Edinboro Legion Pool, Inc.

       In 2006, the Edinboro Community Pool was going to discontinue operations, but the Edinboro American Legion Post 439 stepped up and took over the pool’s operations.  From the beginning, the goal was to provide a welcoming, safe aquatic environment for families, children, and adults of all ages.  To better reach this goal, the Edinboro American Legion established the Edinboro Legion Pool as a 501c3 to run the daily operations.  The Edinboro Legion Pool continues to work at achieving the goal of offering a safe aquatic environment to the local communities and visitors to the area.  As part of this support, the local YMCA utilizes the pool to provide water aerobics for the senior citizens in the area and swim lessons for local children. 

        Through the generous support of the community, our members, volunteers, local businesses, and other organizations, we have been able to meet our goals and improve the facilities with several additions and numerous updates.  The community’s generosity enabled us to add an ADA compliant chair lift and ADA compliant bathroom stalls, a water slide and a climbing wall.  While adding new items to improve our users’ experience, we also updated the systems that support the functioning of the pool.  A new furnace, chemical control units, water pumps and filters have helped maintain a fully functional pool that keeps the water safe and clean.  Providing a welcoming environment means we need to have plenty of seating for our patrons to rest and eat when not in the pool.  Thus, we are continually replacing chairs and tables. In addition to tables and chairs, offering food to our patrons allows them to enjoy a full day of fun.  Keeping our food safe for consumption requires us to upgrade and replace freezers, grills and other cooking equipment.  These additions and upgrades enable us to provide swimming opportunities to over 8,500 patrons during the summer months.  Our patrons come mostly from throughout the communities in Erie and Crawford counties with some visiting us from other regions in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.