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To honor what would have been Chase Kowalski’s 16th birthday this Sunday, his parents made a $20,000 donation to a program at the Waterbury YMCA to help kids there get the early education they need.

A jury has awarded nearly $96,000 in damages to a northwest Indiana girl who was injured in 2018 while playing in a bounce house at a local YMCA.

Boring: that’s how 9-year-old Kian Lord of Southington described last summer. “It was in the house, a bunch of us screaming and yelling and hotness,” he said, recalling the sweltering summer he spent at home instead of at summer camp. Lost to the pandemic was Kian and his sister Maia’s summer camp time. Their mother, Wynne Lord, said her...

Seniors in the state of Connecticut are speaking out about the physical and mental toll placed on their lives by the pandemic. NBC Connecticut spoke with seniors over the over the age of 70 who say they and many of their friends have dealt with the struggle to maintain their physical health with ailments they were dealing with prior to...

Staff at YMCA Camp Sloper are waiting to hear from the state about what the guidance will look like for summer camps this year.

This is the time of year when parents start preparing for the summer. Harold Sparrow, the president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Hartford, gives us an idea of what to expect.

With school districts across Connecticut operating on a hybrid model of learning, some parents are left with child care concerns. “Two days in school- the big question mark was what do we do with the kids for the other three days?” explained Bob Kilpatrick, a program coordinator for the Norwich Recreation Department. To answer that question, various organizations across the…

As more children start learning online, new programs are emerging across the state offering students a safe place to go on their distance learning days.

A preschooler at the Naugatuck YMCA Child Care Center has tested positive for COVID-19 and all children in the same group, as well as the preschoolers’ siblings and group teachers have been directed to stay home for at least 14 days before returning to the child care center or visiting the YMCA. A statement from the Naugatuck YMCA says a…

Thousands of students across Connecticut are getting ready to go back to school on a hybrid model during the pandemic. School districts across the state are offering in-person learning two days a week and online learning three days a week, creating a childcare gap for many. “The first thing that comes to mind is, what do I do to keep…

State Leaders, elected officials, and members of the Larson family hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lois Nola Larson YMCA Community Center in East Harford’s Mayberry Village. The project has been five years in the making and has a goal to offer learning programs for children inside the community. Science, technology, math, and literacy are featured programs that will...

A camper at Camp Chase YMCA in Burlington has tested positive for the coronavirus.

A camper attending a YMCA camp in Burlington has tested positive for COVID-19. The YMCA of Greater Hartford announced Friday they were informed a camper at Camp Chase had tested positive. That camper, as well as the other children within the same Camp Chase group, those campers’ siblings, and the group’s counselors, will remain home for at least 14 days…

Summer camps are beginning to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The YMCA is opening 21 facilities and the JCC of Greater New Haven is also reopening.

The CT Alliance of YMCAs announced the reopening of its facilities and day camps around the state on Monday. The organization represents 21 YMCAs, including 36 branches statewide. All CDC and Connecticut guidelines on cleaning and social distancing will be adhered to at YMCA facilities, according to president and CEO of the Alliance, Harold Sparrow. YMCAs also welcomed children back…

Twenty-one YMCA facilities and day camps will open across the state.

YMCA’s Chief Operating Officer Paul McEntire offers summer camp advice for parents worried about coronavirus, including being in active communication with the camp and doing the research.

At Mountain Mist in Meriden, these kids are hard at play. They have one thing in common—diabetes.

John “Jack” Staver, of Watertown, appeared to those who knew him to be a low-key modest man. When he went to work out at the Greater Waterbury YMCA, he carried what employees described as a battered gym bag and the headphones he used were from the 1980s.