Check out the 2009 Race Video , Race Video #2


The YMCA is thrilled to be a charity partner for the annual Feaster Five Road Race on Thanksgiving Day! Proceeds of the race will help fund our financial aid program ensuring that everyone can use our Y regardless of their ability to pay.

For information about how you can get involved, please contact Alice Coogan at acoogan@mvymca.org

By sponsoring the race you will directly help in:

-Offering child care programs to 300 children allowing kids to build skills have fun and develop socially while their parents are at work and school.

-Providing physical activity and fun for hundreds of individuals with special needs and their families through aquatic and fitness activities.

-Instructing youth and adults in our aquatics department through 638 different classes.

-Giving more than 2,606 children the youth sports programs that teach the value of fair play and emphasize participation, not winning

-Engaging 124 active older adults (seniors) in specialty group exercise classes on both land and water and hosted 320 seniors at a Healthy Living Expo.

-Hosting affordable and family oriented special events like: Healthy Kids’ Day, Kids’ Nights Out, Teen Scene, Dallas Night, Family Halloween Party, Eggscellent Easter Gathering and Teddy Bear Picnic.

Also, don’t forget to visit the exciting registration expo and health fair during Thanksgiving week at our branch located at 165 Haverhill Street in Andover!

About the Merrimack Valley YMCA:

The Merrimack Valley YMCA is a multi-faceted not-for-profit social service organization providing programs and services to preschoolers through senior citizens.  The Merrimack Valley YMCA is comprised of three facility branches: the Lawrence Branch on Lawrence Street in Lawrence founded in 1880; the Andover/North Andover Branch on Haverhill Street in Andover built in 1975 and the Methuen Branch opened in 2003. The Y operates a Camping Services Branch with boys and girls resident camps on Bear Island, Lake Winnipesaukee and a day camp on Captain’s Pond in Salem, New Hampshire. The Housing and Community Services Branch provides housing and services to 73 homeless and near-homeless men. Last year the YMCA marked its 127th anniversary.

In 2009, the Merrimack Valley served over 33,000 participants in a variety of program related activities such as preschool child care, tutoring and mentoring programs for elementary children, music and arts clubhouse, YMCA Youth & Government, teen leaders clubs, youth center, swimming and water safety, youth and adult sports leagues and teams, literacy programs, residences for homeless men, counseling services for alcohol and drug-related issues, job training, summer vacation clubs, resident camps and day camp and family programs and camping.