At Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA we work hard to provide an environment that nurtures a sense of belonging amongst the members in our camp community. While camp is an incredibly supportive environment, camp life is not immune from the social pressures that exist in our greater society.
Summer camp, however, offers a unique environment for embracing diversity, and inclusion. Our campers and staff come from a variety of backgrounds, fostering a natural exchange of perspectives and experiences. Through values-based programs and encouraging meaningful relationships, camp provides a nurturing space for campers to explore who they are and understand others.
We understand that our camps may not be for everyone and we encourage you to reach out to us with any specific questions prior to enrollment to make sure we are the right fit for your child.
We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment where campers, participants, families and staff can discover and be their authentic selves. Through leadership, strategic planning, recruitment, training, and program development, we strive to be inclusive in our practices and to promote equity and opportunity for all individuals. We respect, affirm, and protect the dignity and worth of every member of our community.
The Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA currently sits on the original ancestral homeland of the Mohican people. Like many First Nation people, they were forced from their land, and the tribe, known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, moved many times before settling in Wisconsin. To learn more about the history of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, visit www.mohican.com
BCCYMCA’s equity and inclusion work is an on-going effort. What started in 2020 with the formation of our IDEA Working Group, continues today and builds year after year.
We established a standing DEI Board Committee in 2022 to provide support and oversight to our work. Additionally, we continue to enhance diversity on our board.
We welcome your thoughts and ideas about our DEI work and how we can work to improve Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA.
Elected 2026
Tom Moore is Global Head of High Yield at Invesco, where he has worked since 2016, with responsibility for the firm’s high yield fixed income strategies in Europe and North America. Prior to Invesco, he was a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s Fixed Income Division, which he joined in 2004 in New York before relocating to London in 2007. He holds an AB in history from Harvard, a master’s degree in modern history from Oxford, and an MBA in finance and economics from Columbia; he attended high school at Hopkins School in New Haven, CT. He serves on the boards of Harvard’s Signet Society and St. Marylebone Parish Church in London.
A former Becket camper himself, Tom has two children and a niece who are current participants at Becket and Chimney.
