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The Knox County YMCA is a 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization whose mission is to utilize Christian principles to instill character development. We believe is the four core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility and practice these values in our daily lives.
 
The YMCA was founded in Galesburg in 1866, fifteen short years after Thomas Sullivan founded the first YMCA in the United States (Boston, Mass). Since its inception, the YMCA has been providing recreation programming for the mind, body, and spirit.

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