb 28, 2025
Roman's Story
Meet Roman. Roman is 10 years old and he is a very active member of the Ron Edwards Family YMCA.
Feb 27, 2025
Be The Spark- Jolie Huang
Jolie meets with clients and assesses their English proficiency using the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) framework. She offers recommendations for language programs and refers clients to waitlists
Feb 26, 2025
Meet one of the longest-attending campers at YMCA Wanakita
Have you met Matt Fox? If not, you should. Matt is 43 years old and he’s one of the longest-attending campers at YMCA Wanakita. And Matt LOVES camp.
Jan 15, 2025
Richard's Story
Meet Richard. Richard is 59 years old, and he leads a very active lifestyle. But it wasn’t always this way.
Nov 5, 2024
