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YMCA History
Kids and Families
The Mission in Action
Potpourri
The People Delivering the Mission
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This local Y has the longest continuous charter starting in 1858, which was adopted as the YMCA of the North Shore's official charter when it was formed in 1999.
What is the Salem YMCA?
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The YMCA of the North Shore just partnered with the Department of Children and Families to provide these at no cost to families sponsoring foster children.
What are youth memberships?
100
This YMCA will provide educational programming to over 120 students in partnership with their local school system this summer to combat summer learning loss.
What is the Greater Beverly YMCA?
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"Seussical Junior" and "Honk Junior" are two recent productions of this regional program.
What is the YMCA Theatre Company?
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Of 1200, 1500 or 2500, this is the average number of individuals contributing their talents as staff to fulfill the mission of the YMCA of the North Shore.
What is 1500? (Of those, over 200 are full-time, and in the summer we pick up about 400 more staff to support summer camp!)
200
"Our Y welcomes all" begins this, which is displayed on our website and in our Y lobbies.
What is our mission statement?
200
This local YMCA opened our newest early center in September of 2015 and is planning on expanding by adding two more classrooms this fall.
What is the Cape Ann YMCA?
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Supported by our annual campaign, our YMCA will give away over $1,000,000 to families in our community to ensure that we welcome all through our doors through this program.
What is the financial assistance program?
200
Through a lease with the town of Rowley, this local YMCA is gearing up to operate the 2nd season of Camp Cedar Mill.
What is the Ipswich Family YMCA?
200
These volunteers support our Y by helping set policies and strategic direction, raising funds and opening doors to new opportunities in our communities.
Who are Association and Local board members?
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Our association includes 8 of these, where we do much, but not all, of the work to meet our community needs.
What are local Y facilities?
300
During the summer, over 200 children per day travel by boat to this day camp operated by the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA.
What is Children's Island?
300
Serving almost 500 residents in Ipswich, Powder House Village, an example of this, is part of the Y's commitment to social responsibility.
What is affordable housing?
300
Applying and being awarded these allows our YMCA to offer new programs and services and better fulfill our strategic plan.
What are grants?
300
Peter Doliber, the Executive Director of the YMCA Mass Alliance, advocates here to garner support for local Ys at the State level.
Where is Beacon Hill or the State House?
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This is the most recent independent Y to merge with the YMCA of the North Shore.
What is the Haverhill YMCA? (Formerly the Northeast Family Y). (The Plaistow Community Y is the newest Y in our association, but was a former fitness and sports facility purchased in 2014.)
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This swim team, one of the largest Y swim teams in the country, just qualified 15 swimmers to the national championships.
What is the YMCA Sharks? (Our swim team, coached by Janet Harty, links our YMCAs together into one cohesive team.)
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The Livestrong at the YMCA program, currently operating at three local Ys, provides social support and exercise to survivors of this disease.
What is cancer?
400
This local YMCA is in negotiations to secure land on which to build a new modern facility to better serve its community.
What is the Cape Ann YMCA?
400
Our Togetherhood program is led by these people, the backbone of our YMCA, to deliver community service initiatives.
Who are Y members?
500
Of 1945, 1899 or 1844, this is the year the YMCA was founded in London, England.
What is 1844?
500
This local YMCA operates 6 after school sites and recently expanded its early learning program into the Whittier building.
What is the Haverhill YMCA?
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Called the "Salem Greenspace" and located in downtown Salem, this project allows members of the community to put their green thumbs into action!
What is a community garden?
500
Utilizing its 4 gymnasiums, this local Y served over 400 children in a wildly popular floor hockey league this winter.
What is the Plaistow Community YMCA?
500
Without the help of these people giving their time as course marshals, split timers and cheering at the finish line, our YMCA Road Race series would not be successful.
Who are volunteers?