MEMBER APPRECIATION WEEK

Thank you for being a member of the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne!
We’re celebrating you during Member Appreciation Week, Nov. 10th through the 14th!
Each day will have a different theme including:
  • Wellness Wednesday (Nov. 12): Your overall well-being is our #1 goal.
  • Thankful Thursday (Nov. 13): We are thankful for YOU! Enjoy special activities and treats on us!
  • Friend Friday (Nov. 14): Bring a friend with you to the Y for FREE! And as a Special Bonus, we’ll waive the enrollment fee if they choose to join the same day!

A Healthier Community Because of YOU!

At the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, we’ve set the ambitious goal of moving Fort Wayne to become one of the top ten healthiest communities in the U.S, as ranked by the American College of Sports Medicine. It’s a lofty goal, but thanks to YOU, we’ve already seen big progress! In 2023, Fort Wayne was ranked 88th.  In 2024, our community moved up to 83rd.  In 2025, Fort Wayne moved up to 77th!

The ACSM American Fitness Index ranks the 100 largest cities in the U.S. on more than 30 fitness indicators, and it’s all reflected in the hard work you put in at the Y building a healthier spirit, mind, and body. Because of you, Fort Wayne was called out as one of two cities with the largest increase in the percentage of residents meeting aerobic activity guidelines, improving by nearly 20% from 2024 to 2025.

Fort Wayne showed dramatic improvements in both the Personal Health Rank and Community Environmental Rank from the previous year, the two scores that combine to form the Fitness Index ranking. In 2024, Fort Wayne’s Personal Health ranking improved 9 spots to 67th out of 100 in 2025. For the Community Environment Rank, our community also improved 9 spots to rank 78th out of 100. While we’ve still got a long way to go to achieve our top ten goal, thanks to your hard work, we’ve shown dramatic improvement in a short amount of time!

The If you’d like to see how we rank compared to the rest of the U.S, you can visit their website here: https://acsm.org/about/community-impact-programs/american-fitness-index/rankings/

See you there!