Ymca of greater st. petersburg Review

It is my belief this y discriminates. If you have a birth defect that limits your movement when you're not recovering from a surgery you Do Not have equal rights to pool usage. As I was told by branch manager, lap lanes are only for swimmers not those doing physical therapy who are learning to walk and maintain balance. The kicker is classes will take the only general swim lane your allowed to use leaving adults to use kiddie pool. I joined for the gym, access to a pool made it worth a extra $50.oo more than a competitor. So yes they do discriminate when the same privileges are not given to someone with a special need that is given to physically fit person!

The YMCA is only held in the cafeteria and sandbox outside ( staff YELLING at the kids constantly ) Making fun of the kids with problems

I had a horrible experience with the before and after care at Bay Point elementary .. The staff there don't care about your child and are quick to suspend your children for any little thing that they do , all while still paying them your money .. The children sit in the cafeteria until you come and pick them same goes if you put them in summer camp .. No activities , they run around until they get in trouble and get written up .. just water day on Fridays !! What a camp , right ? !!! Your children will get bullied by older children and the staff can care less !! They also don't have what it takes to deal with a child that needs extra attention!! If your child is hipper and needs activities to keep them out of trouble, this is not a place for your child ... They will get suspended left and right until they get kicked out the so called program because the staff rather take more time to be on Facebook /phone than give attention to your child .

Wonderful place, I would recommend this Y to anyone.

Instead of teaching your children to be crybaby snowflakes, teach them to stand up for them selves.. And you people letting your kids be the bully's Your failing as parents too... It's not the Y's job to teach your kids to be "good" that's your job as parents before you send them out into the world or drop them off at the Y and expect them to police the kids

Great place to be a member of. YMCA is everywhere. Once you get membership, you can go to any Y. I started off on their income based program. Go on it if you don't make too much money. Was paying 17 a month. Now since I have a professional job, I have to pay more. But its great once you get to know the people. Basketball, weights, zooomba, swimming, racketball, lots of activities. Its a great place to be a member of. Join it.

Horrible, not inclusive, lack of leadership, unprofessional, did not treat kids well. Do not put your kids here

Lynch elementary before and after care my three yr old Pre-K son gets written up all the time since winter break and yes not the good place for kids under 6 or can handle bullying on there own. After 7 months they finally made changes because leader was yelling at the children, very corporate, don't care about the community or building just want there money when they suspend my son for 1 day he came back they suspend him for 2 days without putting anything in place to help redirect the behavior but said he had a better day and still suspend him. Mind you this was the next director and her second day with this location. The next write was for 5 days and they told me before spring break he will be expelled the next time and when I tell the lady there about themselves oh he will be terminated if I talk to her that way again. They get paid for not watching him and I have to pay babysitter to watch my son. So how is this helping the community or him. This experience will keep me and my child and others I tell about YMCA away from any camps or before and after programs. They are not equipped with staff for the 30-60+ kids they have and only 3 staff members on site with no training or patience for Pre-K students.