Youth Fitness Assistant

COMMUNITY PARTNER

Tempe YMCA

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Duties

Interns will work with various sports and swim programs. We have many different sport programs that we run including basketball, soccer, baseball, volleyball, and flag football. Each student has the option to choose between all sports or just one specific sport. They also have the option to help out in other areas where needed such as aquatics or childcare. At the Tempe YMCA we offer many different programs which can allow the student to help in all areas if that is what they desire. We recommend that the students target the athletic department because that is where they can best reach out to the community.

Population served

The Tempe And Chandler YMCA serve the southern section of Tempe as well as north Chandler.

Community need/impact

The YMCA always needs extra hands around as we are supplying the community with such an important resource. As we do serve all ages of the community our gym area always needs some attention. Interns will be helping out mostly this summer with our indoor basketball league,  volleyball league and swimming lessons.

The Tempe and Chandler YMCAs have a large volume of young children that participate in sports programs and swim lessons. Our programs are set up to not only impact the childs life on the court but we teach them important life lessons that will help them acheive greatness throughout their everyday lives. Our swim lessons have one of the most important impacts throughout the community, saving lives. Every summer we see infant and children deaths due to drownings. It is our goal to inform and teach as many children as possible about water saftey.