Y's Mennetes

Who are Y's Menettes?

Traditionally, a wife of a Y's Man was called a Y's Menette and they sometimes formed an auxiliary to the local Y's Men's Club. Today, Y's Menettes are women who have chosen to join a Y's Menettes' Club - and a Y's Menettes' Club today is no longer an auxiliary to a Y's Men's Club but has its own programme to support the local Y's Men's Club, YMCA and the community.

Y's Menettes share the warm fellowship of an international organisation, by:

Participation;
Enjoying social activities which often involve the whole family;
Attending Regional, Area and International Conventions;
Learning of our friends and fellow members in other countries through the "Sister Club programme".

How do Y's Menettes assist?

Y's Menettes clubs plan and carry out programmes and projects of their own in support of Y's Men's clubs, the YMCA and the community at local, District, Regional, Area and International levels.

The Y's Menettes International Projects

Y's Menettes support their own international projects. For 1996 - 2000 these were:

AFRICA	Gambia, Women's Development	US$ 21,000
INDIA	Women's Empowerment	US$ 5,000
LATIN AM/CARIBBEAN	Costa Rica, Gender Development	US$ 10,000
AFRICA	Senegal, Adolescent Reproductive Health	US$ 15,000
EUROPE	Bulgaria, Gabrovo YMCA Community Development Centre	US$ 10,400

..........and for 2000 - 2005 Y's Menettes are supporting these four projects:

PHILIPPINES	Women's Empowerment and Development	US$ 7,800
INDONESIA	Women's Participation in Community for a Better Future	US$ 7,500
BOLIVIA	The Adolescent and his/her Project of Life	US$ 15,000
INDIA	Kuttanellur - Employment Opportunities	US$ 4,000

They also do service and fundraising for their Y's Men's Club and the projects of Y's Men International including: Youth Educational Exchange Programme , Brotherhood Fund , Alexander Scholarship Fund , Time of Fast .

Download Y's Menettes Manual (PDF-file 638 KB) and Y's Menettes Logo (GIF-file 34 KB).

The Y's Menettes Prayer

God bless all Y's Menettes here,
And all whom we hold dear,
As now we pray.

To every Y's Menette far and near,
We pledge devotion most sincere;
New zeal our hearts imbue,
And consecrate ourselves anew.

Amen