Young Mens Christian Association of Northern Hern Middlesex County

Youth development/family services - the ymca's youth/family services include preschool, before/after school, day camping, and teen programs. The ymca's kid's korner is the leading provider of before and after-school childcare in northern Middlesex County, with licensed sites in public elementary schools in middletown, cromwell, portland, and durham. Open door assistance is available to families earning under $80,000 annually. State of Connecticut care4kids, private donations, and grants from the state department of education, and the middletown youth service department further expand service to low income families. During the summer months, families have a choice between ymca camp ingersoll held at the ingersoll outdoor center in portland, or the summer enrichment program based in our facilities in middletown. Both of these programs are state licensed day camps and provide sliding scale assistance to low income families. Camp ingersoll provided over 1,270 children with a traditional day camp experience that included swimming, boating, environmental education, art, ropes, archery and more. Camp ingersoll also offers specialty camps in sports, adventure, science, the arts and leadership development. The my time scholarship program provides scholarships to children with immediate family member who had cancer. Preschool childcare is provided year-round in our state-licensed and naeyc-accredited ingersoll childcare center. The center provides a school readiness program to 50 primarily low-income three and four year-old children each school year. The y also operates a school readiness classroom at macdonough school serves an additional 16. Teen programs include after-school enrichment for middle school, friday night recreation for middle and high school. The y continues to provide youth programs that promote positive youth development in safe settings supervised by role models.

Health/wellness: the ymca's membership services served over 9,400 individuals in 2024 through a variety of aquatics, wellness, fitness, chronic care, livestrong, diabetis prevention, youth development, competitive swimming, youth sports, judo, and basketball. 35% of y services are provided to youth under the age of 18. Over 70 teens received scholarships for y memberships. The y operates a 62 room men'Mens's sro housing program. Over 1,250 individuals and families received financial assistance through reduced fees to ensure equitable access to our programs. The y's open doors and scholarship program is funded by 788 individuals, business donors, and foundations who made contributions to our annual campaign.