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How Y's Men Began ...
Judge Paul William Alexander
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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 (photo) was the founder of the first club together with a group of young men. (Click on photo to obtain larger one - then "Save As" to download to your computer.)
However, today women can be full members of our movement (and indeed many women are among its members and family participation is encouraged in numerous activities). This is a very important selling point in many communities. Since 1995 local affiliated clubs wishing to emphasize this openness can choose to call themselves "Y's Men and Women's Clubs" or "Y Service Clubs". Members are known as Y's Men or Y's Women.
Today Y's Men International has almost 1,500 clubs with around 28,000 members in 69 countries on all continents. |
OUR MOTTO:
"TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DUTY THAT ACCOMPANIES EVERY RIGHT"
OUR MISSION:
As Y's Men International is a world-wide fellowship of persons of all faiths working constructively together, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, in partnership with and supporting the YMCA, its mission is to strive through active service to develop, encourage and provide leadership to build a better world for all humankind.
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| OUR EMBLEM |
OUR LOGO |
Y's MEN SONG |
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Click here to download
Y's Men song.
File format : mid
File size : 3KB |
The Y's Men emblem consists first of a red triangle, the symbol long employed by the YMCA to denote its three-fold programme of spirit, mind and body building.
In the upper border of the triangle appears the word INTERNATIONAL, indicative of the scope of our purposes.
Within the triangle a golden star sheds rays of light on the name, "Y'S MEN'S CLUB".
This star symbolises the Star of Bethlehem. Just as that star served as a guide to the Wise Men of the East, so shall this golden star, which also represents the ideals of our club, serve as a constant guide to the Y's Men of today and lead them to a true realisation of the nobility of unselfish service. |
| WEAR THIS EMBLEM WITH JOY AND PRIDE AND AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. TRULY ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IT SYMBOLISES AND MEANS THROUGH YOUR PERSONAL CONDUCT AND ACTIONS. |
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NAME |
CLUB |
Profile Picture |
YEAR |
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Kenneth
Somanader
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Colombo |
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1975
- 76 |
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Stanley
Arnold
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Colombo |
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1976
- 78 |
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Wimsy Sinnathamby
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Colombo |
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1978
- 80 |
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Gladstone
Thevadasan
|
Colombo |
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1980
- 81 |
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Darrel
Perera
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Moratuwa |
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1981
- 82 |
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Lanka
Nesiah
|
Colombo |
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1982
- 83 |
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Devane
Perera
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Wellawatte |
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1983 -
84 |
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Ercon
Godlieb
|
Colombo |
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1984
- 85 |
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George
Chinnathamby
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Kurunegala |
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1985 -
86 |
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Joseph
Antonirajah
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Wellawatte |
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1986
- 87 |
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Jackie
Ratnam
|
Colombo |
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1987 -
88 |
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Clifford
Ratnavibhushana
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Moratuwa |
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1988
- 89 |
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Jean Godlieb
|
Colombo |
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1989 -
90 |
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Noreen
Chinnathamby
|
Wellawatte |
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1990
- 91 |
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Hilary
De Alwis
|
Colombo |
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1991 -
92 |
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Elizabeth
Dwight
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Wellawatte |
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1992
- 93 |
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Justin
Perera
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Kurunegala |
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1993 -
94 |
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Rajinda
Wijemanne
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Kurunegala |
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1994 - 95 |
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Ercon Godlieb
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Colombo |
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1995 -
96 |
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Darrel
Perera
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Young
Moratuwa |
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1996
- 97 |
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V. Manoharan
|
Wellawatte |
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1997 -
98 |
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Ranjan
Fernando
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Young
Moratuwa |
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1998 - 99 |
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Lakshman
Perera
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Kurunegala |
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1999
- 00 |
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Norman
De Zilwa
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Dehiwela |
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2000
- 01 |
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Nilkantha
Fernandopulle
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Kotte |
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2001 -
02 |
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Jayantha
Fernando
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Young
Moratuwa |
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2002
- 03 |
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Rita Hettiarachchi |
Colombo |
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2003 -
04 |
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Veraan de Mel |
Moratuwa |
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2004 - 05 |
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Felician
Perera |
Kurunegala |
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2005 -
06 |
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Anton Kandiah |
Dehwiela |
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2006 -
07 |
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Enrico
Brown |
Colombo |
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2007 -
08 |
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Nihal Peiris |
Young Moratuwa |
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2008 - 09 |
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Michael Matthysz |
Cinnamon Gardens |
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2009 -
10 |
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Godfrey Francis |
Young Moratuwa |
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2010 – 11 |
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Sarojini Nagendran |
Wellawatte |
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2011 -
12 |
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Rienzie Diaz |
Dehiwala |
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2012 – 13 |
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Anton Kandiah |
Dehwiela |
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2013 -
14 |
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Dushyanthi Latino |
Wellawatte |
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2014-15 |
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Sarojini Nagendran |
Wellawatte |
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2015-16 |
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Prasantha de Silva |
Young Moratuwa |
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2016-18 |
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Ranaraj Serasinghe |
Young Moratuwa |
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2018-19 |
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Godfrey Francis |
Young Moratuwa |
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2019-20 |
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V. Rajendran |
Colombo |
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2020-21 |
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Milroy Manuel |
Colombo |
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2020-22 |
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Anton Kandiah |
Dehwiela |
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2022 -
23 |
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Ranjith Dayarathne |
Mahanuwara |
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2023 -
24 |
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