Service club set to raise money for the YMCA. The Y’s Men’s club also gives money to the local YWCA 49 members in this group. The club co-sponsors the Y’s Men’s Rodeo with the Colin Club. To raise other money the Y’s Men’s club rents and sets up tents for shelter at the State Fair, Zoofari and at local conventions. The club has a social event for members every month.
History:
Soren Rasmussen, a local banker and businessman, set aside funds for a YMCA in 1947. A committee hired Colin Brown as secretary. Brown organized the Minot Y’s Men’s Club and was executive director for the YMCA once it was in operation. The first fund-raising event was selling Christmas Trees. The club bought land and arranged to have 10,000 trees planted . The club bought land for the Triangle Y Camp in 1956. The club erected 18 buildings and opened the camp in 1964. The Y’s Men’s club contributes about $20,000 to Triangle Y Camp each year.
