Member Testimonials
We love the outdoor pool and it’s been a nice treat to get popsicles in the afternoon!
Very customer friendly, nice facility, great outdoor pool area’
Great teaching skills healthy skills and young adults learning responsibilities!
It is a beautiful facility with very well maintained indoor and outdoor pools. My family loves visiting this facility in the summertime! The gym is also very clean and your snack machines are filled nicely and continue to work properly.. The staff is always friendly and welcoming whenever we come in!
Everything about he Ipswich YMCA is amazing! I think the only thing missing is more family bathrooms.
My son enjoys Camp Cedar Mill so much! From the pool to adventure course to gaga and all the counselors. He's having a great time!! Thank you :)
My daughter loved her week at Camp Dory! She wants to go for all of next summer. She especially loved the swimming and the variety of activities. The staff was friendly and also really energetic with the kids to keep them engaged.
My only request for a change for next year would be to offer this camp for more weeks at the end of August like you do for other locations. We will be back for sure next year!
I've been a member, off and on, since I was a kid, and have enjoyed swimming, yoga, aerobics and many varied fitness programs. Schedules are accommodating and staff is friendly and helpful. The facilities are clean and are kept updated.
The time spent outdoors and the variation of activities.
The program is very well organized, staff is always smiling, and my daughter looks forward to going everyday!
My daughter had a great time swimming every day and boating at Camp Dory.
My kids had a good time!
My kids love the outdoor Waterpark in the summer.
My son loves going to camp. He really likes his councelors and looks forward to the different activities they do throughout the week.
Kids have fun
My son loves the variety of activities offered! Great staff too!
Jordan absolutely loves everything about camp dory. He loves going into the water and going on the kayaks. He said this is his favorite camp and the staff is great too
Good programs and facilities. Friendly helpful staff. Easy to make friends there.
Clean facility, friendly staff. Nice equipment
Convenient and has what I need!
Clean facility with lots of exercise options.
Friendly staff, caring and ready to help maximize each workout
small, good facility, good classes, friendly staff
We love the outdoor pool area.
Our kids seem to have fun
There’s no other place to send children
The staff are wonderful. Both pools are awesome
The Y is such a comfortable place to be. We look forward to going each week. Everyone is friendly and it puts you in a good mood. Missy at the front desk is exceptional and always has a smile on her face.
Last June I started on a journey towards taking control of my health. I was definitely at a low point and unable to see past my grief. I had recently had a baby, after a high-risk pregnancy journey during a pandemic, and at the beginning of that journey I watched my Dad die. I knew I needed help, because after 70lbs of weight gain my knees were hurting on family walks and more importantly my husband was concerned about my mental health.
To state the obvious walking into the Ipswich YMCA last June to meet Kerri O’Connor I had loads of anxiety. I felt like perhaps I didn’t belong because I wasn’t a “gym” person. I simply considered myself an ex-runner who couldn’t run – mentally I was blocked, and that knee pain wasn’t something I was able to push past. I will admit it took calls and emails from Kerri to get me to the Y, and I am incredibly grateful that since day one she’s always gone that extra mile for me.
I remember the beginning of weightlifting felt awkward for me, having not mastered the moves. Kerri would laugh along with me, had saint-like patience through my complaining, and taught me so much, including moves with really cool names like The Skullcrusher!
I think one of my favorite Kerri-isms is when she asks if you would rather and either proceeds to hold up or tell you two different weights…because you already know the answer. I couldn’t do a pull up or jumping jack last June, I can do multiple now. Last June I did my first leg press at 90lbs, now I’m up to 205lbs.
During this journey, I fell back in love with exercise connecting in a new way to it. The first few runs on a treadmill last summer emotionally had me a mess, reliving trauma. Those days picking up weights and pushing past it was exactly what I needed. I learned not every day is going to be the best day, but the consistency of showing up pays off.
A doctor weighed me on July 8th 2022 at 165lbs…that’s how I know I had gained 70lbs. So as the type A person that I am…I started documenting my weight loss, which corresponded directly to the time I spent at the Y. September 7th 2022 I was down to 135lbs from two visits a week with Kerri, and the encouragement by many people in the YMCA community. By Thanksgiving I was down to one training session a week, five months in, and weighing 120lbs. I stopped weighing myself when I hit 115lbs in February because I’ve maintained my routine. I lost 50lbs within that year.
Admittedly I didn’t start off talking about my grief. I’m a bit awkward. I believe I told Kerri on day one that I just had a baby and gained some baby weight that I was looking to lose. But over time I got comfortable sharing my truth, the confidence I gained in this process working with Kerri has been monumental for me.
I can’t thank the team enough for creating a fun, safe, space.
In the course of a year the Ipswich YMCA became a workout family for me. Rodanthy has been watching my son at Kids Club since he was six weeks old, I call her Mama Rodanthy to my kids. My newborn son saw specialists in the beginning due to trouble with gaining weight and eating, Rodanthy could tell me if he was spitting up more or less and she was one of only a few people he would fall asleep on. I am thankful my friend Rodanthy has been there for my family and I.
I am thankful that Kerri put so much of her energy into our sessions. Kerri isn’t just a personal trainer, she’s my friend and mentor. I’ve never felt stronger thanks to her. Also, for the record I can run again without sadness. Thank you to Kerri, Rodanthy, the Ipswich Y team, and my community because I wouldn't be where I am without you.
Friendly people. Every body minds there own business
It’s been such a pleasant experience so far! Friendly employees, clean facility, and the kids love the outdoor pool center!