Masked or Vaxxed: Effective May 29th

After a long 15 months, public health officials are lifting the indoor and outdoor mask mandates on fully vaccinated people across the state. This is welcome news for our staff and members. Thank you for keeping each other safe and for staying with us. The YMCA of Metro North will update our mask policies for using […]

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Historic Melrose Family YMCA gets a lift from elevator completion

$1.5 million elevator project adds more access to the four-story building for seniors and people with mobility issues. The YMCA of Metro North held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in partnership with the Melrose Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the completion of its $1.5 million elevator project at the Melrose Family YMCA. Organizers held a small, covid […]

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2020 Volunteers and Partners Honored at Annual Meeting

The YMCA of Metro North honored its 2020 outstanding partners, volunteers, and Y Champion Scholarship winners during its Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 20, beginning at 8:00 a.m. The meeting, which will be live-streamed from the newly opened Demakes Family YMCA in Lynn, will honor Lahey Hospital & Medical Center with its Partner of the […]

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Demakes Family YMCA Opening Celebration

Thank you to Governor Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker for helping us celebrate. We open at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, May 10. To celebrate we hosted small, socially distant gatherings with our city officials, state representatives, and the business partners and major donors that made the building of your new Demakes Family YMCA […]

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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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