YMCA Southcoast: Who We Are

About YMCASouthcoast

Headquartered in historic downtown New Bedford, YMCA Southcoast has been working to meet the health and social service needs of youth and families throughout the Southcoast region of Massachusetts for nearly 150 years. There are five branch sites: the Dartmouth YMCA, Fall River YMCA, New Bedford YMCA, Mattapoisett YMCA and the Gleason Family YMCA in Wareham, serving more than 16,000 members. We operate five summer day camp programs with an enrollment of 1,200 youth per day, and more than 400 children per day attend one of YMCA Southcoast’s twelve preschool and afterschool child care programs. In addition, more than 35,000 youth, families and adults participate in YMCA Southcoast programs and activities each year. Facilities include youth and adult wellness centers, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and climbing walls, ropes courses, gyms, group exercise rooms, indoor track, stadium stairs, community rooms, computer rooms and much more.

YMCAs embrace people of all ages, incomes, abilities, religions and ethnic backgrounds; they’re for everyone. Financial assistance is available for eligible youth, families and individuals. It is the policy of the YMCA that no one is turned away for an inability to pay for membership or programs.

As part of a national and world-wide organization, YMCA Southcoast strives to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.