Question: Where do you go in Chattanooga for something to do if you’re between the ages of 12-17?
Answer: There’s no better place to be if you’re a teen than the YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga.
Our Commitment
Every year, the YMCA involves numerous teens in programs and activities that provide them with meaningful experiences. It is our commitment to provide a wide variety of services that meet the needs of teens in the greater Chattanooga, north Georgia and Cleveland areas. We strive to provide safe and quality programs that help develop teens into strong and healthy young adults. All of our services focus on the YMCA’s core values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility and faith. Helping teens fulfill their potential is our greatest reward.
At the Y, teens have the ability to do...well, quite a lot. In addition to some of the more traditional YMCA activities, such as basketball, soccer, swimming and aerobics, teens also can join in on various programs that will involve them in leadership, civic development and mentoring. But the biggest aspects in all of our programs is giving teens a safe, fun and welcoming environment.
Some of the programs focus on educational advancement and civic engagement, such at YMCA Youth Trust and YMCA Southeastern High School Model United Nations. Not only are these programs fun to participate, but they give teens an opportunity to meet others their age from school across the area. They also provide teens a chance to serve as leaders by helping to organize, plan and facilitate the prorgrams.
In other activities, the goal is enhance the Christian values of teens. Each YMCA Teen Services program has an element in it that is aimed to challenge teens to look at the values and principles that are most important, especially those surrounding the Y's core character traits of faith, caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
Below are some of the various focus areas of many of our services:
- Outdoor Recreation
- Individual + Team Sports
- Job Opportunities
- Internship Opportunities
- Community Service
- Service-Learning Training
- Visual Arts
- Music/Dance
- Theater/Drama
- Fitness Programs
- Entertainment
- Education
- Faith + Spiritual Development
- Health + Wellness Programs
- Pregnancy Prevention
- Counseling for Teens
- College Preparation
- Civic Education
- Career Counseling for Teens
- Tutoring for Teens
- International Awareness
- Teen Parent Programs
- Technology Programs
- Diversity Training
- Separate Teen Center/Facility
- Environmental Education
- Team Building Training
- Ropes Course Initiatives