Pilot Family YMCA

Our YMCA of East Tennessee Evening of Impact online auction opens at 5 PM today, and ANYONE can bid!

You don’t have to attend Thursday’s Evening of Impact Gala to join in. Browse the auction and bid on some incredible items, including:
🏈 Signed UT Sports Memorabilia
💆 Massage & Spa Experiences
⛳ Rounds of Golf at Local Courses
🎣 Fishing Excursions
🍽️ Local Restaurant Experiences
🎨 Local Art
✨ And SO much more!

This auction is about more than winning something great. Every bid helps support YMCA programs for people in our community who need us most.

Your bid can help:
🏊 A child learn to swim
❤️ A single working parent afford high-quality childcare
🤝 A teen connect with a caring mentor
💙 A senior stay active, connected, and less isolated

You bid. Someone in our community benefits. That’s the power of the Y.
👉 View items and bid now: https://shorturl.at/Mv48T

Not ready to bid but still want to help? You can make a donation, too!
👉 Give to the Y here: https://ymcaetn.org/give

Share this post with someone who loves a good auction, because you don’t have to attend the Gala to make a difference!

YMCA of East Tennessee's Evening of Impact Silent Auction The YMCA of East Tennessee’s Evening of Impact Auction brings our community together to create meaningful opportunities for children, families, and neighbors…

🏊‍♀️ WE’RE HIRING! JOIN OUR AQUATICS TEAM! 🏊‍♂️

Looking for a fun, rewarding job during the daytime hours? We’re looking for Lifeguards & Swim Instructors to join our team! 🌊

🛟 DAYTIME LIFEGUARDS
Looking for guards who are available during the day to help keep our pool safe, welcoming, and fun!

🏊 SWIM INSTRUCTORS
Love working with kids and helping them become confident swimmers? We want YOU! Teach swim lessons and make a difference one swimmer at a time.

✨ Why join our team?
• Flexible scheduling
• Great team environment
• Make a difference in your community
• Work in a fun aquatic environment
• Opportunities to grow and gain valuable experience

Whether you’re an experienced aquatics professional or looking for a rewarding opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!

Must have a CPR or Lifeguard certification at the time of hire.

📩 Interested? Send us a message or apply today!

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All YMCA of East Tennessee locations will be open 8am-2pm on Monday, September 7th. The Pilot Y Outdoor Pool will be open 10am-4pm.

🏈 IT’S GAME DAY IN EAST TENNESSEE!

Earlier this week, the YMCA of East Tennessee joined the Marc & Kim Show in the Star 102.1 studio to celebrate our first School Spirit Showdown winner - the Alcoa Tornadoes! 🎉

Through our partnership with Star 102.1, the Y will be celebrating local schools throughout football season, with each week’s winning school receiving $250 for its booster club from the YMCA of East Tennessee!

Because for us, this partnership is about more than simply getting the Y’s name out there. It’s another way to show up for our community, celebrate our local schools and give back along the way.

There’s something pretty fitting about the Y being part of a celebration centered around schools and sports. For generations, the YMCA has helped introduce young people to sports, teamwork and what it means to be part of something bigger than themselves. Strengthening community doesn’t only happen inside the walls of the Y. Sometimes it happens in our schools, on the sidelines and under those Friday night lights. ❤️

And we’re just getting started! Tune in to Star 102.1 throughout football season and vote each week for your favorite featured school.

🏈 Good luck to all of our East Tennessee schools taking the field tonight!

👉 VOTE + FOLLOW THE SHOWDOWN:
https://www.star1021fm.com/2026/08/17/school-spirit-showdown/

Sometimes the strongest communities are built by simply showing up for others.

Back in March, YMCA of East Tennessee member, and Pilot Family YMCA Ultimate Fit participant Andy brought the Hero’s Hill Challenge to his classmates. After training together week after week, a group of Y members, including our amazing Y instructor Gina, decided to take on the challenge at the official race event together, supporting something that meant a lot to their friend and to veterans right here in our community.

