William Lutsky YMCA

Specialties

The YMCA is a legally registered charity, including our gyms, and no one is turned away for the inability to pay. Please do not hesitate to ask at Member Services if you need financial assistance to access any of our facilities (including our 49 Child Cares or to send a kid to one of our Day Camps).

We’ve been an entirely independent Edmonton charity for 109 years, including our Health, Fitness & Aquatics Centres, Summer Camps and Day Camps, Child Care Centres, Community Program Centres, Housing Centres and Service and Programs Centres. All Northern Alberta donations stay in Northern Alberta.

History

Established in 1997.

On November 26, 1996, the YMCA of Edmonton announced the name for the new YMCA in Southwest Edmonton. The William Lutsky YMCA Family Community Centre was named after a long-​time YMCA supporter. Bill Lutsky, a Life Member of the YMCA, first joined when he was 13 years old and was an active member until he passed away on January 15, 2001. He told many of his YMCA friends that «he always felt welcome at the Y». He was an entrepreneur in the oil, hotel and real estate sectors.