Rollstone pledge

October 22, 2015

Rollstone pledges $25G to help YMCA expansion into Leominster

Sentinel & Enterprise

LEOMINSTER — Rollstone Bank & Trust recently pledged $25,000 in support of the YMCA of Central Massachusetts and its expansion into Leominster.

The funds are earmarked for the new Leominster Community Branch in the heart of downtown.

“RBT has been a longtime supporter of the YMCA and its mission. We’re very happy to make this contribution to help them continue their important work,” Martin F. Connors Jr., president and CEO of Rollstone Bank & Trust, said. “RBT has a strong presence in Leominster, so we are delighted to have the Y expand into the city. They are a great addition to the community.”

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Y breaks ground to make a big splash

October 19, 2015

By Cyrus Moulton
Telegram & Gazette Staff/

WORCESTER- A cold wind whipping off Indian Lake kept people bundled up and sent the children’s construction hats flying across the lawn.

But come summer, the children and their families will be frolicking among splashing water in an outdoor water park as part of a $3.5 million project to improve the Greendale Family Branch of the YMCA and adjacent Shore Park.

“As you continue to invest in this facility, you are investing in our community, you are investing in its people,” City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said during the project’s official groundbreaking Friday morning at the Greendale Family YMCA. “This is an integral part of our community, it’s one of the things that makes Worcester a special place.”

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Greendale Construction Groundbreaking

October 14, 2015

YMCA of Central Massachusetts

To Hold Groundbreaking

Worcester, MA. – The YMCA of Central Massachusetts invites the media and the public to join in celebrating the start of construction at the Greendale Family Branch. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at the branch on Friday, October 16, 2015 at 10:00a.m, 75 Shore Park Drive, Worcester, MA.

At the Greendale Family Branch there is something for everyone! Two large swimming pools provide swimming lessons and activities for all. The Seniors love the warmth of the 4-foot deep therapeutic pool. Parents and preschoolers have lots of fun climbing and crawling in the specially designed Kids Gym. Teens enjoy fun and physical activity in their teen center. One can always schedule individual or group personal training sessions, take and exercise class and plug into the computer monitor for “fitness on demand”. This branch also has six indoor clay tennis courts, staffed with a highly skilled and professional tennis instructor – private lessons are available. And if that’s not enough, join in on a pick-up basketball game in the gymnasium.

The Greendale Family Branch Community is expanding and the projects include:

Family Splash Pad: An outdoor water playground that will entertain children of all ages, connect families together and provide a fun and friendly environment to enjoy on warm days of summer.
Expanded Wellness Center: an addition to the current Wellness Central with a new functional training zone to offer diverse and innovative fitness programs for people of all ages to meet their fitness goals.
TENNIS UPGRADES: Reinvesting in your tennis experience and supporting the next generation of tennis players makes the Y great tennis destination.
Construction will also include lobby revitalization, refreshed locker rooms and bathrooms.

“For six and a half decades, the Greendale Family Branch has strengthened the community. The 150th Anniversary Capital Campaign will continue our legacy of impact through significant reinvestment,” said Kathryn Zingg Hunter, President/CEO of the YMCA of Central Massachusetts. “Join us as we break ground to transform Greendale… inside and out, she continued.

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Boroughs Y to expand

October 7, 2015

Westborough – Following a particularly successful summer camp season, the Boroughs Family Branch YMCA in Westborough is set for an approximately $4 million construction project including a two-story addition and a new outdoor aquatics center. The facility’s six-lane indoor swimming pool has been popular since the Boroughs Y opened in November 2002, noted Betsy Moquin, the director of marketing and advancement.

“The pool is really one of the hubs here at the Y that gets the most use,” she said. “Depending upon the season, we have anywhere from 1,100 to 1,300 kids a week in youth swim lessons. That doesn’t count adult lessons, water aerobics classes, lap swims and family swims. For a long time, staff observations and members’ comments have been that we need another pool.”

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YMCA Set To Construct Addition, Aquatics Center

By Charlene Arsenault (Patch Staff) October 7, 2015

A $4 million construction project that includes a new aquatics center and a two-story addition will begin soon at the Boroughs Family Branch YMCA in Westborough.

Betsy Moquin, director of marketing and advancement, noted to the Community Advocate that the indoor swimming pool has been popular since it opened in 2002.

Since it is the “hub” and gets the most use at the club, the aquatics program is one that will be expanded upon. The construction project’s facets are the result of a survey conducted among Y members, where responders suggested the second pool outdoors.

The summer camp season was the busiest ever, making the timing of the project ideal, reported the Community Advocate.

The addition will expand the multipurpose wellness space, and also give a home to Livestrong at the YMCA, which as a 12-week program to help cancer survivors and their caregivers.

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Our Story

September 29, 2015

The YMCA of Central Massachusetts, a nonprofit human service organization, is committed to strengthening the foundations of community through Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility with children, teens, adults, and seniors in Central Massachusetts.

Our history runs deep and has impacted generations dating back to the 1800s. The beautiful downtown Mechanics Hall was the original landmark of the first YMCA in Worcester. In 1864, the Y used rented space on the second floor of Mechanics Hall for Bible classes, religious meetings, visiting the sick and aiding the poor.

Today, the Y is one of the region’s most significant charitable institutions. The Y has demonstrated, with great consistency, a distinct ability to address ever-changing community needs. We do not exist merely to provide quality facilities for health and wellness activities. Our four full-service branches serve 29,000 members across 57 cities and towns. We also deliver programs at more than 15 sites in other locations along with our two rural summer day camps. Collaboration with more than 100 other partners extends our impact to nearly 60,000 individuals annually.

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This isn't your grandfather's YMCA

September 25, 2015

By Jon Bishop

LEOMINSTER — Jennifer Gordon says the YMCA’s days of being “just a gym and swim” are long over.

Gordon, Regional Associate Executive Director of the YMCA of Central Massachusetts, points to the new Leominster Community Branch in City Place — which opened Thursday (Sept 24) — as evidence of the Y’s current mission.

It’s a place planning on keeping a full schedule from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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