History

• 1854 the Y first started operating programs in St. John's
• 1891 YMCA invents basketball
• 1895 YMCA introduces volleyball in Canada
• 1908 YMCA starts swimming lessons
• 1960's first Y childcare programs
• 1986 first Y enterprise programs
• 1986 first Y school-based school-age child care program opens
• 1992 Y preschool program begins operation in Mount Pearl at the Reid Centre
• 2001 Y begins partnership with City of Mount Pearl to open the Mount Pearl Y in Kenmount Park