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MISSION
The YMCAs of Québec is a charitable organization dedicated to the development of people in spirit, mind, and body, and to the empowerment of individuals, families, and communities.
THE FIVE KEY VALUES OF THE YMCA - Participation and access
- Education and prevention
- Respect for others
- Volunteer work and philanthropy
- Self-empowerment
YMCA CAMPING PRINCIPLES
YMCA resident summer camping is about: - An educational experience in democratic group living
- A concern for the individual
- Leadership
- Cooperation
- Growing in spirit, mind and body
A sense of responsibility toward the natural environment and each other The YMCA’s unique characteristics provide campers with the opportunity to: Develop leadership abilities. Establish wholesome daily health habits. Develop increased strength, endurance, and experience fun and adventure in a supervised and safe outdoor program. Satisfy their primary emotional needs for affection, acceptance, new experiences and a sense of worth. Gain an understanding of and appreciation for persons of other religions, cultures, nationalities and races. Develop a sense of responsibility toward the natural world and one's place in it. Adjust to group living in a democratic setting by instilling a sense of independence, self reliance and appreciation of one's interdependence with others. Learn and enjoy a wide range of skills and activities, physical, social, cultural and environmental that may contribute to wholesome recreation in later years.
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