The Mission YMCA is committed to pursuing Community Outreach and Enrichment. Collaborative, community wide programs are essential to our mission and to the health of our community.  Please contact us if you would like more information about partnering with the Mission YMCA.

This page highlights the Mission YMCA's Community Outreach projects.  There is no scheduling information on this page.  Please check our other pages for specific program information.

Anchor links: | Community Convener | Excelsior Sports Club | ExCEL | Excelsior Youth Center | Portola's Palega Park | Preschool For All |

COMMUNITY CONVENER
 

This a program of San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth & Their Families (DCYF) to improve the coordination and efficiency of services and organizations supporting families within individual communities. DCYF has selected the Mission YMCA to work with the Excelsior, Noe Valley, Glen Park, and Diamond Heights neighborhoods to improve access to our existing community resources. Some of our convener services include a Community Resource Guide (translated into Spanish and Chinese), a Back to School Resource Fair, collaboration on community events, and monthly convener group meetings that are open to the public. For more information about how to work with your community convener to effect positive community wide change or to attend monthly meetings, please contact Megan Fleming at 415-452-7584 or mfleming@ymcasf.org.

Our Goals:

• Improve the coordination of services to meet community needs and challenges
• Plan and promote community-wide events
• Promote resource sharing and referrals among agencies
• Enhance communication between CBOs and public agencies
• Facilitate cross-organization problem solving

Excelsior Convener Meetings
2nd Thursday of every month
Inquire about location

Noe Valley, Glen Park, Diamond Heights Convener Meetings
Scheduling is under way, inquire for details

EXCELSIOR SPORTS CLUB
- Building the Excelsior Community through the power of sports -

The Excelsior Sports Club is a collaborative network of outstanding agencies working together to support and promote the health of the Excelsior youth through sports and physical activities. We are a partnership of community sports providers and neighborhood facilities that broker existing resources, advocate for neighborhood needs and provide increased access to sports opportunities within the community.

Our Vision:
A neighborhood where youth sports are thriving and parents, youth and community members are working together to support one another. Youth are healthy, confident leaders within the community.

Our Mission:
To promote the healthy development of youth through sports experiences

Our Goals:

• Be a source of information & support for the Excelsior community regarding youth sports
• Strengthen the quality of sports programs offered in the community
• Identify community needs in order to create new sports programs

Our Partners:
Mission YMCA, OMI/Excelsior Beacon Center, Bay Area SCORES, Girls on the Run, Excelsior Boys & Girls Club, Excelsior Youth Center, SF Recreation & Parks, SF Unified School District, SF State University, AcroSports, Girl Scouts of San Francisco, Neighborhood Parks Council

For more information please visit our Sports page or contact: Dona Ng, Excelsior Sports Club Coordinator, at 415-452-7575 or info@escsf.org
 

ExCEL AFTER SCHOOL LEARNING PROGRAM

(Expanded Collaboratives for Excellence in Learning)

The Mission YMCA and the San Francisco Unified School District collaborate to offer structured time after school for school-age children to receive a range of services that includes tutorial help, enrichment activities and recreation.

The program has 5 goals:

We offer this program at no cost to the parent for students who qualify attending the following schools:

Monroe Elementary School

260 Madrid Street

Site Director:  Nicole Banks, 415-350-7652

Visitacion Valley Elementary School

55 Schwerin Street

Site Director:  Tatiana Newman, 415-350-7647

For more information on all our ExCEL Programs, please contact us at 415-586-6900.

EXCELSIOR YOUTH CENTER

The Excelsior Youth Center is now open Saturdays and some Sundays through a unique collaboration between the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco and the YMCA of San Francisco. This partnership is supported by the generosity of the Department of Children Youth and their Families and the City of San Francisco. Weekend programming includes cooking, basketball, sports, arts and crafts, boxing, and other great opportunities for our children and teens on the weekend.

For more information on our Excelsior Youth Center Program, please visit our Youth Progams page or contact Kristen Bagwell, EYC Director, at 415-452-7561.

PORTOLA PALEGA PARK COLLABORATIVE - REC CONNECT

The Mission YMCA and the San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department are collaborating to offer structured activities for children to receive a range of recreation, learning, and sports programming.  Rec Connect and Palega Park are located at 500 Felton Avenue.  Check out our Youth Progams page or visit www.palegapark.org for more information or call Emmett Phelan, Rec Connect Director, at 415-850-2490.

PRESCHOOL FOR ALL - FREE PRESCHOOL FOR 4 YEAR OLDS

First Five San Francisco in partnership with Wu Yee Children's Services has selected the Mission YMCA as a Preschool For All site. Preschool For All will ultimately provide universal access to high-quality, free part-day preschool programs to all San Francisco four-year-olds by 2009. Please check our Childcare page for more information.