Junior Leaders Club is a a service learning club for students grades 6 - 8.  It empowers middle school students to become community leaders by engaging in service to others.  It is also a great chance to forge friendships and get to know other students from the Lima area.  Club members participate in service projects with a local influence while learning the values of hard work, personal integrity and responsibility.  Junior Leaders Club focuses on issues facing students in middle school and junior high.

Junior Leaders Club meets the second and fourth Wednesday of every month in the YMCA Annex conference room at 5:00 pm.

Junior Leaders Club is open to all students in grades 6 - 8.

For more information contact Heather Graham at 419-223-6045 ext 116 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

• FEE:
• Members: FREE
• Non-members: FREE

*Value added to membership

The YMCA Black Achievers Program is a national YMCA program that encourages youth to set high educational and professional goals.

Weekly meeting Tuesday at 6:00 pm in the Annex. 

Through monthly workshops, college visits, mentoring and career clusters, students are encouraged to expand their understanding of the educational and professional world.

Monthly workshops are held the second Saturday of every month from 12:00 - 2:00 pm at the Lima YMCA.

Black Achievers is open to all students in grades 5-12.

• FEE:
• Members: FREE
• Non-members: FREE

*Value added to membership

Teen Leaders Club is a national YMCA program that empowers young men and women to become community leaders by engaging in service to others. It is also a great change to forge friendships and get to know other students from the Lima area. Past events include volunteering with the American Red Cross, Shawnee Manor Nursing Home, Humane Society, Project Wawokiye and attending the Bad to the Bone Leadership conference. 

Teen Leaders Club meets the first and third Wednesday of every month in the YMCA Annex conference room at 5:00 pm.

Teen Leaders Club is open to all students in grades 9-12.

For more information contact Heather Graham at 419-223-6045 ext 116 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

• FEE:
• Members: FREE
• Non-members: FREE

*Value added to membership

The Lima Family YMCA is pleased to offer teens that have finished 9-11th grade by June 2013, a two week service learning experience in June 2013.

The program is designed to promote leadership development through service, youth-to-youth interaction and environmental experiences. It is educational in nature and requires a high level of commitment as each participant will be challenged mentally, physically and socially. By the very nature of this experience, teens must be able to exercise a higher degree of decision-making and accept responsibility for their own actions. the ten day experience is centered around learning about the wildlife and the geology of the Yellowstone region as well as being full of volunteer opportunities with the forest/park services.  

Acceptance into this program will be selective. Teens must complete an application, gather references and complete a questionnaire. Teens who are a member of the Lima Family YMCA's Teen Leaders Club, Black Achievers and/or Youth in Government will be given preference in the selection process.

Informational Meeting: December 6th at 6pm at the Lima YMCA Annex.

Point of Contact: Heather Graham at 419-223-6045 ext 116 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it