Join Y Guides

Join Y Guides

What is a Crew?

Y Guide fathers and children are members of crews. The program is much more fun as a community and completed together. Crews are groups of 6-10 dad and kid pairs of the same age and gender (son crew vs daughter crew).

How to Join Y Gudes: Three Easy Steps

1. Form a Crew
The first step is to form a Crew with you and your child, plus about 6-8 other father-child pairs. Many Crews are formed with neighbors, classmates, sports teams, etc. of the same age and gender. Check your community and connect with other dads in your neighborhood, at school, at church/religious institution, or in your child’s extracurricular activities. It is up to you to form your Crew.

We also have a  Y Guides Crew Formation Group on Facebook to help connect with other dads in your area.

Once you’ve found 6-10 pairs of dads and children, you can move on to step two. 
 

2. Register Your Crew
Once you have your Crew choose one dad to be the Captain. The Captain will be the leader of your crew for this first year. The Captain should complete a form, to pre-register your Crew. This will provide your Captain with a unique Crew code to share and instructions for you on how to individually register you and your child for the program.

Crew registration form is available on August 3. 


3. Register Yourself and Your Child

Once your Captain has created a Crew and shared the temporary crew number with you, you are ready to sign up for Y Guides.

If you're ready to join and need help finding a Crew select 000 as your temporary crew number and select your local region during the registration process.

Register Here

Next Steps:

All First-Year Dads attend a First-Year Dads Meeting in early September to learn more about Y Guides, the responsibilities of dads and Crews and understand the curriculum and all the fun things we have planned for this upcoming year!

If you have difficulty finding nearby father-child pairs to form a crew, or still want to learn more about Y Guides before registering, we highly recommend attending a First-Year Dads Meeting.