YMCA

Wow that was a lot of information for such a simpe question. The answer to your question is, yes their is a fee to join the YMCA, or a daily fee. The up side of joining the Y is that there are usually no contracts so you can cancell your membership at any time. They have programs for Senior to children. Also, the Y offers a scholarship program for those who can not afford the membership. I have worked for the YMCA for a few years in childcare, and would not trade it for anything. I have worked at 4 different facilities and found that the commonality is that no one should be denied due to financial status. Here is a the Official YMCA website: http://www.ymca.net YMCA's around the world are connected more than anyone may think, through trainings, message boards, etc. Hope that helps.

The YMCA is a voluntary Association . it should not cost anything to join it . -------------------------------------------- from wikipedia : The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA, also called The "Y" for short) is an ecumenical service organization based on Christian values. Operating in 122 countries worldwide, the YMCA is organized as a federation of local associations and national YMCA movements. Within most countries, the local YMCAs are related primarily in terms of overall strategy and direction only. Volunteers and local employees operate the individual YMCA associations. Founded as a network of Protestant parachurch organizations, the 19th-century YMCA inspired the creation of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and Young Men's Buddhist Association. Its original male focus similarly led to the establishment of a parallel Young Women's Christian Association. Today the YMCA is largely secular (or else inter-religious),. and open to participation from both sexes as well as from older people. To that extent its name represents something of an anachronism. see more details here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ymca http://www.ymcaworldservice.org/