Mr. John C. Burriss This is Me

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1. 1. About the Lower Bucks YMCA

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   Published on: 6/17/2008   Last Visited: 6/17/2008

   In 1935, 21-year old John C. Burriss was working as a Bristol High School Latin teacher.He contacted the Pennsylvania YMCA and expressed his interest in beginning a YMCA in Bristol.He then started Hi-Y, the first service group for boys.The program spread to each of the area high schools and was soon followed by Tri-Hi-Y clubs for girls. In 1948, Mr. Burriss was one of the founding Trustees and Vice President of the Board of Directors as the "Bristol" YMCA was incorporated.The YMCA operated out of the high school and later the firehouse on Mansion Street.In 1956, the YMCA changed its name to the Lower Bucks YMCA and in 1960, the facility in Fairless Hills was built.To remember Mr. Burriss, the Bristol Borough YMCA Summer Camp has been renamed Camp Burriss in his honor.