The YWCA celebrates Yankee Homecoming. Join us: Wednesday, 7/31: Kids Day in the Park, Thursday, 8/1: Know Your Community, Friday, 8 am: Waterfront Fitness, Sunday: YH Parade.
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Ilene Harnch-Grady, Health & Wellness Director, ‘Barre Fusion’ class.
About
YWCA Newburyport
Established in 1883 to help young women gain the resources and skills necessary to thrive in the industrial world, today’s YWCA serves people without regard to age or gender identity. Today we advocate for those most vulnerable among us and implement inclusive programs supporting the entire community.
Affordable housing, preschool, and school-age childcare, wellness, cancer support, aquatics, youth leadership development, and racial justice programs are just some of the programs we offer.
You can be a part of today’s YWCA by registering for programs using the Program Registration button, or by supporting our work by clicking the Donate Now button. If you need help with the registration process, please download our Registration Instructions here. Click here to register for any program or class.
Click below to access our current Group Exercise and Lap/Warm Water Pool schedules.
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YWCA EPIC Summah Program: Week #1 People say that Disney Land is the Happiest Place on Earth…….but they are wrong. The YWCA’s Summer Camp is! We started on June 24th with our first EPIC Session. After hours of training the counselors were ready and I, the Camp...
YWCA Locker Room Renovations
YWCA Locker Room Renovations begin June 10, 2024! Update 7/5/24: Woman's Locker Room updates: We have a tentative date of Thursday, July 18th as the date for the change over for Locker room usage. At this time the Woman will return to the Woman's Locker Room. We are...
Thank you for attending the YWCA Juneteenth Block Party 6/19/24
Thank you to everyone who supported our Juneteenth Block Party Wednesday, 6/19/24. A big shout out to the Central Congregational Church for opening up their space due to the heat wave. Thank you to the City of Newburyport, DEI Alliance, our community partners: Roxbury...
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This morning I was walking my two little dogs before the morning became hot. As I was going along, I tripped over a protruding piece of brick in the sidewalk.”Oh no”, I thought, “here I go over”. Fortunately, I’ve been going to the AFAP arthritis classes with Ilene, and the muscle memory from those classes kept me upright. I soon as I got home, I signed up for the next class just to give me a bit more muscle memory. TB
Proud recipient of a Cummings Foundation $100,000 for 100 grant
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Mon-Fri: 6 am - 7:45 pm
Sat: 8 am - 1 pm
Sunday: CLOSED