McGaw YMCA

I have never joined a YMCA or been much for going to the Gym, but I thoroughly enjoy this place. I take advantage of the 2 hours of childcare they give at the Biedler Center in the basement and my 3 year old adore playing in there. I like working our here during the winter and in the summer I use their lounge to be work done qhile my kid plays. They have a lot of different activities that my wife joins. More...

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Didn’t realize how much of a gem this place is until I visited other gyms in the area. Building is old but very clean and the people who work here are amazing. Every one of them.

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We love Camp Echo! ❤️ Awesome staff & great activities!

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Wonderful staff, loving teachers and welcoming, and diverse, classroom environment at the McGaw Y Children's Center. Everyone there works so hard and is so dedicated to the kids. My child has really thrived in the part-day program. The pre-k kids swim twice a week as part of the curriculum, which really sets this program apart, and has built my child's confidence in the water. I believe in the greater Y mission, and I feel my child is very loved here, in addition to getting fantastic academic prep for kindergarten, for which she is very well-prepared now! More...

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Good place to hoop, swim, and lift

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I cannot say enough good things about this early childhood care and education center. The staff is amazing: dedicated, caring, and well-trained. The facility is great, considering this is a non-profit organization. The teachers do so much with so little! Imagine what the could do with the kind of budget a place like Bright Horizons has? Great community of involved parents. Fantastic diversity in both kids and staff. Love everything! More...

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We love McGaw! Have been in several different daycare/childcare facilities over the years and this is by far the best. We love the teachers, we love the administrators. Swim/gym are awesome. The classrooms are big. Couldn't be happier! More...

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Community feeling with excelente swimming pools. All kinds of choices.

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Greatest camp I know ... without a doubt

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Friendly and always helpful

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Nice YMCA facility.

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Crown jewel ov Evanston

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Full of fun ànd activities for young people and elders.

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Great place to work out need to get my butt there tomorrow

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Friendly environment and clean place to work out.

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Great place to workout

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Very many possibilities for work outs.

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Good place for fun

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There's this older lady who makes everything more difficult than it needs to be. Other than that all is good about the facilities, people and the gym.

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It is a good place

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The Taj Mahal, Taj McGaw and better known as the McGaw YMCA has been a great experience during my time from July 2016-August 2017. Wonderful staff, terrific facilities, great residential life staff and excellent location. McGaw YMCA has the best residential life facilities in the Chicagoland Area. McGaw YMCA’s Resident Department is second best in the State of Illinois, right behind Champaign-Urbana. Plus, Meta Media Lab in the facility has grown into another icon for the community. The McGaw YMCA is located in the heart of Downtown Evanston. This is near all of the bars, restaurants, movie theatre, CTA, and Metra Stations. Definitely miss it already. It was definitely my second home during my three years living in the Chicagoland Area before relocation. Keep up the great work McGaw YMCA. I would definitely recommend this place. More...

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I go to the YMCA almost every day. I love the facilities and the people ... especially JayJay.

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Some YMCAs are good, some are to be avoided, and some are places around which communities are centered. This YMCA falls into that amazing third category. The services offered are excellent. The staff is always wonderful, helpful, courteous, and genuine. The swimming pools are fantastic and the variety of other facilities is exceptionally wide. Instead of overpaying for a gym membership, support your local community by becoming a member of an excellent YMCA. More...

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Great swim team for Age Group Swimmers, and those entering the Senior swimming arena. Competitive enough that is your child wants to push themselves to the state level that can because the coaching staff are also good enough to get them there.

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Two classy swimming pools, nice facilities for lots of fitness activities. Yoga, Zumba, personal fitness consultations.

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They have a great child care and summer camp. Also their gym is great and easy to figure out.

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An awesome workout experience. 1st the workout,then a relaxing steam,and a great shower.Always feel like a new person afterwards.

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Great pools, aquatics, racquetball courts, lockers and gym. Great family locker room, child care for while you work out and family gym and swim. Family gym and swim will help you survive the winter with younger kids. Their childcare will give you time to get in shape. More...

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They have everything, but you need a membership.

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Aqua

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Friendly staff with up to date equipment. Even has racquetball leagues for all levels. Nice place overall.

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Great classes, convenient schedule.

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Great facilities, great mission, good staff.

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Helps me too get a fighting chance too recovery.

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Gym is decent. A little on the crowded side and has a little bit of a smell, but otherwise has all the equipment. Dumbbells go up to 100lbs.

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Grew up going to the Y, and as an adult, I have always preferred it to other gyms. McGaw is great, and I love the child care they provide.

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I visited at 2 pm on a Sunday and bought a day pass to lift. At $15, it was one of the most affordable prices in the area, plus I was able to rent a lock, use the locker room, shower and use towels all free of additional charges. As for the exercises area, it's great. There was a good selection of free weights, machines and cardio. The environment was clean a day tidy without seeming uppity. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the staff was very personable. Shout out to the young lady from Cleveland and the gentleman with the bald head and the beard who talked basketball with me. More...

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Social work out environment.

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I have been around clubs, including exclusive social clubs all my life, some in Chicago when my family used to live there in the 70s and myself as a reciprocal member of my old club in Europe. The YMCA Evanston has superb facilities and staff head and shoulders above the competition in Evanston. Actually they have no competition. It is so much more than a fitness club. More...

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Great place for my teenagers to go. They love it.

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Great family work out place

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Great fitness center with all the amenities that one could need! Friendly staff and really nice male locker room attended. Overall one of the best fitness centers I have been a member at. More...

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This is a very clean gym with plenty of machines and weights to use without having to wait in line.

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Eselente

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Great chair Yoga

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