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What is the YMCA Yguides, Adventure guides, Adventure Princess, Indian Guides, Indian Princess and Papoose Programs about?
Helpful instructions on guides suede leather vest kit sizing, - assembly of y-guide leather vest kits with artificial sinew and gluing adventure guide patches to your suede vest kit.
Nationwide Link to YMCA's Y-guides,YMCA - Adventure Guides, Yguide Program Events to attend
10% Discounts Given to Members of Yguide program, Adventure guides, Indian Guides and YMCA Camp Programs no matter how small the order!
Orders for 15 or more vest kits receive a 20% discount on your entire order.
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Use the our
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Yguide, Indian Princess and Adventure guide craft
kits
or ask us to help you with
you Indian crafts
Great stuff that you can make
with your group.
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Due to the rising cost of gas across the
nation, we know coming down to the store can cause a
burden.
For your convenience we ship
nationwide.
No matter how near or far, we will get it to
you
Please do not hesitate to e-mail or call in
your order and have us ship the items to you.
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YMCA's Y-guides, YMCA, Adventure Guides, Indian Guide - Indian Princess, Papoose Programs |
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Y-Guides ( Indian Guides) (Father & Son) | Y-Princesses (Father & Daughter) | Y-Braves (Mother & Son) - Y-Maidens (Mother & Daughter)
YMCA Adventure Guides (Y-Guides) | Y-Adventure Guides | Adventure Princesses | YMCA Papoose program
The Y-guide and Princess programs including the YGuides, Y-princess (Adventure Guides - Adventure Princesses) is to Nurture Companionship of Parent and Child.
The Purpose of the Y-guides (yguides) Adventure Guides is to forst ther relationship of Father and Son.
The Purpose of the Y-Princesses (Adventure Princess) is to promote friendship and understanding between father and daughter.
Some of these programs have changed their names to Y-Adventure Guides
Camps or other YMCA programs, Let us know what we can do to assist your program.
may not be stocked in our store at all times.
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California
- YMCA's that
have the Adventure Guide
Program, Y-guides, Adventure
Guides, Adventure Princess,
Indian Guide, Indian
Princess, and Papoose Programs Visit Our YMCA Page for Craft and Kits (Especially your YMCA vest kit) |
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The Following YMCA's
are a part of the Southeast Ventura California
YMCA's: Serving Agoura Hills,
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proudly
serves the families of
Agoura, Agoura
Hills, Westlake
Village, and Oak Park
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Conejo Valley YMCA
A Branch of the Southeast Ventura County YMCA - The Conejo Valley YMCA proudly serves the communities of Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Moorpark. 4031 Moorpark Road |
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YMCA of Southeast Ventura County
320 via Las Brisas Newbury Park, CA 91320 805-480-0309 jshaffer@millerymca.org Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks |
| Other California YMCA's that have the Adventure Guide
Program, Y-guides, Adventure
Guides, Adventure Princess, Indian Guide, Indian Princess, and Papoose Programs |
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350
North Lantana Suite
#224
Camarillo, California 93010 Phone: (805) 484-0423 Fax: (805) 388-7087 |
YMCA of Orange 2241 East Palmyra Ave. Orange, CA. 92869 Phone: (714) 633-9622 Fax: (714) 633-4337 Email: Info@ymcaoforange.org http://www.ymcaoforange.org Serving, Orange, Anaheim Hills, Villa Park and Tustin California in Orange County, CA. |
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North Valley YMCA
"Sioux North" Tribe, GA-Sioux
Nation 11336
Corbin Avenue
Northridge, CA 91326 (818) 368-3231 |
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Saddleback
Valley YMCA
Friendly Spirit Nation (Adventure Princesses) Rising Son Nation (Adventure Guides) Soaring Spirit (Adventure Princesses) 27341 Trabuco CircleMission Viejo, CA 92692-1939 (949) 859-9622 Serves the areas of: Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Dove Canyon, Mission Viejo, Foothill Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Trabuco Canyon, Laguna HIlls, Lake Forest, and nearby areas. |
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The Santa Clarita YMCA
Indian Guide and Princess
Program
26147 McBean Parkway Valencia,Ca 91355 661-253-3593 |
26147
McBean Parkway
Valencia,Ca 91355 661-253-3593 |
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1332
6th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 393-2721 |
4500
S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90230 (310) 390-3604 (Office) (310) 390-1695 (Fax) |
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Fountain Valley,
California
Indian Princesses of the Great Hunting Valley Nation, located in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley, California. |
Information for the nation
located in
Irvine, California. Includes calendar of events, nation officers, and tribes. |
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Serving
Oceanside, Vista, Fallbrook and
Bonsall
4701 Mesa Drive Oceanside, CA 92056 Phone: (760) 758-0808 Fax: (760) 758-8058 |
Information about the Y
Guide Programs
of the Los Altos YMCA in Long Beach, Ca. Los Altos YMCA 1720 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90815 (562) 596-3394 |
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200
Saxony Rd.
