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Welcome to the Wilkes Family YMCA

The Wilkes Family YMCA is active in the local community, and offers a wide range of programs for the whole family — including swim lessons, after school care, boot camps, personal training, and youth sports. The Y includes a comprehensive Wellness Center with on-duty staff, group exercise programs, and SilverSneakers® classes. The Y is dedicated to social responsibility and healthy living with efforts such as LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA and Moving for Better Balance.

We're Hiring!

We have full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions available in multiple departments in branches across the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina.

Your Wilkes Family YMCA

Holiday Bright Beginnings

Thanks to the generosity of donors we are able to offer a bright holiday beginning to local families. Please consider a donation to help provide Christmas and a holiday meal to a local family. $180 per family is our goal. These items will be distributed on December 17 to the family, so please make your donations by December 1.

Merlefest Camping Registration Is Open

The Wilkes Family YMCA is proud to be your home for Merlefest, whether you camp at the YMCA or you stay at Rivers Edge! Shuttle transportation to the festival is available from both the Y and Rivers Edge campground. 

Holiday Hours

The Wilkes Family YMCA will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but will be open with normal hours the day after. On Christmas Eve, the hours will be 5:00am-2:00pm. We will be closed Christmas Day but will hold normal hours the day after. On New Year's Eve we will be open from 5:00am-4:00pm and 8:00am-5:00pm on New Year's Day.

Branch Amenities

This YMCA offers numerous programs and services dedicated to building healthy, confident, and connected children, adults, and families.

Wellness Center
Strength and Conditioning Center
Indoor Lap Pool
Youth Sports
Summer Day Camp
After School Academy
Sauna
Steam Room
Whirlpool
Kids Zone
Basketball Courts
Pickleball
Group Exercise Classes
Adaptive programs
Personal Training
Indoor Track
Playground
Locker Rooms

The Latest from the Wilkes Family YMCA

Sue Padgett
Swim

Lifelong Connection to Y Becomes a Legacy

As a little girl, Sue Padgett went to the Y in Elkin, where she grew up. “The Y was where the whole community came together,” she recalls. Sue participated in all the programs available to her at the Y. “I swam, was in Leaders Club, took gymnastics and even synchronized swimming,” she says. She later worked for the Y as a swim instructor and lifeguard.
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Support the Y

At the Y, strengthening community is our cause. You can help kids learn, grow and thrive, as well as ensure no one is ever turned away due to the inability to pay. Donations provide financial assistance to make Y programs available to everyone in our community.

Every gift makes a difference. Everyone has a role to play. Together, we can do so much more.

Our Mission: "Helping all people reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body."