The huge, newly-renovated T. Boone Pickens Dallas YMCA is located at the triangle of Ross Ervay and Akard streets in downtown Dallas. The Y in named for T. Boone Pickens, whose foundation gave the Y a $5 million gift in 2009.
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CELEBRATING OVER 125 YEARS OF COMMUNITY
OUR FIRST 115 YEARS | 1885 - 2000
1885 Dallas YMCA begins with 24 charter memberships and a $4,000 annual budget
The 1,100 member YMCA opens its first facility on Commerce Street
1922 The Dallas YMCA opens Camp Crockett
1928 A capital campaign raised over $1,000,000 for construction of three branches
1931 Completed 15 story Downtown YMCA
Formed Moorland and Oak Cliff branches
1935 The YMCA's fiftieth anniversary was marked with a new metropolitan organizational structure, laying the foundation for expansion
1940 Dallas population booms to 300,000
1944 South Dallas and Park Cities branches begin
1947 First female member joins Park Cities YMCA
1949 Camp Grady Spruce opens on Possum Kingdom Lake
1955 Addition of East Dallas, Grand Prairie and White Rock
branches brings the Association to nine branches and three camps with income of $726,820
1958 Town North YMCA began as an extension of Park Cities YMCA, East Dallas YMCA locates to Worth Street House, Association membership reaches 21,404 with 3,361 female members
1960 Although operating since 1957 as an extension, Irving YMCA was founded
1961 Town North YMCA expands with the Richardson YMCA extension branch
1965 Garland YMCA opens to the community
1966 Plano YMCA started as a joint effort between Plano Jaycees and the Richardson YMCA
1968 Mayor Erik Jonsson's generous challenge gift initiated Park South YMCA
1969 A 6.5 million dollar campaign provides new sites and renovations, Rockwall Memorial Youth Center becomes the Rockwall YMCA
1974 The Community Services YMCA begins
1975 Casa Youth Shelter opens
1979 A major capital campaign raises $10,000,000
1982 New Downtown YMCA facility opens
1986 Coppell Y begins as an extension of Lewisville, Waxahachie YMCA opens
1990 Capital Campaign for the 21st Century begins raising over $42,000,000
1991 Frisco YMCA begins as an extension of Plano
1996 McKinney YMCA opens with a geneRous donation from Stonebridge branch
1999 Coppell YMCA opens a new facility
115 YEARS AND BEYOND | 2000 - PRESENT
2000 YMCA expands with the opening of the new Lake Highlands and White Rock facilities, Plano relocates to Legacy Park, Lakewest YMCA opens as part of a partnership with the Dallas Housing Authority
2001 Las Colinas opens as an extension of the Coppell YMCA
2002 Major expansion at McKinney, Downtown Dallas and Coppell YMCA's
2003 YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas passes the 100,000 member mark
2004 YMCA launches new programs, member initiatives and plans for a new capital expansion and renovation program
2005 Strong Kids Capital Campaign leads to South Grand Prairie expansion, Plano YMCA and Park South Sports field
2006 Expansion on the Town North YMCA completed
2007 Casa Shelter program transitions to Salvation Army
2008 Frisco YMCA opens a new 25,000 square foot facility on Main Street
2008 Moorland YMCA completes its renovations
2008 Camp Grady Spruce finishes 5 new duplex cabins and new staff housing
2008 T. Boone Pickens gives $5 million to the Strong Kids Capital Campaign, the largest gift ever to the Dallas YMCA
2009 Downtown YMCA reopens as the T. Boone Pickens YMCA
2010 Dallas YMCA celebrates 125 years of serving the children and families of North Texas
2011 Dallas YMCA unveils the new National YMCA logo and begins re-branding all YMCA facilities
2012 J.E.R. (Bob) Chilton made a generous gift of $2.5 million to the Rockwall YMCA to rename the branch the J.E.R. Chilton YMCA at Rockwall
2013 Russell Creek Family YMCA renamed Plano Family YMCA
2013 The Moody Foundation donates $8 million, the largest gift ever received by YMCA Dallas, to support the building of the new Park Cities Family YMCA
2013 Park South Family YMCA was selected as a recipient from Crystal Charity Ball's 2013 Ball with a gift of $796 thousand
2013 White Rock YMCA breaks ground to start construction for the new YMCA facility
2014 Park South YMCA unveils facility upgrades thanks to Crystal Charity Ball's gift
2014 J.E.R. Chilton officially opened newly expanded facility
2014 Park Cities YMCA closes after 63 years and opens interim space in preparation to breaking ground on the new Moody Family YMCA in the Park Cities
2014 2,947 kids at 142 apartment communities throughout the metroplex completed a Make A Splash pre or post swim test
2015 Dallas YMCA hosts 130th Annual meeting
2015 White Rock YMCA officially opens new facility
2015 YMCA breaks ground on new Moody Family YMCA in the Park Cities