The City of Frederick Parks and Recreation provide a variety of amazing outdoor spaces for CYM youth and their families to explore nature and participate in Workshops in a unique outdoor environment.

The Frederick 4-H provides and hosts a specific CYM 4-H club for CYM youth to engage in hands-on learning as well as offering camp opportunities. The Frederick 4-H Camp & Activity Center is also the location for CYM quarterly family empowerment dinners.

Level the Playing Field partners with City Youth Matrix to help provide sports gear for the CYM youth who need specific equipment or clothing for their particular sport/enrichment opportunity.

Play It Again Sports offers CYM youth discounts for purchasing “previously loved”(aka second hand) and new equipment necessary for playing sports.

The Frederick YMCA helps CYM youth and their families make a commitment to healthy living through: swim/aquatics, summer camps, arts and humanities, sports and recreation.

Abrakadoodle embraces “process art”, which simply means that CYM kids will learn as they explore art materials and the creative process of taking ideas from within and bringing them into existence. Abrakadoodle offers CYM youth visual arts classes and summer art camps. They help inspire CYM kids to immerse themselves in learning and creating art.

24-7 Dance Studio provides City Youth Matrix Youth diverse technical and artistic education that encourages excellence, builds confidence and instills a lifelong passion for dance and the performing arts.

The Delaplaine Arts Center believe that everyone deserves art. They provide City Youth Matirx youth with educational opportunities and experiences in the visual arts through classes, exhibits, and programs.

Elite Feet Dance Studio leads CYM youth to improve their physical health, creativity, team work, self-discipline and confidence, which are all essential for a child’s development. Dance combines all these experiences seamlessly in a fun environment.

Frederick Children’s Chorus encourages and empowers City Youth Matrix Youth by engaging in singing and music as a means of self-expression, self growth, and community involvement.

Hot Fired Arts offers a variety of classes whereby CYM youth can learn multiple types of expressions of art which include: Fused Glass, Pottery Painting, Canvas Painting, and Wet Clay.

L.E.A.D. offers CYM youth leadership, a transformative dance education that promotes confidence, leadership, creativity, innovation and excellence.

Let There Be Rock Frederick provides City Youth Matrix Youth musical instruction for a multitude of instruments, voice lessons, and technical instruction as well. Youth may also experience being in a band and performing at local Frederick venues.

The MET provides CYM students opportunities to explore the arts through Summer Theatre Camps and after-school acting classes.

The Lucy School, provides CYM students with arts-enriched programming (including drama, creative movement, dance, music, and visual arts) that stimulates, nurtures, and enhances children’s intellectual, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic, and creative development, ages three through eighth grade. By example, they nurture a love and respect for community, family, nature, and the environment.

UNESCO provides CYM youth and their families programs such as: ReWIND Programs For A Better Life Promotion of Eco-environmental Sustainability Arts and Handicrafts UNESCO wholeheartedly endorses initiatives focused on women’s empowerment and youth engagement.

Since 1969, Elower-Sicilia Productions (ESP) of Dance has been providing students of all levels with more than just dance classes, but a unique experience in which the student can grow both mentally and physically as a dancer. Their highly trained and certified instructors have a wealth of experience in teaching and performing various styles and disciplines of dance. At ESP Dance, they have a passion for the art of dance and for helping others discover their inner dancer.

Critters, Reptiles and Exotics believes that the best way to protect exotic animals is to stop poor husbandry before it starts. Their store was created as an immersive, experience-based learning environment. Here, CYM youth can engage with exotic creatures firsthand, ask questions, and discover the commitment required to properly care for them—long before bringing one home.

Hearts of the Herd provides CYM youth with opportunities to grow individually through equine partnerships.

The Department of Natural Resources partners with CYM by providing access to State Parks that have awesome resources available for CYM youth and their families to use. The DNR has also taught outdoor education and hosted overnight camping experiences for our CYM families.

ThorpeWood provides a beautiful venue that reconnects CYM youth and their families to nature as they explore the ThorpeWood property. CYM youth enjoy farm animals, and engage community in meaningful programming that fulfills our mission to reconnect humans and nature to promote mental health, wellness, and environmental stewardship.

Tree Trekkers provides a venue and instruction to teach CYM youth how to navigate through their Aerial Adventure and Zipline Park. CYM kids, climb, swing, and ZIP through the trees on 30 acres of protected forest. With 16 different trails and 8 difficulty levels. Get off the screen and into the green with a high flying adventure in the trees. For CYM youth ages 7 and older.

The Rural Mushroom offers youth nature programs that focus on place-based learning, inviting kids to explore their local environment through fungi, foraging principles, and seasonal changes in the landscape. By learning how ecosystems work and why they matter, participants build curiosity, respect for nature, and a sense of environmental stewardship.

Basketball Coaches Without Boundaries provides CYM youth instruction through Basketball programs, Tournaments and summer Basketball Leagues.

