Branch History

History
In the late 1970s, a planning committee petitioned the YMCA of Greater St. Louis to establish a YMCA in Jefferson County. Youth programs were first held at out-reach sites under the direction of the South County Family YMCA. Then in 1984, Senator Jack Gannon donated four acres of land in Festus on which to build a YMCA. Construction of a 32,000 square-foot facility, built in part through in-kind contributions, was completed in February 1992.