Crossroads YMCA: Healthy Generation
At the Crossroads YMCA, we believe our “Active Older Adult” community is a cornerstone of everything we do.” That’s why we’ve launched the Crossroads Healthy Generations Study—an initiative dedicated to reimagining what healthy aging looks like for adults 50+.
As an older adult, you may be looking for more than just a place to work out—you may be looking for connection, purpose, support, and a place where you feel like you belong. Crossroads YMCA wants to hear your story so we can better understand what helps adults 50+ feel welcomed, valued, and connected, and design experiences rooted in real life.
Share Your Story With Crossroads YMCA!
Crossroads YMCA has partnered with Share More Stories using their SEEQ Platform to conduct this study. SEEQ (SEEQ stands for Stories to Engage, Explore and Question) is a research and insights platform built around personal stories. If you are an adult age 50+ and have experience with the YMCA, your neighborhood, or another community where you have felt connected, this is your opportunity to share your experience in your own words.
We want to hear about the moments, relationships, spaces, and programs that shape your sense of belonging, meaning, purpose, and contribution. Share your story to help us better understand your experience and create more meaningful, welcoming, and supportive opportunities for older adults.
There are two ways to participate. You can record an audio reflection in your own voice. Or can share via a guided written storytelling experience.
🎙️ Share Your Crossroads YMCA Audio Reflection
Don’t want to register or go through a guided experience? The Healthy Generations SEEQ Audio Reflection page is perfect for you! Clicking on the “Audio” buttons or links will take you directly to the page where you can record your story.
The screen will look like this:
⌨️ Register to Share Your Written Crossroads YMCA Story
The guided writing experience requires registration (and you’ll need your mobile phone to receive a verification code). The screens will look like this:
Want to learn more about the full registration process? Click HERE to pull up the full registration guide.
What Other Crossroads YMCA Healthy Generation Participants Are Sharing
“Another way that I feel very connected is when staff and members know my name, we share life with each other and just share our own personal journeys and struggles as well… it helps me feel supported.”
“I’ve been very pleased with the relationship that I’ve gotten, but also the idea of the strength. My counselor has said my progress in grief and that has been very much a tie-in to that.”
Contact Information
We’re here to answer any questions you have about the Crossroads YMCA Healthy Generations Study:
💻 Want to know more about Crossroads YMCA? Visit https://crymca.org/
💻 You can learn more about Share More Stories and the SEEQ Platform here: https://www.sharemorestories.com/seeq-overview/
✉️ Have questions about sharing your story or the SEEQ Platform? Email SEEQAdmin@sharemorestories.com.
Share Your Story Today!
