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ASYMCA San Diego:The Armed Services YMCA is a non-profit organization exemplifying the American spirit of caring. Since 1920, the mission of the San Diego Armed Service YMCA is to enhance the lives of military personnel and their family members in spirit, mind, and body by providing programs and services that strengthen them and are relevant to the unique challenges of military life.

ASYMCA San Diego History:

The San Diego Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) was established in 1920 with the mission of supporting and enhancing the lives of local active duty military members and their families - Serving Those Who Serve America. Today, the ASYMCA is the oldest and largest non-profit social services organization in San Diego solely devoted to helping military personnel and their families by providing more than 40 free programs and services that help strengthen young families as they learn to cope with the unique challenges of military life. The focus of the ASYMCA is to improve lives of enlisted service members and their families in mind, body, and spirit.

ASYMCA History:

The Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) has operated under its current name since 1984, established during an official reorganization of the YMCA Armed Services Department. During the reorganization, ASYMCA was tasked with providing YMCA services to military personnel and their families through the operation of its own branches and outreach units. The organization was chartered as a National Member Association of the National Council of YMCAs and designated as YMCA’s official representative to the Department of Defense (DoD). A special Memorandum of Understanding between ASYMCA and DoD was signed in April 1984, recognizing the critical need for ASYMCA programs and services, and ASYMCA was officially incorporated as part of the DoD in December of that year.
However, ASYMCA’s long history truly dates back to the Civil War, as the organization has operated under a variety of different names and organizational structures throughout the last century and a half.

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