Stella and Patrick | 2021 Community report | YMCAs of Québec

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Stella et Patrick

Broadening our horizons

When the pandemic began, Stella and Patrick saw their favourite activities—sports, theatre, travel, and many others—put on hold. After falling in love with Spain on their previous travels, they decided to learn Spanish as their “COVID project.” For them, it was a way to enrich their own lives, to broaden their horizons, and to keep their minds active! To date, Stella has completed eight language levels and Patrick is not far behind.

Stella hopes to be perfectly fluent for their next trip to Spain and would like to volunteer with the Hispanophone community in Montreal. Patrick, for his part, hopes to be able to read 100 Years of Solitude in its original Spanish.

Learning a new language is an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

This allows us to broaden our horizons, strengthens connections, deepens our understanding of other cultures, and improves our memory.

About the YMCAs of Québec and the Foundation

A charitable organization whose mission is to encourage and inspire all people to fulfill their potential, thrive and contribute to their community, the YMCAs of Québec offer programs in more than 30 points of service and virtually across the province, as well as operating an International Language School, YMCA Residence and Camp YMCA Kanawana.

Thanks to financial partnerships with different levels of government and the generosity of its volunteers and donors, each year, the YMCA helps more than 120,000 people to develop their skills.
As the first YMCA in North America, the YMCAs of Québec have been present in Montréal since 1851.

Since 1984, the YMCAs of Québec Foundation supports the mission of the YMCA and ensure its financial sustainability by promoting the impact it has on the community, raising funds and administering these funds responsibly.