VENICE – The SKY Family YMCA will both change its name to the YMCA of Southwest Florida and adopt north Sarasota County, as part of its overall service area, which already includes the area from Venice south to Bonita Springs, as well as Manatee County.   

February 26, 2021 – The SKY Family YMCA has announced that it has reached a management agreement with the Manatee YMCA. Gene T. Jones, President and CEO of The SKY Family YMCA, will lead both organizations' operations.

I choose community for 2021. I commit myself to doing what I can to support the SKY Family YMCA’s goal of creating healthy families and communities. The YMCA is the together we need to get to the progressive somewhere as a local community. The Y for me is easy: participating in the Sky Family YMCA is my home and hope.