Encinitas, CA 92024 Phone:760-942-9622 |
18333
Lemon Drive
Yorba Linda , CA 92886 Phone: (714) 777-9622 |
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Sunshine
Nation -
The Sunshine
Nation is part
of the YMCA Indian Program sponsored by the South Coast
YMCA, Laguna Niguel,
California. This YMCA program page Includes an extensive
links
page
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321
East Magnolia
Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91502 818-845-8551 |
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YMCA's that have the Adventure Guide
Program, Y-guides, Adventure
Guides, Adventure Princess,
Indian Guide, Indian
Princess, and Papoose Programs
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ALGONQUIN LONGHOUSE
Coalition of chapters from the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. (847) 660-1230 PO Box 603, Palatine IL 60078-0603 |
Kroehler Family YMCA Big Tepee Federation Y-guides and Princesses Sponsoring monthly outings including campouts, sports, museums, skating, and Native American education. 34 S. Washington St. Naperville, IL 60540 (630) 420-6270 FAX (630) 420-8677 |
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Federation - Program information for Downers Grove, Illinois and surrounding communities Indian
Boundary YMCA |
Logewhego Nation of Glen
Ellyn and Wheaton, Illinois Programs are designed to foster companionship and understanding between father and child, in a wholesome atmosphere that emphasizes fun, adventure and a shared sense of discovery of Native American culture. Information about programs and upcoming events. B.R. Ryall
YMCA |
| Geauga YMCA Adventure
Guides Geauga YMCA Indian Nation YMCA Indian Guides and Princesses in Auburn, Bainbridge, Burton, Chardon, Russell and other Geauga County Ohio communities Geauga YMCA 12460 Bass Lake Road, Chardon, OH 44024, Phone: (440) 285-7543 |
National Longhouse, Ltd. c/o Lighthouse, Inc. 500 E. Main St. Crestline, OH. 44827-1120 |
| Farmington Family YMCA y-guide Programs 28100 Farmington Road Farmington, Michigan 48334-3326 |
Downtown Branch YMCA Kitaki yguide program 1039 P Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3687 (402) 434-9230 |
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Manikiki
Nation Indian
Guides
A YMCA based father and son organization based in the Portage Lakes region of Akron Ohio |
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The Tuscarora Nation of
Gates and Chili, NY. Indian Guides, Princesses, Maidens, Braves,
and Trailblazers
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1601
Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605 Phone: (919) 582-2265 An affiliate of the Capital Area YMCA with the largest Indian Guide/Princess program. Includes information about programs and services. Raleigh, NC. |
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duPont Family YMCA
7373 Old Kings Rd., S. Jacksonville, FL 32217 Ph: 904.731.2006 |
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Fayette County YMCA
215 Huiet Road Fayetteville, GA 30215 Tel: 770-719-9622 Acowie Tribe
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YMCA's that have the Adventure Guide Program, Y-guides, Adventure Guides, Adventure Princess, Indian Guide, Indian Princess, and Papoose Programs |
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Friends Forever
A fifty year old parent/child program which services all YMCA branches in Albuquerque. Information about programs and upcoming events. YMCA of Central New Mexico has five branches in the area. They are: Heights YMCA 4901 Indian School Road NE Phone: 265-6971 Mountainside YMCA 12500 Comanche NE Phone: 292-2298 West Side Family YMCA 4701 Montano NW Phone: 899-8417 Downtown YMCA 101 Broadway NE Phone: 244-9437 Camp Shaver - 22900 Highway 4 - Jemez Springs, NM 87025 - Phone: (505) 829-3572 |
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Chandler/Gilbert
Y-Guides
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Official web site of the Y-Indian Guides (now called the Y-Adventure Guides) of the Sioux nation in Chandler/Gilbert, Arizona. Chandler/Gilbert Y-Princess Chandler/Gilbert YMCA |
Midland
YMCA |
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Plano Family YMCA in
Legacy
5101 Tennyson Parkway Plano, TX 75024 Phone: (972) 378-9622 Fax: (972) 473-6274 |
Visit Our YMCA Page
for Craft and Kits (Especially your YMCA vest kit) |
Indian Guide, Indian Princess, and Papoose Programs about?
