• 1885 Dallas YMCA begins with 24 charter memberships and a $4,000 annual budget
  The 1,100 member YMCA opens its first facility on Commerce Street
• 1922 The Dallas YMCA opens Camp Crockett
• 1928 A capital campaign raised over $1,000,000 for construction of three branches
• 1931 Completed 15 story Downtown YMCA
  Formed Moorland and Oak Cliff branches
• 1935 The YMCA's fiftieth anniversary was marked with a new metropolitan organizational structure, laying the foundation for expansion
• 1940 Dallas population booms to 300,000
• 1944 South Dallas and Park Cities branches begin
• 1947 First female member joins Park Cities YMCA
• 1949 Camp Grady Spruce opens on Possum Kingdom Lake
• 1955 Addition of East Dallas, Grand Prairie and White Rock branches brings the Association to nine branches and three camps with income of $726,820
• 1958 Town North YMCA began as an extension of Park Cities YMCA, East Dallas YMCA locates to Worth Street House, Association membership reaches 21,404 with 3,361 female members
• 1960 Although operating since 1957 as an extension, Irving YMCA was founded
• 1961 Town North YMCA expands with the Richardson YMCA extension branch
• 1965 Garland YMCA opens to the community
• 1966 Plano YMCA started as a joint effort between Plano Jaycees and the Richardson YMCA
• 1968 Mayor Erik Jonsson's generous challenge gift initiated Park South YMCA
• 1969 A 6.5 million dollar campaign provides new sites and renovations, Rockwall Memorial Youth Center becomes the Rockwall YMCA
• 1974 The Community Services YMCA begins
• 1975 Casa Youth Shelter opens
• 1979 A major capital campaign raises $10,000,000
• 1982 New Downtown YMCA facility opens
• 1986 Coppell Y begins as an extension of Lewisville, Waxahachie YMCA opens
• 1990 Capital Campaign for the 21st Century begins raising over $42,000,000
• 1991 Frisco YMCA begins as an extension of Plano
• 1996 McKinney YMCA opens with a generous donation from Stonebridge branch
• 1999 Coppell YMCA opens a new facility
• 2000 YMCA expands with the opening of the new Lake Highlands and White Rock facilities, Plano relocates to Legacy Park, Lakewest YMCA opens as part of a partnership with the Dallas Housing Authority
• 2001 Las Colinas opens as an extension of the Coppell YMCA
• 2002 Major expansion at McKinney, Downtown Dallas and Coppell YMCA's
• 2003 YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas passes the 100,000 member mark
• 2004 YMCA launches new programs, member initiatives and plans for a new capital expansion and renovation program
• 2005 Strong Kids Capital Campaign leads to South Grand Prairie expansion, Plano YMCA and Park South Sports field
• 2006 Expansion on the Town North YMCA completed
• 2007 Casa Shelter program transitions to Salvation Army
• 2008 Frisco YMCA opens a new 25,000 square foot facility on Main Street
• 2008 Moorland YMCA completes its renovations
• 2008 Camp Grady Spruce finishes 5 new duplex cabins and new staff housing
• 2008 T. Boone Pickens gives $5 million to the Strong Kids Capital Campaign, the largest gift ever to the Dallas YMCA
• 2009 Downtown YMCA reopens as the T. Boone Pickens YMCA
• 2010 Dallas YMCA celebrates 125 years of serving the children and families of North Texas