Manatee County YMCA

YMCA MISSION: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Something good, something refreshing, something that could change your life forever, is waiting for you at the Y!

YMCA Reads! is an after-school reading assistance and mentoring program at Bayshore Elementary School in Bradenton, providing opportunities for at-risk and low-income children in kindergarten through third grade to develop the reading skills they need to succeed in school.