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Human Services , Physical Fitness & Community Recreational Facilities , Sports , Young Mens or Womens Associations

Fitness & aquatic programs: our ymca offers a variety of programs that improve the health and fitness of members of all ages. Our facility has an indoor swimming pool that is utilized for lap swimming, swim lessons, water exercise and our ymca "cat swim team". We also have a gymnasium where we provide gym classes for children, fitness classes for adults and sports for all ages. The y has two weight training facilities, an olympic free weight room and a nautilus fitness room that includes a number of cardio machines. Our association is open to the public seven days a week fifty-two weeks a year. We participate in a number of collaborations that increase participation to low incomefamilies in our service area. preschool, school aged child care, and summer day care: open 52 weeks a year, five-days a week the child care program provides 39 preschool children and 78 school aged children with a positive environment for their development. Our school age program expands to 150 children a day during the summer months. The primary intent of the child care program is to help children develop to their fullest potential. The somerville ymca child care program is divided into three age appropriate groups; one pre mens dormitory: one of the ways in which the somerville ymca is unique is in our dedication to providing a safe haven for men in transition through our men's dormitory, predominately serving low-income seniors. In a time where most ymca's have movedaway from housing, the somerville ymca has remained committed to providing a secure home for the working poor and elderly men of somerville. Approximately 75% ofour residents are seniors and 100% of our residents are considered low income. The somervi other youth development programs & payments to our national affiliate.