The YMCA Y-Indian Guides, Y-Indian Princesses, Y-Indian Braves and Y-Indian Maidens, now also known as the Adventure Princess and Adventure Guide program, are year-round programs designed to build strong relationships between parents and their children. It is open to families with children in kindergarten to third grade.
The YMCA guide program was started by Harold S. Keltner, St. Louis YMCA Director and Joe Friday, an Ojibway Indian.
The participants
in the YMCA Family Programs learn about American Indian people
their culture, their customs, crafts and games, and seek to bring
new understanding and appreciation of the Native
American Heritage and the contributions Native
Americans have made to our nation.
They strive to share the qualities of the American Indian culture
and life:
Dignity, Patience, Endurance, Spirituality, Feeling for the earth,
and Concern for the family.
Some YMCA y-guide programs are now called
YMCA Adventure guides but have strived to keep the Native American
theme.
The reason the YMCA uses the Native American theme is to help focus
the groups, and to bring traditional values and organizational
structure to the program.
The YMCA you join will assign you to a group called a circle or
tribe, that will meet on a regular basis in each others’ homes,
weekly, biweekly or monthly.
YMCA guides tribes/groups will get together for campouts and family
outings, throughout the year to go on campouts, and other field
trips.
The yguides aims are listed
as:
1. To be clean in body and pure in heart.
2. To be pals forever with my father/son.
3. To love the sacred circle of my family.
4. To listen while others speak.
5. To love my neighbor as myself.
6. To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work in
forest, field, and stream
To quote Joe Friday:
“The Indian father raises his son. He teaches
his son to hunt, to track, to fish, to walk softly and silently in
the forest, to know the meaning and purpose of life and all
he must know, while the white man allows the mother to raise his
son.”
For more
information on the
YMCA Adventure Guide Program, Y-Indian Guides, Y-Indian Princesses,
Y-Indian Braves and Y-Indian Maidens Click here for links to the YMCA's that have these
programs.
VESTS -
Suede Leather Vest Kits -
Leather Vest Kits, Suede
Vest kits for Guide Program
Y-guide Vests, Vests for Adventure Guides Suede Leather
Vest Kits For Your Patches
for our in store customers to purchase.
Adventure Guides, YMCA, Yguides Vest Sizing Assistance
The child’s vest be ordered larger than the current need and just as the adult vest orders, these vests should have room to wear over bulky sweatshirts throughout the winter months of the program
Childrens' YMCA Vest sizing
We suggest for the boys in the Indian Guides/Adventure Guides Program that, unless you have a smaller child, purchase the child's extra large vest kit
This will give them room to grow and allow for bulky clothing under the vest.
There is a 1-1/2" difference overall (in length, width etc) between the child's large and X-large vest kit. If your child is in the YMCA papoose program, the Child's large would be sufficient.
There are many children that are in the 6-8 year old range that parents have purchased the adult small vest kit for them. The adult small vest is usually for children that are taller or are experiencing a growth spurt and the X-large fits them snug right now.
IF your child is larger than an average 7-8 year old OR the program lasts past 8 years of age your BEST choice is to purchase the adult small vest kit for your child.
Adult YMCA Vest Sizing
A woman 5' 8" who weighs 180 or more would wear the Adult X-large.
CowboyWC is 6'3" 215 lbs. and wears the X-large.
If you are not local to us you may try to ask other members of your group about their vest sizes to determine the correct size of vest to purchase.
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Top of the pageY-guide Vest Assembly and Patch Gluing Instructions
The adult y-guide vest kits come with a flat leather lace. like the lace used in lacing leather projects such as wallets together, some parents have difficulty working with this lace.
Because of this difficulty, we suggest using artificial sinew to sew your YMCA vests together.
One spool of artificial sinew will sew both the adult and child's vests together and also leave extra for other projects.
You would use the needle that comes with your child's kit to sew both vests together with the sinew following the instuctions below.
