Celebrating Welcoming Week

This Welcoming Week (September 9-18), the Saratoga Regional YMCA will join Welcoming America, other YMCAs, and organizations nationwide to celebrate immigrants’ contributions to communities and bring together all residents in a spirit of unity.  Each year, Welcoming Week elevates the growing movement of communities that fully embrace new Americans and their contributions to the social fabric of the country.  The event is an opportunity for neighbors—both immigrants and U.S.-born residents—to get to know one another and celebrate what unites people as a community.

At the Saratoga Regional YMCA, we believe our community is stronger when everyone feels welcome and we can all work together for the common good.  We are proud to be a part of Welcoming Week, which is demonstrating that in places large and small, rural and urban, people of all backgrounds are coming together to create stronger communities.  It is a time to celebrate the shared values that unite us as neighbors, parents and colleagues, and to make our towns more welcoming to newcomers and to everyone who calls our community home.

During Welcoming Week, we will be hosting a variety of events and activities throughout our various locations. For a detailed list of events and activities, please check in with your local branch.

We hope you will join us in celebrating!