Bedford Area Family Young Mens Christian Association

Fitness - the bedford area family ymca is the largest and most comprehensive health, wellness and fitness facility in bedford city and county. With recent renovations, the facility is able to offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art facility that not only includes programs, equipment and services for preventative wellness, but also continued challenging regimes for the physically fit and rehabilitative programs for those recovering from a multitude of physical issues.

Aquatics - in collaboration with bedford city and county, the ymca aquatics program provides swimming lessons to nearly 1,000 youth and adults each year. The localities financially support swim lessons for every person who wishes to learn how to swim. As the only indoor pool in the county,the ymca supports four swim teams including all three county high schools and they team who train and compete at the y. Additionally, wellness classes and aquatic services are provided for a variety of individuals with arthritis, physical and mental challenges, home-schooled children, rehabilitation patients and athletes in training.

Community youth sports - the goal of the youth sport and recreation programs is to emphasize skill development as well as good sportsmanship, strong character values and positive adult role modeling. The ymca works closely with the county and city departments of parks and recreation to make sure that together we are meeting the needs of our entire community while not duplicating services to the detriment of any other provider.