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The Lower Bucks Family YMCA is a dynamic, growing organization meeting the needs of individuals and families throughout the Lower Bucks County area. We have grown to three permanent locations while also providing childcare services at a number of additional sites throughout the area.

We are a multi-faceted organization with programs and services for everyone. We are here to make a positive difference in your life -- and give you the chance to do the same for someone else. We believe that the long-term solution to many of the social problems facing our community today is to challenge individuals to accept and demonstrate positive values. Individual character development has been a cornerstone of the YMCA for over 150 years. The YMCA promotes Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility in our all of our programs and services.

Our History

In 1935, 21-year old John C. Burriss was working as a Bristol High School Latin teacher. He contacted the Pennsylvania YMCA and expressed his interest in beginning a YMCA in Bristol. He then started Hi-Y, the first service group for boys. The program spread to each of the area high schools and was soon followed by Tri-Hi-Y clubs for girls.

In 1948, Mr. Burriss was one of the founding Trustees and Vice President of the Board of Directors as the “Bristol” YMCA was incorporated. The YMCA operated out of the high school and later the firehouse on Mansion Street. In 1956, the YMCA changed its name to the Lower Bucks YMCA and in 1960, the facility in Fairless Hills was built.

To remember Mr. Burriss, the Bristol Borough YMCA Summer Camp has been renamed Camp Burriss in his honor.

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