Our Mission
Our mission is to Serve as an Education, Health, and Social Equity Hub, addressing critical community, health, and social issues, independently and in collaboration with other local non-profits and providers.
Be a catalyst for change, collaboration, and comprehensive community impact through out the Duneland communities.
Reach and benefit under-served and under-represented children, families, adults, and seniors.
Provide leadership and participate in an integrated community health and engagement model.
News & Updates
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Duneland YMCA Healthy Living Campus Announces Investor For Community Park
The Duneland YMCA is thrilled to announce another investor in the new Healthy Living Campus development. The 20-acre park encompassed in the development will become Cleveland-Cliffs Community Park.
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Newsletter – The Future of Wellness : Revolutionary YMCA Healthy Living Campus Takes the Stage at NAYDO
The Campus Connection : News and Updates from the YMCA Healthy Living Campus of Duneland
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Duneland Y Receives Gift From The Forchetti Family For Early Childhood Education At New YMCA Healthy Living Campus
The Duneland Family YMCA is elated to announce a generous and unprecedented donation from Dr. and Mrs. John & Linnea Forchetti towards the capital campaign funding the YMCA Healthy Living Campus. Growing the legacy they’ve planted in the Duneland community at the Forchetti Family YMCA Center for Early Learning (located at 270 E Burdick Road),…
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Newsletter: The Campus Connection – The Latest News About Our YMCA Healthy Living Campus
The Campus Connection : News and Updates from the YMCA Healthy Living Campus of Duneland
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Duneland Y Boasts 100% Board of Directors Investments in New Healthy Living Campus Project, Totaling Over Half a Million Dollars
The Duneland Family YMCA is thrilled to announce that the construction planning phase for the Healthy Living Campus project is underway and on schedule. Additionally, the capital campaign period is simultaneously in full-swing and gaining both momentum and the attention of local foundations and corporations.
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Duneland Y receives a gift from the Dunbar Family Foundation for the YMCA Healthy Living Campus “Airnasium.”
The Duneland YMCA is thrilled to announce a generous contribution from the Dunbar Family Foundation towards the YMCA Healthy Living Campus.
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Lease agreement signed between Duneland YMCA and Duneland School Corporation, making way for the YMCA Healthy Living Campus and its collocated partners.
CHESTERT0N, IN, October 3, 2023 – The Duneland YMCA presented the progression of the plans for the YMCA Healthy Living Campus of Duneland (YHLC) to the Duneland School Board on Monday evening to solidify the lease agreement for the Chesterton Middle School Campus. These updated plans included the first rendering of the future campus’s renovated…
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Better Together
Leaders from across the region gathered to learn more about this innovative project and the partners who will also call the YMCA Healthy Living Campus home.
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Duneland Y Board of Directors select Local Construction and Architecture firms for future YMCA Healthy Living Campus
CHESTERT0N, IN, July 13, 2023 – Duneland is one step closer to being the home of the new YMCA Healthy Living Campus (YHLC) as construction and architecture firms for the collaborative project were recently selected. Berglund Construction will serve as the construction manager, and Moake Park Group will serve as the architect. Both firms will…
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Partner: Jacob’s Ladder
MEET Jacob’s Ladder When a need is met with passion, many lives will change for the better. About Jacob’s Ladder provides families, children various and, and the professional community with a variety of highly specialized therapists and programs. From Astronaut training to Z vibe protocols, Jacob’s Ladders professionals utilize classic and cutting-edge techniques. The programs…
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Duneland Today, Duneland Tomorrow, and Forever…
The latest issue of Duneland Today celebrates and shares stories of people and places in our community making a positive impact. To be included alongside our partners, committee chairs, and friends is an honor! We believe that when we devote our full strength to our mission and cause, work in partnership with others, and build…
Partners
Duneland Family YMCA
As a mission-based nonprofit, the Y exists to serve all in our community. Every age, every ability, every person—all belong and all are welcome.
Jacob’s Ladder Pediatric Rehabilitation is a nonprofit organization providing comprehensive therapy and supplemental care for children in need. Partnering with families, communities, and health care providers to help children reach their full potential.
Duneland School Corporation provides a safe and engaging environment where students are empowered to explore their talents, build on their curiosity, embrace high expectations, and become responsible, caring citizens.
Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute’s mission is to provide excellence in musculoskeletal care to all of our patients using state-of-the-art technology with integrity and a spirit of compassion that encompasses all that we do.
NorthShore Health Centers is a non-profit organization dedicated To provide the most comprehensive and quality healthcare, without exclusion, to everyone, every time.
“This will be an economic
L. Weimer, Board President
engine for businesses in and around downtown Chesterton”