YMCA Returns to its Moorestown Roots

The YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties has announced an expanded partnership with The Community House in Moorestown (MCH).

Through the agreement, the Y will complement MCH’s current services by managing their pool and providing Y aquatics programs including lap and family swimming, water walking classes, parent-child swim lessons and private swim lessons.

Tom Wilkinson’s learn-to-swim program will remain intact. The Y will continue to rent space to swim teams that currently have relationships with MCH.

Rental groups, large and small, will be under the supervision of the Y’s certified life savers.

“The ability to come back to The Community House with this special management agreement is truly meaningful, considering our long history with the Moorestown community,” says Tim Kerrihard, Y President & CEO. “This arrangement offers members of all ages, access to another conveniently located pool in the heart of Moorestown. The Y will continue to partner with Moorestown to provide top-notch, reliable and fun programs whenever and wherever an appropriate opportunity presents itself. We appreciate and recognize the valuable partnership we have had with this wonderful community and look forward to serving the community together for the next 90 years and beyond.”

The Y has enjoyed a strong history with Moorestown. In 1927, the Y first became involved with MCH through the International YMCA Service Club.

The club - now called the Y Service Club – still meets weekly at the Mt. Laurel Y.

The Community House is also where Adventure Guides got their start in the 1920s. In 1926, the Y established its “home base” in the basement of MCH. Numerous other programs were launched from the Main Street location.

“It’s really a homecoming for the Y to be back in our building, using the same facility they used so many years ago,” says Brad Kenney, Executive Director, Moorestown Community House. “As our mission is to provide more programs to members of the Moorestown community, having a partnership with the Y only furthers our mission.”

Under the new agreement, YMCA facility members and MCH pool members will have access to the pool for free. A variety of additional membership options are available, from pool memberships with no contracts and no joiner fee starting at $35 a month for an individual and $50 a month for a family, to private swim lessons and pay-as-you-go rates for swimming laps and water walking.

For more information about pool memberships at the MCH, contact Eric Zott at ericz@ymca-bc.org or call 856.231.9622 x350.

PHOTO: Stan Ellis, YMCA Board Chairman; Glen Walton, YMCA Emeritus Board Member; Dana Dreby, YMCA VP Operations; Tim Kerrihard, YMCA President & CEO; Brad Kenney, Executive Director, Moorestown Community House; Kevin Kutcher, Moorestown Community House Board member; Linda Davis, YMCA Associate Executive Director Aquatics.

About the Y

The YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties is a cause-driven, community based, charitable organization that strengthens community by building healthy, confident, connected and secure children, adults and families. With a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the Y nurtures the potential of every youth and teen, improves the community’s health and well-being and provides opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Throughout neighborhoods across the two counties and its 50+ sites, the Y makes accessible the support and opportunities that empower more than 30,000 people each year to learn, grow and thrive. Visit ymca-bc.org.

Moorestown Community House

Founded in 1923 as a place to strengthen our community by providing a home for all civic, social and recreational activities for individuals, families and organizations, the community house continues to honor that mission by supporting more than 70 organizations that benefit our community. The Community House is also available to be the perfect setting for any private event, with a variety of rooms available and appropriate for groups of any size. The Community House is a private, 501 c 3 non-profit organization and does not receive funding or support from any federal, state, or local government.