Downtown Belleville YMCA - Kern Center — Local services in Belleville

I have been working out at the down town belleville YMCA for over two years now. When I first moved into the area I looked at all the gyms in the area. The only one that resonated with me was the Down Town Belleville Y. I loved the people who work there. They are always welcoming and helpful. The people who work out at the gym are friendly as well! The variety of people who work out there made it a good fit for me... it is an environment I feel anyone would feel comfortable in. People of all walks of life and fitness goals come to the Y.

One of my most memorable memories of the my YMCA family is when I was weeks away from donating a kidney to a dear friend of mine. Finances were an issue. I would be out of work for over a month. My mom and dad were coming up from California to take care of me. That also ment my mom and dad would be out of work as well. I spoke to Lenex about the issue and he helped me out. My family was able to use my membership and work out for that month at the YMCA with no extra charge to me. I love that my YMCA family supports me in times of need. When I was finally able to start exercising again it aas encouraging to hear "we missed you". Hearing those types of kind words helped me transition back to my routines and work on my recovery at the Y. Thank you Downtown...

Hi I am trying to receive any information that I can! My son had an incident at this location and someone stole his basketball out of his backpack!! While there was an argument and altercation the women who were on shift decided to tell my son They have nothing to do with it!! There were a total of 5 young men!! I proceeded to go to the Y and speak with the workers she told me her side and stated that she would email the Director! The Executive director Jenna called me at 2pm right before she was about to leave out of the door! She said nothing was seen because that side of the gym was not in camera view she proceeded to yell and scream on the phone out of frustration of me asking about safety and the concern of citizens when they visit the location! She stated that I twisted her words and she would not listen to me at all!! She told me that I should have called the police and she has no indication that there was an incident although the email stated the incident from last night! This altercation started in the gym and proceeded in front of staff(women) and outside! Please if anyone can provide me with information about who I can speak to regarding thus situation! They should not feel unsafe and unheard in any environment! This is bigger than a basketball...

I enjoyed one of the previous responses that complained about the membership going up especially the last few yrs. Paying 40 would be a dream. Imagine being a family of one att my age I'm paying more than 50 a month. Although I wish I had a family to workout with I don't. The penalty for the family of one is paying the most per person. I am surprised someone hasn't filed suit about age discrimination. Also if I'm reading right a person who has a kid at age of 12 pays a cheaper per person rate until they turn 29 and their kid turns 17. Plus this yr the y took away two hrs on Sunday and one more hr at night. I feel terrible for all the members that had a late Sunday routine or from 9-10 at night. However the one benefit of those hrs is I don't have to listen to the arguments that are constantly coming from the gym. Also if you are there at night when the staff tries to close the gym, they can't. Their solution is just turning off the lights while the arguing and basketball continues in the dark. So next I'll be paying an even higher price when someone gets hurt playing in the dark after not being discipline enough to follow...