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...summer (the optimistic forecast) that the line is extended across the Hollywood Hills. Besides that however, living in the Valley is no drawback. While it may be a social faux pas to mention my address at parties, the spaciousness, easy access to the local park, library and YMCA (not to mention low rent) make me glad I'm not living in a noisy, crowded apartment ensconced in some flashy zip code which would not deign to have a bus stop between their palm trees...
...fixed it. The period from 1890 to 1910 saw the invention of most of the major civic institutions of American life today, including the Boy Scouts, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, Knights of Columbus, organized labor unions, the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the YMCA...
Powell learned another important thing that first year, which is "not to jump into bed with just anyone as a promise partner," but to link up with established groups already on the ground. That means tapping into existing organizations, from Catholic Charities to the VFW to the YMCA, all of which have deep roots in their communities. Powell is especially fond of the Boys & Girls Clubs because they know how to deliver the services. They have received a huge infusion of cash. As a result, they have increased their original commitment to America's Promise: they plan to serve...
...Afro-American studies concentrator from St. Paul, Minnesota., Russell also coached an undefeated team of 12-year-old girls in the Cambridge YMCA basketball league for two years...
Walker became a central figure in black leadership and one of the first black philanthropists, donating funds to build a black YMCA in Indianapolis and restore Frederick Douglass's home in Washington, and helping lead the protest against lynching--she traveled to the White House with other leaders to present a petition to Woodrow Wilson. (He declined to see them.) In 1918 she moved into the neo-Palladian Villa Lewaro, an estate she built at Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., which was designed by the first registered black architect and situated near the estates of John D. Rockefeller and Jay Gould...