{"id":49434,"date":"2014-03-11T06:50:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T11:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=49434"},"modified":"2014-03-11T06:50:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T11:50:13","slug":"ymca-marks-centennial-with-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/03\/11\/ymca-marks-centennial-with-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"YMCA marks centennial with open house"},"content":{"rendered":"

YMCA of Van Wert County information<\/i><\/p>\n

The YMCA of Van Wert County is celebrating its 100-year anniversary with a public open house, Saturday, April 5, from noon to 4 p.m.\u00a0 Free cake and punch, a bounce house for children and historical building tours will be available to observe this historic milestone.<\/p>\n

The YMCA of Van Wert County was incorporated in 1914, when John Strandler left a third of his estate for a structure and the remainder in an endowment fund to be used to establish a local YMCA. Along with Strandler, several other Van Wert residents donated funds and land for a YMCA, including the Woodruff family, the Priscilla Buckingham estate, Earl Gleason, D.L. Brumback, John P. Reed, C.A.L. Purmort, E.I. Antrim, and Charles F. Wassenberg. The building was dedicated on April 15, 1917.<\/p>\n

Early activities at the YMCA included: The Strandler Club, Ward Baseball League, Boys Pioneer Club, bicycle hikes, tumbling classes, hobby fairs, and bowling leagues. The first bowling alleys in Van Wert were located in the YMCA.<\/p>\n

The YMCA of Van Wert County began to include women in its membership in 1971. Family memberships were initiated in 1975 with the Ron Bagley family.<\/p>\n

The YMCA remains at its original site, though five major additions have been made since the initial construction. Those additions included the addition of racquetball courts, a swimming pool, four additional gymnasiums and the Wellness Center.<\/p>\n

To commemorate the YMCA\u2019s centennial, any new annual membership paid in full on April 5 will receive a $100 discount.<\/p>\n

Information about this and any other programs available through the Van Wert YMCA can be found by calling 419.238.0443 or visiting the YMCA website at www.vwymca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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YMCA Executive Director Hugh Kocab cuts the ribbon celebrating the YM’s 100-year anniversary as Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce board members, YMCA board members and staff look on. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YMCA of Van Wert County information The YMCA of Van Wert County is celebrating its 100-year anniversary with a public open house, Saturday, April 5, from noon to 4 p.m.\u00a0 Free cake and punch, a bounce house for children and historical building tours will be available to observe this historic milestone. The YMCA of Van […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 23:02:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}