GREATER JOLIET AREA YMCA

The Morris Hospital YMCA is the first ever full-service YMCA offered in Grundy County and represents the largest fundraising effort in county history. This project would not have been possible without the incredible support of local businesses like ONEOK, Inc., which provided a generous $25,000 gift to the Community Grows Here Capital Campaign.

“We are so grateful for ONEOK’s donation, which has helped make our dream a reality,” Greater Joliet Area YMCA Chief Business Development Officer Missy Durkin said. “Every day, we are making a positive impact on the lives of the individuals and families that walk through the doors of the Y, doors that would not exist without the amazing contributions of our donors.”

The 60,000-square-foot facility, which opened in December, is now home to more than 6,000 facility members with expanded program offerings in the areas of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

Features also include: 

• An aquatics center featuring an eight-lane lap pool
• An aquatics viewing area
• A state-of-the-art wellness center
• A gymnasium
• Group exercise studios
• A cycling room
• A functional training area
• Multi-purpose rooms
• Engaging youth play spaces
• A healthy eating kitchen
• Gathering and meeting spaces
• Pickleball courts
• Indoor and outdoor walking tracks
• Outdoor fields
• An outdoor playground

For more information about the Morris Hospital YMCA, click here. To learn more about the Community Grows Here Capital Campaign, please contact Chief Development Officer Missy Durkin at [email protected]. 

Pictured above (left to right): ONEOK Illinois Area Operations Manager Don McCormick, Greater Joliet Area YMCA Chief Business Development Officer Missy Durkin, ONEOK Administrative Services Supervisor Barb Sorensen, ONEOK Community Relations Coordinator Heather Plum, and Morris Hospital YMCA Executive Director Jamie Heitman.