Ellsworth YMCA, Wiggins Center; a branch of the Downeast Family YMCA — Local services in Ellsworth

I in rolled my Daughter in the summer camp program this summer. ( 2023 )On the 1st day they asked that I don’t bring her back. She has Down syndrome and is pretty high functioning maybe the equivalent to a 6 year old child. But they didn’t give a chance to get to know her . Their excuse was we don’t have qualified staff to deal with your special needs child . Ruin this kid’s whole summer.

If they could not care for my daughter then they have no business taking care of any one else’s child there is absolutely no difference She’s a bit slower than the average kid because she has down syndrome but no difference. The 2nd concern was they were scared of her by the lake . This means the kids are all running around with no kind of structure . Otherwise there would not be a concern, if the children were being engrossed & occupied In different activities. There would absolutely be no concern about anybody being around the...

My husband and I were traveling from out of town and have a nationwide YMCA membership and decided to work out at this YMCA. We cannot say enough good things about how welcoming they were! Specifically, Barbara made us feel so welcome and provided us with a tour of the facilities. This was especially refreshing after attempting to workout at the MDI YMCA in Bar Harbor, that required extra fees for nationwide YMCA members during tourist season. Would highly recommend to...

Emailed bucksport ymca 3 times and called twice trying to sign my kids up for sports over a 3 week period and couldn’t get a response until the 3rd time I called the Ellsworth ymca and by then told me it was too late. What a disgraceful way to run a business for kids sports. Miss when Jaime emery used to run the rec dept. it never had these issues. Great way for them to take money from schools then force kids...