February 28, 2024
Michael Shaughnessy: Triumph Over Adversity When all odds were against him, Michael looked to the Y, “a place that I have always seemed to reconnect with.” Michael’s passion for soccer came to a sudden halt when he tore his achilles tendon in June, 2022. On his path to recovery he utilized the Y as an… Read more »
February 14, 2024
Celebrating Black History Month and Diversity at the Y In 1946 the addition of players Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe to the Nashua Dodgers, a Class B New England baseball team, broke ground by making it the first integrated affiliated baseball team in the United States. Both veterans of the Negro Leagues, Newcombe and Campanella… Read more »
February 7, 2024
Remembering Raj Jain “When you think of the Merrimack Y, you think of Raj, like a spirit that moves through the Y” Jo-Anna (Shalom) Armandez-Lefeber shared this emotional tribute of her friend Raj, a long time Y member, who passed away this fall. Anyone who came in contact with Raj Jain at the Y will… Read more »
