YMCA Sherwood Family

The YMCA of Sherwood is like the house I grew up in. It’s not the best house not the most beautiful. Its not fancy. I’m sure there are better gyms around. But I love the YMCA. During the long winters when my wife needs a break from the kids during the day she can always go to the YMCA and they can stay in child watch for about an hour while she works out. This place actually keeps us sane in with the Oregon winters. I love that it is in Sherwood and I don’t need really to drive anywhere to get to the Y I can just walk down the street show my card, get a little workout in and go home. I got all my kids in the programs and it’s a great way to start on any sport. We love the YMCA.

I would give the Y more stars but it needs improvement. Limited weight machines, mainly treadmills and elipticals. Offers a lot of group classes… but only one or two are after 5… Kind of hard to go if you work!!! Add more evening classes!

This place is horrible. The benches and workout equipment are so poorly maintained I felt as though they would break. This place is filthy, dog hair EVERYWHERE. Dumbbells are falling apart and loose. It’s obviously they don’t care about maintaining a clean effective environment. I will never come back after my month is up.

This place is a joke. Mediocrity is rewarded at all levels and there is nothing christian about it. The sports programs are a joke. The pool looks nice, but the lessons for children are worthless. They could not teach a fish to swim. The roof has been leaking for years and they just ignore the problem. The staff has a few good people, but most of them are worthless and would not know how to open a door if they did not open automatically. The male front desk staff hit on the female members like they are there for their personal dating service. The childcare service provided are a joke. I would not leave my children there if my life depended on it. Most of the childcare staff is completely incapable of taking care of themselves let alone someone else, especially children. I would not be surprised if someone is seriously injured at thjis place in the very near future. It is not a matter of if, but of when.

This is a lovely facility — the pool is GREAT for kids. Unless you like lap swim, it is not great for adults, however — except for the lap lanes it is all dedicated to the slide or very shallow. But it’s warm, and the shallows slope all the way up rather than stopping at 3 feet. During appropriate swim times (not lessons), there are bubblers and water dropping from the bucket tower in the shallows.
Besides the pool (which is my favorite part of it), there’s lots of exercise equipment, ball courts, an indoor track, etc. It’s a newer building and very nice inside. Clean. There’s child care but since so far our son only goes with us when he’s going for swim lessons, we haven’t used it.
The staff we’ve dealt with have been wonderfully courteous and helpful.
And if money is a concern, check out the web site — they have free community swim twice a month, and financial assistance for membership also.
Membership at this Y also includes access to the Beaverton and Clark County — they are all part of YMCA Columbia-​Willamette.