March 16
MY Y STORY: MIKE Coming to the Y twice a week for the ‘Walk with Ease’ program is a highlight of Mike’s week. Mike comes to the Y through our partnership with the PLUS Company, a Nashua non-profit that offers job development and career assessment for disabled adults. Recently, he was featured on the PLUS… Read more »
March 1
TYLER PENN AND STEVE: A BOND THAT COMES TOGETHER THROUGH PERSONAL TRAINING Tyler Penn has been working with YMCA member Steve for the past five years. They have a standing personal training appointment each Wednesday at 1:30pm. Tyler shared that Steve was born with cerebral palsy, and is looking to get more active and to… Read more »
February 15
CORE VALUES IN ACTION: SWIM TEAM SENDS ESSENTIAL SHIPMENT TO TORNADO-RAVAGED KENTUCKY This story starts with a compassionate teenager who is also Y STORM swim team competitor. While at a swim meet near Boston on December 12, Teagen Jeffers sent an email to Joe Manzoli, the Y’s chief operating officer. “I had an idea that… Read more »
February 2
What I learned at the Y as a kid: No action is too small. Meet Laura Landerman-Garber, the founder of the Holiday Card Challenge You may have seen baskets of holiday cards, for the holiday card challenge, in our YMCA branch lobbies last October and November, inviting you to write a holiday message to military… Read more »
January 25
LYNNETTE CURRAN: FROM NEW MOM TO YMCA EMPLOYEE SHE HAS MADE A MARK From a new mom who made friends at the Y to a volunteer to a 23-year YMCA employee, Lynnette Curran has made her mark When Lynnette Curran moved with her family to Merrimack in 1997, she quickly connected with the Y. “I… Read more »
January 12
ASHLEY COOK: 2021 KID KINDNESS GRANT WINNER 6-year-old Ashley Cook of Hudson, N.H., is a young girl with a big heart. This first grade student at Presentation of Mary Academy in Hudson loves Barbie dolls, playing with her friends and cheerleading. Our Y staff may know Ashley from Camp Create. She’s also taken swimming lessons… Read more »
January 5
CAROL LEMAY: RETIREMENT IS OFFERING A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLASSES AND FUN AT THE Y Before Carol Lemay retired as a 4th grade teacher in Nashua, she used to get to the Y one day a week for swimming and yoga, usually on Saturdays. During school vacation weeks, she made a point to swim… Read more »
December 28
JOY DEVINS: WEARING MANY HATS AT THE YMCA IS REWARDING Joy Devins wears many YMCA hats: member, Board member, camper parent, donor, and Y ambassador in the community! “Belonging to the Y feels like belonging to a true community center. My first introduction to the Y was after I had my children and I wanted… Read more »
