International Y's Men

What Is Y's Men

YMI Founded in Toledo, Ohio, USA in 1922 to support a local YMCA, Y’s Men International is now oriented to serving the worldwide YMCA, the largest non-governmental youth organisation, and through it the communities in which it is present throughout the world. Since the YMCA is usually known as “the Y” in the USA, and as the Y’s Men movement started there as a club of “men of and for the Y”, it was named the “Y’s Men’s Club”.

Judge Paul William Alexander was the founder of the first club together with a group of other young men in 1920. Like the YMI movement in the world. Y’s men club of Hong Kong was founded in 1932 and since then Y’s movement and Hong Kong District was formed in 1950s.

Introduction to Y's Men International

Our Motto: "To acknowledge the duty that accompanies every right"

Purpose

“The International Association of Y’s Men’s Clubs is a worldwide fellowship of persons of all faiths working together in mutual respect and affection, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, and with a common loyalty to the Young Men’s Christian Association, striving through active service to develop, encourage and provide leadership to build a better world for all mankind.”

The main purpose of a Y's Men's Club is to serve its own YMCA and the local community

Objectives

“Y’s Men International (YMI) is a global service organization consisting of affiliated clubs promoting personal development and unified for enduring and positive change in the communities where they are located and around the world.”

YMI clubs:

  • To function primarily as service clubs for the YMCA.
  • To engage with other worthy organisations.
  • To encourage justice in civic and international affairs, while abstaining always from party politics
  • To keep members informed on and actively involved in religious, civic, economic, social and international matters.
  • To cultivate good fellowship.
    To support International, Area and Regional projects of the Association.

The History of Y's Men International

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Beginning in 1920 as the Tolymca luncheon club, a group of 15 United States business and YMCA professionals in Toledo, Ohio, led by a young attorney named Paul William Alexander began to explore ways to raise funds for and otherwise support the local YMCA. The concept spread through YMCAs across the United States, and additional clubs rapidly formed over the next two years. In 1922, these clubs unified to become the International Association of Y’s Men Clubs, electing Paul William Alexander as the first president.

Y's Men's Club Song

(1)
Midst the bustling Hong Kong Town, There's a club of great renown,
For it stands for everything that's good and true,
Every member full of pep, Every member keeping step,
That's the way the Y's Men put their program through.
Chorus
For the Y's Men we are marching,
For the Y's Men on we go,
For the Y's Men we will stand
For the Y's Men great and grand,
For the Y's Men are the finest club we know.
(2)
Helping all neglecting none,
One for all and all for one,
In a unity of fellowship and fun,
Though the need be great or small,
You can count on one and all,
When there's work for social welfare to be done.
(repeat Chorus once)