Specialties
Our Mission: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Our Charitable Mission: Ensuring no one is turned away from YMCA programs or service due to the inability to pay a full fee. The Downtown Express YMCA offers wellness programs, group exercise classes, a Cybex fitness center, free weights, personal training, saunas, steamrooms and massage therapy. Heart of the Valley YMCA is 25,000 members strong serving our community through three branches in Downtown and Southeast Huntsville as well as the Hogan Y in Madison; YMCA Northwest, YMCA Southeast and YMCA Downtown Child Development Centers; and YMCA Camp Cha-La-Kee on Lake Guntersville. We are a powerful association of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility.
History
Heart of the Valley YMCA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in Huntsville in 1910 by dedicated individuals who believed that strong communities are built by strong children within strong families. The YMCA has helped textile mill workers improve their families' living conditions, guided young men and women as they built their athletic abilities through a myriad of sports programs, nurtured young children enrolled in YMCA child care programs, supported our Military through free membership and child care, and provided kids from all walks of life with a lifetime of character-building experiences.