The Mystic Valley Young Mens Christian Association

Youth development - the mystic valley ymca is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen with programs designed to support, motivate, and nurture hundreds of young people to help them reach their fullest potential. The y supports youth development and education with youth sports (including flag football, basketball, dodge ball), adaptive aquatics, swim lessons, summer youth programming, preschool, year-round afterschool and out of school child-care (operated in two locations - malden and medford), a teen center with programming that provides youth with a safe space and appropriate adult mentors during peak hours of juvenile crime and drug experimentation. Our y also has a strong leaders club and youth and government program.

Social responsibility - mystic valley ymca membership and programming serves 45,000 diverse individuals of all ages annually from medford, malden, everett and nearby communities. Our various y community food programs work toward the goal of reducing food insecurity and eliminating the consequences of hunger, malnutrition, and undernourishment in our community. Our food programs include three free food markets, free grocery deliveries to subsidized senior housing, meals and snacks for children enrolled in y youth programming, and free summer meals to youth at 19 sites across the cities we serve. In fy2024 we distributed 2.4 million pounds of food and 28,000 meals to children and teens, in addition we engaged over 265 members, participants, and volunteers in activities that strengthened our community.