Posts by John Nardacci

Thank you, Karen Legace, Project Safe Childhood Program Specialist, Pete Oleson, Special Agent, Homeland Security, Hofsah Hanif-Intern, Smith College for visiting our Teen Camp at the Downtown Springfield YMCA today to talk about Childhood Internet Safety. They spoke about protecting yourself on the internet and social media. There were videos shown and stories shared of…

Actor, author and inspirational speaker Wayne Soares visited The YMCA’s Camp Weber today in West Springfield. Soares is the current Spokesman for Red Sox Hall of Famer Jason Varitek’s Pitching In For Kids Foundations Anti Bullying Campaign, “Be Kind, Always.” PIFK’s is a non-profit organization that donates to a variety of youth centered programs that…

The Downtown Springfield YMCA pool will be closed for maintenance/repairs Friday August 31, 2018 at 6:30pm and reopens on Monday, September 10, 2018 at 5:30am

Thank you for the 120 basketballs we received that will be used by the youth of our Y at the Scantic Valley Y, Downtown Springfield Y, Early Learning Centers, Camp Weber, Camp Fun City, Camp Stony Brook Acres, Dunbar Community Center YMCA basketball league, our 3 teen centers (Springfield & West Springfield) and our before…

The YMCA of Greater Springfield would like to thank MassMutual Impact for their support of this year’s Summer Learning Loss Program for the youth in the community. The Youth are continuing their education over the summer to be ready for school in the fall. This year they all received swimming lessons too. Life Long Lessons!!!

The American Red Cross is now facing an emergency blood shortage! The Red Cross has issued an urgent call for eligible individuals of all blood types to give now and help save patient lives.  The Scantic Valley YMCA of Wilbraham will be hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This blood…

Please consider making the YMCA of Greater Springfield your Charity of Choice. smile.amazon.com/ch/04-1859893 This new link provides you with the same shopping, EXCEPT NOW Amazon will donate back .5% of your purchase to the YMCA of Greater Springfield. It’s amazing how much of a difference is made one person at a time. Supporting the Scantic…

Thank you to our major sponsors! Because of you, we’re able to continue to help youth succeed academically, professionally, and personally.