US HR1074

Celebrates the YMCA's 175th anniversary, founded in the United States on December 29, 1851, by Thomas Valentine Sullivan at the Old South Church in Boston

Recognizes the YMCA's current scope: approximately 2,600 locations serving over 10,000 communities, with 300,000 employees and 350,000 volunteers serving 17 million people annually

Acknowledges historical contributions including inventing basketball, launching the first night school and ESL classes, delivering the first group swim lessons, and establishing the Youth and Government Program in 1936

Commends the YMCA's role as the nation's leading nonprofit provider of early childcare, before and after-school programs, and summer camps since the 1970s

Encourages continued support for YMCA efforts to address social isolation and loneliness by creating spaces that promote community connection and well-being