Mahaska County YMCA 414 North 3rd Street Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577		We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities.
HOME AQUATICS CONTACT US FITNESS GYMNASTICS/ CHEERLEADING LEARNING CENTER SPECIAL EVENTS SPORTS STRONG KIDS VOLUNTEER	Your Mahaska County YMCA was dedicated in 1903. It is located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on North 3rd. The Mahaska County YMCA has many activities and programs to offer, and a great staff waiting to make the most of your experience! Come on in and see what your local Y has to offer. Membership, daycare, and program information are all available for you online, to give you instant informative access to the Y anytime! Come see our Kids Fitness Zone! The Mahaska county YMCA is leading the state with its innovation! Open to kids after school, this Fitness Zone features equipment and staff to help truly give our kids the tools to be strong and healthy! The YMCA has been a pioneering force in America since 1851, and is arguably the most successful institution the country has ever known. The first American YMCA was formed by Thomas Valentine Sullivan in Boston, on December 29, 1851. He was inspired by the work of the first YMCA in London that had been established in 1844. Remarkably one out of three Americans report being a member of the YMCA at some point in life. The YMCA has had a hand in many American past-times, traditions, and even holidays. YMCAs invented basketball and volleyball; pioneered camping, public libraries, night school, and teaching English as a second language. YMCA's introduced the world's first indoor pool, group swim lessons, and offered after school care long before the term "latchkey kids". YMCA's have also been proud to provide war relief to soldiers and their families since the Civil War, at home and abroad, then and now. YMCA's have provided the environment for creative ideas and organizations to get their start, such as Boy Scouts of America, Camp Fire Girls, Negro National Baseball League, the Gideons, Toastmasters, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, as well as Father's Day. The YMCA also helped found the United States Organizations (USO) and the Peace Corps.