Some parents find the leather lace hard to work with so we have tried to make the assembly of your guide vest a little easier
There are 5 pieces in the adult vest kit and 3 pieces in the childs' vest kit.
If you are using artificial sinew to replace the leather lace in the adult vest use sinew to replace the thread in the child's kit and lace in the adult kit.
Use the needle in the child's kit to sew both vests together with sinew..
You can follow the child's kit instructions that come with the kit for sewing vests together with sinew...with 1 exception...You don't have to use the complicated step 1 of the child's vest instruction. Just thread the needle as normal and then twist. The main goal is so the sinew will not slip off the needle while you are sewing.
When finished sewing a section, double knot the thread and melt the knot tails into the knot. This prevents the knot from unraveling or coming untied.
Child's Kit
Measure 4X the distance you are going to sew and cut off the
sinew.
Thread needle with waxed sinew and twist to secure thread onto
needle.
Overlap and align shoulder holes at left back (top) panel over
front panel.
Leave 2" of thread at first hole, sew along seam "in and out"
running stitch to the end.
Turn and sew back to starting point filling in between previous
stitches.
Double stitch through the last hole and tie ends of thread together
in a square knot. Trim off the excess thread.
Melt knot into itself to secure the knot and stitching from
unraveling.
Overlap and align holes of the left front (side) panel over
left back panel.
Leave 2" of thread at first hole, sew along seam "in and out"
running stitch to the end.
Turn and sew back to starting point filling in between previous
stitches.
Double stitch through the last hole and tie ends of thread together
in a square knot. Trim off the excess thread.
Melt knot into itself to secure the knot and stitching from
unraveling.
Repeat overlap steps on right side of the vest.
**NOTE**
You can overlap the seams in any way that you would like to as far
as back over front, or front over back.
You can add 2 different color pony beads in the stitching to add
decoration to the vest.
You would just add the beads as you are sewing...it is suggested
that you only add beads to the top and side stitching.
Adding beads to the back of the adult vests will cause the beads to
rub on chairs etc and make it uncomfortable.
Adult Kit
Begin by construction the back of your adult vest kit
Begin stitching at the bottom center of the vest.
Measure 4X the distance you are going to sew and cut off sinew.
(You will use 1 piece of sinew for the full back...
so measure 4X across the back and from the bottom to center of
V-shape if vest)
Thread needle with waxed sinew and twist to secure thread onto
needle.
Place 2 bottom back panels together, overlapping left over
right.
The top panel is overlapped over BOTH bottom panels.
Leave 2" of thread at first hole, sew along seam "in and out"
running stitch to the end.
Starting at bottom, go up to venter, over to the right, back to
center, stitch to the left and then back to center.
Then stitch back to your starting point at the bottom center of the
vest.
Double stitch the last hole and tie ends of thread together in a
square knot. Trim off part of excess thread
Melt knot into itself to secure the knot and stitching from
unraveling.
Follow instructions above (under Child's kit) to sew shoulders and
sides of vests.
Hopefully the instructions we have
created for construction of your y-guide vests using artificial
sinew, will be helpful in making your vests a project you can do
with your child.
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Orders for 15 or more vest kits receive a 20% discount on your entire order.
Leathercraft
Cement Glue Notes:
Gluing your patches to your suede vest.
If the back of your patch is shiny
(which many of them are now), scuff up the back of the patch so
that the glue will adhere.
Place the patch on the vest in the position where it will be
glued.
Mark around the patch lightly with a pencil.
Put a thin coat of glue on the back of the patch and in the space
you have marked out for the patch.
Allow glue to become tacky.
Put patch on vest in position.
Set a book on top of the patch when the patch is on the vest to
hold them together while the glue dries.
MAKE SURE that you only apply a THIN coat of glue... If you put too
much glue on the patch or vest it will seep over the sides of the
patch and stain the vest.
Try to get the glue all the way to the bottom edges of the patch so that they will be fully adhered to the vest. If the edges are not glued down this tends to cause the edges to lift and the patch to "pop off"
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Kits, Suede Vest kits for Guide
Program Y-guide Vests, Vests
for Adventure Guides Suede Leather Vest Kits For Your
Patches
10%
Discounts Given to Members of Yguide program, Adventure guides,
Indian Guides and YMCA Camp Programs no matter how small the
order!Orders for 15 or more vest kits receive a 20% discount on your entire order.
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