Month: July 2024

July 31, 2024

Unleashing Creativity

  How Camp Create Shapes Our Youth Creativity is not something we can easily cultivate, much like a plant, you need to feed it, water it, give it some time, and let it breathe. Over time, we must attend to it and make sure it starts taking root in a place that nurtures those creative… Read more »

July 25, 2024

Anyone Can Drown. No One Should.

WORLD DROWNING PREVENTION DAY July 25 is World Drown Prevention Day, set forth by The United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO). The YMCA of Greater Nashua is joining in on raising drowning prevention awareness as a public health issue. To learn more about this global campaign, six low-cost, evidence-based interventions and what you… Read more »

July 19, 2024

YMCA Honored as Engage Every Student Champion

U.S. Department of Education Recognizes the YMCA as an Engage Every Student Champion The YMCA of Greater Nashua, in partnership with the Nashua School District has been honored as one of the 13 programs across the country recognized as an Engage Every Student Champion for its significant expansions in the Power Scholars Academy Program.  The… Read more »

July 17, 2024

Unplugged and Engaged

  The Impact of Sports Camp In today’s age, it’s hard to remove ourselves from our devices. Whether for work or entertainment, we always have a reason to have a phone in our back pocket. This trend hits younger generations the hardest, as many today have grown up with video games and iPads and often… Read more »

July 12, 2024

YMCA Power Scholars Academy Recognized by NHSAA

YMCA of Greater Nashua Power Scholars Academy is providing evidence-based programs that are reversing children’s summer learning loss in at-risk populations. The YMCA of Greater Nashua is pleased to announce it has received recognition by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association (NHSAA) for its Power Scholars Academy program. This program is entering its seventh year,… Read more »

July 10, 2024

The Transformative Impact of Little Investigators Camp

GROWING MINDS You may have seen them passing at the Nashua Y, moving together as one group from one end of the facility to the other. They are the curious participants in the Little Investigators Camp, and they are here to investigate what happens in the daily world around them. Since every week of camp… Read more »

July 3, 2024

Celebrating 100 Years of Camp Sargent

  Celebrating 100 Years of Camp Sargent It’s well known that summer camp has a lasting impact on the lives of children, positively affecting their skills around relationships, achievement and belonging. And for those that have been going to or taking their kids to Camp Sargent, it’s a tradition that’s been running for 100 years… Read more »