Y-Teens Rennovate Basement in 1955

A report written in 1956 by Helen Baird Vance tells about early programs of the YWCA, including the founding of Y-Teens.
"In the past ten years the young adult program has been expanded and interest and hobby groups added. In 1953 girl's work was introduced. This was not a new program for the Y but it's Girls Work in the early years became the Girl Scout program. So in responding to requests for "something for teen-agers" Y-Teens came into being with Mrs. Maynard Lawrence, the director. She was followed in 1955 by co-directors, Mrs. Dale Foell and Mrs. Harold Collins. Under their guidance Y-Teens have developed a program for themselves which has proved stimulating and purposeful. Christmas wreath sales yielded an excellent profit and they are using it to improve their basement room, painting and decorating after school and on Saturdays. Their program planning, their devotions, their interest in others are rewarding experiences.
In 1951, a swim camp program was inaugurated and little girls from seven to twelve are learning to swim, each summer. The high school pool or the municipal pool have been utilized with Mrs. Art Hass as director and a corps of qualified assistants. Sixty to one hundred girls participate each year.
Perhaps the most intangible but certainly an important segment of community service is job placement and counseling. The YWCA maintains a list of women and girls seeking employment as well as a room registry. Transients are housed either at the Y or at an approved room. If they are short of funds, the Y provides for them. Personal services account for about 2,000 calls a year."