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Welcome to the Michigan City YMCA's website!
 
 

Michigan City, Indiana - on Lake Michigan's shore
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A great place to live, work and play!

The following letter from the Michigan City YMCA's board of directors was provided to the media for publication in July 2007.

In recent months, we have shared with the community the ongoing challenges faced by the Michigan City YMCA. Whatever the rumors you may have heard concerning our YMCA, let me assure you that the organization will continue to have a role in Michigan City, working with children and families as well as the community at large, as it has for over 100 years.

 

The YMCA will, though, be different from what it has been in the recent past. We have already begun making changes in the way we serve our members, and it is vital that this process continues in order for the organization to survive and thrive.

 

The list of concerns faced by the Board of Directors responsible for the YMCA’s health and future is long, and the resolutions have not all been identified. But, even though the final plan is not yet complete, I can tell you these things today:

 

·  The future of the YMCA in this community is not an issue that is taken lightly by anyone involved.

 

·  An Advisory Council of dedicated volunteers has come together, donating their time and expertise to address the needs of the Michigan City YMCA.

 

·  There is a comprehensive process taking place right now through the committees we have formed; they are identifying challenges, resources and opportunities that will foster the changes our YMCA must embrace.

 

·  The YMCA continues to do its best to provide programs to our 2000+ members while the organization undergoes reformation.

 

Several of our leaders have stepped up to answer this challenge, but there are still critical financial and facility issues that need to be addressed by and supported by the community. Also, and most importantly, we have done a great deal of soul searching about our mission and how to incorporate it into everything we do. That mission is about providing opportunities for young people to develop their spirits, minds and bodies in an atmosphere of faith. If you look around the country -- or, for that matter, at the successful Associations closer to home in LaPorte, Portage and Valparaiso -- you will see how YMCAs actively work within those communities to promote principles which lead children to become good people and good citizens.

 

We are dedicated to making it work here in our hometown. That is why the Michigan City YMCA Board of Directors and the Advisory Council believe that reforming the organization to ensure its survival is mandatory—for the good of our families and of our community.  Change can be difficult, uncomfortable, even frightening; but change is also a good thing, bringing new ideas and activities into our lives.

 

We have a long road ahead of us...and we invite you to join us in the process of change. In the end, it will be the level of community support that will ultimately determine the future of the YMCA in Michigan City.

 

Our August Advisory Council will be open to the public and you are most welcome to join us.  Further information on that meeting will be forthcoming.  In addition, reports of our progress will be available on our website, www.michigancityymca.com, as well as through the local media. You may send questions and comments to our Executive Director, Chris Fischer, at the YMCA (219-872-9622) or call me (219-921-5555).

 

Sincerely,

 

Greg Tuel, President

Michigan City Family YMCA Board of Directors

 

Who We Are...

YMCAs are the largest not-for-profit community service organization in America, working to meet the health and human service needs of the youth, adults and seniors in each community.

The Michigan City YMCA recognizes their strength is in the people they bring together. The YMCA and its programming is for all people of all faiths, races, ages, abilities and incomes.

We are more than a gymnasium and a pool. We are community-based and driven, providing programs requested and supported by our members. We help raise our community's children, providing safe, high-quality and affordable care. We offer opportunities for individuals and families to grow in spirit, mind and body at every life stage.

"Love is the Bottom Line" for the Michigan City YMCA.

We invite you to join us as we journey into the future...addressing new needs and concerns...supporting the community and its families.

Michigan City YMCA mission statement:

Putting Christian principles into practice through programs that enhance personnel growth and improve the spiritual, mental and physical health of all.  We do this by incorporating the values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility into our programs.

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Building Hours   

                               

Winter Hours:

Oct-May    

                           

Mon-Thur    6am-9pm                                

Fri               6am-8pm                                

Sat             7am-2pm                                

                                                                       

Summer Hours:

June-Sept        

                   

Mon-Fri       6am-8pm

Sat             6am-2pm

 

 

Closed On The

Following Days:

 

New Years Day

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day        

Thanksgiving

Christmas                                                 

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Swimming lessons and water safety are just two of the YMCA's many programs designed for children and families.

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1001 E. Coolspring Avenue
Michigan City, IN 46360
219/872-9622