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Bring a New YMCA to Life! 

Opening in January 2026, the new West Garfield Park YMCA within the Sankofa Wellness Village will provide a safe, welcoming, and encouraging environment for the community to access a breadth of holistic health and wellbeing services. When you invest in the West Garfield Park Y, you provide us with the necessary resources to ensure that we can make our services accessible to thousands of Chicagoans on the West Side.  

It Takes a Village...

The Sankofa Wellness Village is designed for collaboration and impact with local nonprofits, faith based and health care institutions, and other organizations. Our partners include: 

  • Erie Family Health Centers 
  • Equal Hope 
  • LEADERS Network Credit Union 
  • MAAFA Redemption Project  
  • New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church 
  • Rush University System for Health  
  • The Community Builders 
  • The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative 
  • The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago 
  • West Side United
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Thank You to Our Generous Donors

The YMCA is grateful to those who have made commitments to the Sankofa Wellness Village and to the creation of the first new YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Community Hub in 24 years: the West Garfield Park YMCA. 

A Hopeful Outlook for the Future

The concept of Sankofa is an important part of African culture. Sankofa is an Akan word from Ghana, West Africa meaning “to retrieve.” The symbol of a heart-shaped bird with its head turned backward, holding an egg in its beak symbolizes the idea of looking back to the past for guidance and wisdom, while still moving forward with a hopeful outlook on the future. 

With your support, we can be a force for good and directly contribute to a healthier future for the greater Garfield Park community and future generations.