Find Your Y
As a not-for-profit organization, the Y is dedicated to strengthening community with a focus on Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility. At FSPY, we believe we have something special – a sense of community – where everyone has the opportunity to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. Every day, we are inspired by our community – our members, staff, volunteers and donors – working together, side-by-side to bring about lasting personal and social growth. Read their stories here.
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“I love the group exercise classes and the family environment. It was a great beginning for me and now exercise is a big part of my life.”
“I decided to join the Challenge because I wanted to lose more weight and get more fit. I figured if I sign up, I’m going to do it.”
“On the Swim Team, we can’t run any meet without parent volunteers. The parent volunteers are the backbone of the team. But as much as we need to put in, we definitely get back so much more.”
“Everyone here has become part of our family. The YMCA has been very supportive.”
“I moved to this area in 2019, three months before the pandemic started. I was starting to get to know my neighbors and the neighborhoods a bit and then March came and everything went into lockdown.”
“We joined the Y not long after our son was born in 2005. We started my son in swim classes when he was very young, and then the Y turned into a place for our whole family.”
“The past almost two years have made me realize that although money is important, if you’re not out there helping someone, you are missing out.”
Answers include turkey, family and my pet snake!
“On Veterans Day, like I did last year, I’m going to play Taps outside my house as part of the program Taps Across America.”
“I knew I needed to keep healthy both mentally and physically. My doctors tell me that if I didn’t come to the Y to exercise, I’d be a lot worse off.”
From left to right is Gina, Ted, Doris and Indira, who say anyone is welcome to join them in the café any day!
“I think it’s really important to keep physically fit. It’s important for your weight, for your emotional health and for your mental health.”
John has been a member of our Y for around 40 years and can be seen almost daily in our Wellness Center.
“We joined as a senior couple after reading about a ‘Father’s Day’ promotion. The Y is part of our family history, however, since our two children (now in their 40s) learned to swim at the Y and our son attended the pre-k program.”
“We originally started with the YMCA’s Special Olympics program, the swimming team. Kevin was part of the team that trained here and then would compete at the state level.”
“My family has been part of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA for about six years now. We originally joined FSPY for the Swim Team.”
“My family has had a membership with the Y for about 18 years, since we moved to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood community.”
“I enjoy the many close friendships I’ve made over the years with both members and instructors, some which go back 27 years and are still going strong today!”
“We have been members of the Y for three years. As new residents of Scotch Plains at the time, we joined the Y in an effort to acclimate and network with members of our local community.”
“Jack has been in the Y’s Child Care program since he was 6 months old. He started in the infant room and this is our 4th year in the program.”
“Our son Arlo has been in the child care program for the last two years, since he was about eight months old. Two things really stood out about the Y’s program as opposed to some others in the area – one is we really liked that the Y had a focus on physical activity as well as socialization and academics.”
