Mission

The Lafayette Family YMCA has been putting Christian principles into practice through programs that focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility for all since 1889. Our values underscore everything we do here the Lafayette Family YMCA. The four core areas of focus we strive to achieve every day include:

• Caring: We pledge to demonstrate a sincere concern for others, for their needs and well-being.
• Honesty: We promise to always tell the truth, to demonstrate reliability and to promote trustworthiness through actions that are in keeping with our stated positions and beliefs.
• Respect: We will always treat others the way we would want to be treated, value the worth of every person and live out acceptance, empathy, self-respect and tolerance on a daily basis.
• Responsibility: Our employees will always do what is right, and will hold each other accountable for their choices, behavior, actions and promises.