COVID-19

YMCA associations across the state have participated in social and emotional learning (SEL) professional development training and peer cohort meetings this year, thanks to a grant the Alliance received from the NC Department of Public Instruction.

YMCAs in the western part of the state are working with each other and community partners to better serve the region’s Latinx residents. 

The J.F. Hurley Family YMCA in Salisbury partnered with Novant Health to provide COVID-19 vaccinations at this Rowan-Cabarrus YMCA branch initially through May and extended this through August.

About 900 people have received their first COVID-19 vaccines at the Gaston County Family YMCA this spring through a partnership with Vax Van. Michael, a member at the Y, is just one of them.

NC Alliance of YMCAs tests efficacy of health protocols, identifies bright spots with low case rates In 1,008,561 visits to 96 YMCA locations across North Carolina in December and January, only 38 cases of COVID were reported to the YMCA—a positivity rate of .0038% compared to .0045% reported between September and November 2020.

While schools in Davidson County remain closed for in-person instruction, the E-Learning Academy at the J. Smith Young YMCA in Lexington is living its mission in an important way for seven homeless students from three families.