Bolivar YMCA receives its largest contribution

The gift was presented at a luncheon Monday at Simon B’s Restaurant in Bolivar.

The contribution will go to the capital campaign for the Bolivar YMCA, which broke ground last October for a new facility. Officials estimate $3 million will be needed to complete the building in 2007.

The Bolivar YMCA currently operates out of a temporary location across the street from the new facility’s site, along West Broadway Street. It began as a storefront operation in 2001 and in 2005 moved to its current 4,000-square-foot space.

The YMCA offers fitness memberships and child care. Future amenities could include a full-service youth and family center with gymnasium, teen center, fitness center, locker rooms, offices, indoor swimming pool, racquetball courts, gym space and outdoor water park.