HISTORY OF THE YMCA ORGANIZATION
This is what the letters 'YMCA' originally stood for.
What is Young Men's Christian Association?
The YMCA of Greater Rochester was founded in this year.
What is 1854?
The Schottland Family YMCA opened its doors in this year.
What is 2019?
This sport was invented at a YMCA in 1891.
What is basketball?
Now popular world-wide, the song 'Y.M.C.A.' was released in 1978 by this singing group.
Who are the Village People?
Founded in 1844, the YMCA organization started in this city.
What is London, England?
This was the first YMCA building in Rochester.
What is the South Avenue YMCA?
Approximately this many square feet make up the Schottland Family YMCA building.
What is 140,000 square feet?
In 1885, The YMCA opened America's first one of these in Orange Lake, New York.
What is summer camp?
Built in Brooklyn, NY in 1885, the first YMCA swimming pool was known as this.
What is 'the Swimming Bath'?
This man founded the YMCA in 1844.
Who is George Williams?
The Rochester YMCA began with this many young men as charter members.
What is 50?
The Schottland Family YMCA currently offers this number of group exercise classes.
What is 213?
The YMCA was the first organization to offer this program in 1909.
What are group swim lessons?
This most decorated Olympian of all time participated in YMCA youth programs and later served as a Y swimming instructor.
Who is Michael Phelps?
The YMCA first came to the United States in this year.
What is 1851?
This famous Rochesterian pledged $250,000 towards new YMCA facilities in 1915.
Who is George Eastman?
The Schottland Family YMCA parking lot is made up of this number of spaces.
What is 675?
In 1881, YMCA staffer Robert Roberts first coined this term to describe the exercise regimens that were precursors to today’s fitness workouts.
What is Body-Building'?
Before finding fame on Saturday Night Live, this actress worked as receptionist at the YMCA in Evanston, Illinois.
Who is Tina Fey?
This U.S. city was home to the first YMCA in America.
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
This downtown YMCA opened in 1982, replacing the Central Branch.
What is the Chester F. Carlson MetroCenter YMCA?
This is the total dollar amount awarded in scholarships by the Schottland Family YMCA in 2025.
What is $253,766?
This holiday was first celebrated at the Spokane YMCA in 1910.
What is Father's Day?
This Guinness World Record was broken at an event hosted by the YMCA of Greater Louisville in 2015.
What is
Most People Hopping Simultaneously.