YMCAs support more funding for families to access and afford child care.

YMCAs on the North Shore, Metro North, and Merrimack areas alone provide $1.8 million in financial assistance and scholarships for families unable to qualify for state subsidies. PEABODY, MASS. (April 5, 2021) As the largest child care and youth services organization in Massachusetts, the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs is backing early education and after-school care […]

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With a phased reopening plan complete, the YMCA of Metro North will add more amenities and announced its last fitness center in Saugus opens September 8.

Enhanced schedule includes the start of a 5-week Fall program session beginning on September 21. With its two month-long phased reopening plans complete, the YMCA of Metro North has announced it will add more classes to its schedules and will open its last fitness center at the Saugus YMCA on September 8. “We have a […]

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YMCA of Metro North launches new diversity and inclusion initiative in advance of annual Welcoming Week celebrations.

Taps eight young leaders to implement strategies to build more diversity in its leadership ranks. In advance of its annual Welcoming Week celebration, the YMCA of Metro North made a commitment to intensify its efforts to build a diverse pipeline of young leaders in the association. Eight young staff members were tapped for its newly […]

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YMCA of Metro North prepares for back to school with child care options for remote learners this Fall.

The association is enhancing its out-of-school time program with full day care, academic supports, and an extension of daily free meal service. The YMCA of Metro North will open full day programs for grade school students this Fall as school districts hybrid and remote learning plans for their students. The program will open to kindergarten […]

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Celebrity Chef Paul Wahlberg donates an in-home prepared dinner for ten to the YMCA of Metro North Annual Gala this Fall

The YMCA of Metro North is hosting its annual Where in the World fundraising gala on Thursday, September 17 at 7:00pm.  This year’s event, appropriately titled “Where in the World Did 2020 Go?” will be held virtually with entertainment, auction items, and a raffle grand prize of $5,000 with all proceeds benefiting critical youth services […]

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