They trained together. Raced together. And tackled a 1-mile run, 140 burpees, 140 squats and 140 lunges, and another 1-mile run together, each 140 rep representing a local veteran experiencing homelessness.

Today, as Operation Hero’s Hill celebrates its ribbon cutting, Gina brought that same challenge back this morning to Ultimate Fit to honor the veterans at the heart of it all and celebrate what today represents.

We’re proud to see Andy and this group be one small part of a much bigger story. Congratulations to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, Knox County Government, and everyone who came together to make Operation Hero’s Hill a reality - https://shorturl.at/oTrOf

A workout at the Pilot Family YMCA may have brought this group together BUT community gave them an opportunity to show up for others, be part of something bigger, and help make our very own local community stronger and better.

And that’s a pretty powerful kind of strength. ❤️💪

⛳ LAST CALL! There’s still time to enter your team in Monday’s YMCA Golf Tournament at Egwani Farms!

Choose your flight:
🌅 Morning Flight: 8:00 AM
☀️ Afternoon Flight: 1:30 PM

Swing for a cause and help raise scholarship funds that make YMCA programs accessible to more kids, families and individuals right here in our community.

Ready to tee it up for the Y? Email Jared at [email protected] to enter your team.

Sometimes the best part of coming to the Y has nothing to do with the workout.

A few weeks ago, some of our youngest members were waiting for their parents to finish a class and ended up around a table playing cards together.

Fast forward to this week, and another group of members pulled up chairs in our lobby to catch up before and after their workouts.

Different generations. Same Y. Same sense of community.

These little moments are a big part of why the YMCA of East Tennessee exists. Physical activity is important, but so are friendship, conversation, social connection, and simply having a place where you feel like you belong.

Whether you're playing cards while waiting on Mom or Dad, catching up over coffee after class, or just stopping to talk with a familiar face, community happens here.

And we couldn't have planned the word "CONNECT" on the wall any better.

Connection has no age limit.
Community. Belonging. The Y.

📚 School is back in session, and we've got the perfect part-time job for college students, young adults, and retirees!

Join our After School Child Care team and get paid to make a difference. Lead arts and crafts, help with homework, organize games on the playground, and help kids find their confidence.

✔ Work 2–5 days per week
✔ No nights or weekends
✔ Free YMCA membership
✔ Valuable job training
✔ Opportunities for advancement
✔ Competitive pay
✔ On-demand pay available (get paid the day you work!)

The YMCA provides After School Child Care in 18 Knox County Schools from Farragut to Halls, so we're likely hiring near you!

Not interested in after-school care? We have opportunities in aquatics, health and wellness, member services, and more.

Find the role that's right for you and apply today at ymcaetn.org/careers.

Happy 80th Birthday, Jo! 🎉💙

Today we're celebrating a very special member of our Pilot Family YMCA family - Jo!

Yesterday, Jo celebrated with her family and her friends from our Kick Start class. What made the week even more meaningful were sweet surprises each day from her daughter, who brought treats for all the members of the Kick Start class as a thank-you to the friends who have made the Y such a special part of her mom's life.

She shared, "This Y class means so much to her and all the sweet friends she has made from it."

We often say the YMCA of East Tennessee is more than a place to work out, and Jo's story is a beautiful reminder of why. It's where neighbors become friends, friends become family, and every workout is about so much more than fitness. It's a place where people encourage one another, celebrate life's milestones together, and create the kind of connections that make a community stronger.

Happy 80th Birthday, Jo! Thank you for letting us celebrate this milestone with you. ❤️🎂

🚨 Water Fit Schedule Update 🚨

Please note that our Wednesday 6:00 PM Water Fit class has been discontinued.

We appreciate everyone who joined us for this class and hope you’ll continue to take advantage of our other Water Fit offerings.