City Lacrosse Frederick (Starlets) promotes City Youth Matrix youth to learn the great game of lacrosse to girls of all skill levels throughout the greater Frederick area. Their goal is to promote the game of lacrosse by providing an opportunity for players to develop superior lacrosse skills while emphasizing the importance of good sportsmanship and teamwork.

Clinch Academy provides opportunities for City Youth Matrix youth to get in shape, learn self-defense, or challenge themselves with a new skill, Like, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, and Fitness Programs that push them beyond their limits—and they love every second of it.

Clover Hill Hurricanes offers CYM students the opportunity to participate in Summer Swim Teams and Spring Stroke Clinics.

Divine Athletics Cheer creates teams that follow the rubric and hit the score sheet, in addition to creating a family atmosphere between athletes, teams, coaches, staff and families. At Divine it is so much more than cheerleading. They create All-Star Cheerleaders.

Each 1 Teach 1 provides CYM youth with Social Emotional Learning techniques. They offer before, during, and after-school programming. Additionally, they provide summer youth programs. E1T1 meets CYM youth and their families directly where they are, providing various Social Emotional Learning (SEL) techniques using yoga, meditation, and mindful activities practiced in a safe and encouraging group setting.

FC Frederick soccer club is committed to the holistic development of CYM soccer athletes. Their mission is to cultivate talent in a positive environment that challenges each player at their highest level. They achieve this through fair and open evaluation, professional administration and coaching, and high-level competition in league and tournament play.

Cadets Football focuses on helping City Youth Matrix youth build character, sportsmanship, and self-confidence. Youth will learn responsibility and teamwork in a competitive environment, while also gaining a strong sense of community.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes provides City Youth Matrix youth, Campus Huddles which are regularly scheduled gatherings on a school campus that meet for the purpose of training, equipping and growing athletes and coaches in their faith to further impact the world around them.

Flips Gymnastics provides City Youth Matrix youth, a state-of-the-art venue, which hosts a wide variety of competitive programs, parties, and events designed for athletes and families alike, for an unforgettable experience filled with excitement, teamwork, and fun.

Frederick American Little League offers CYM youth the opportunity to be on a little league team. CYM youth can grow in their skills and knowledge by participating on either baseball or softball leagues.

Frederick Gymnastics offers CYM youth a variety of gymnastic classes which include; Girls, Boys, Trampoline, Tumbling, and Ninja Gym.

Frederick Little League offers opportunities for CYM youth to play in baseball & softball little leagues in Frederick.

Frederick Martial Arts provides a variety of classes by which CYM students can learn martial arts. These include: Tiny Tigers, Karate, Leadership & Koho.

I-9 Sprits offers City Youth Matrix youth many types of Kids Sports Programs which include: Baseball, Flag Football, Basketball, Soccer & Volleyball.

Monocacy Composite Youth Mountain Biking Team helps CYM youth to build strong minds, bodies, character, and communities through cycling. Inclusivity, equity and respect.

Players Fitness Performance builds winning City Youth Matrix athletes, from the inside out through fitness, sports performance and mindset training.

Reps & Sweat empowers and builds confidence of our CYM youth with fitness and martial arts.

Synergy Sportz instructs CYM by growing their gymnastic skills.

Turner’s Boxing Club provides CYM youth a safe family-oriented space to immerse themselves in boxing to achieve their individual fitness objectives, leveraging experienced trainers, the latest in fitness equipment, and proven techniques to win both inside and outside the ring. Turner’s Boxing Club strives to serve at-risk youth, championing campaigns in areas such as anger management, anti-bullying, and professional excellence.

Tuscarora Tennis Club features outstanding playing conditions for CYM youth as well as, a top-notch teaching staff, and a wide variety of tennis programs for CYM youth.

Kids First Swim offers swimming classes to CYM youth. Teaching those who have never swum before as well as those CYM youth who know how to swim but need to grow in their swimming skills.

Serenity Swim School is a swim school that offers swimming lessons to CYM students and builds confidence in them for a lifetime.

The Linganore Oakdale Urbana Youth Athletic Association (LOUYAA) offers a wide range of seasonal sports programs—such as baseball, soccer, and lacrosse—that give CYM Youth an opportunity to build physical fitness, teamwork, and confidence through organized play. Additionally, LOUYAA provides structured leagues and clinics in a safe community environment, to help youth develop social skills and a sense of belonging while engaging in positive, supervised activities.

Code Ninjas believes the world becomes better when children learn to write code. While not every CYM student will grow up to be a programmer, the skills they gain—like computational thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and leadership—will empower them for a lifetime.

Urbana STEMM provides City Youth Matrix youth classes to grow in their knowledge and skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

Frederick County Building Industry Association champions City Youth Matrix to encourage children of all ages to experience hands on activities in the building industry with architecture, engineering, construction, and more.