Danvers Community YMCA

Great staff, very helpful and patient with my son. He loved the Stiles Pond camp and couldn’t say enough about the councilors! The Danvers Y is not fancy but it’s clean, has all you need for a great workout and it just feels comfortable for our whole family to workout. I had an awesome spin instructor for my first class last weekend and just became members after checking out the brand new cardio room, kids’ programs, and affordable after-​school care. I also like the fact that it has an adult only locker room for both men and women. Happy to find a great Y close by!

If I could give the Danvers Ymca negative stars I would. Where should I start? How about the elderly woman at the front desk who hates children and is prone to tantrums? She also doesn’t know how to use a computer which is why I had to come back a second time to register my child for camp. Thankfully she didn’t scream at my son again the second time because I had prepared and brought his father to keep him out of her sight so he wasn’t a trigger for her. There was a super nice young pool supervisor though who registered my son even though it wasn’t her job because the older woman was there again and furious I was trying to register for camp again. I hope for her sake the young woman who ended up helping me is appreciated because her customer service skills are excellent.
My son attended Stiles Pond at the beginning. Amazing camp and I highly recommend it. My son really wanted to swim in the pool towards the end of the week so stayed back at the Adventure camp. Besides the fact the pool was closed both Wednesday and Thursday there were major problems. Wednesday wasn’t bad, he had a good day. Thursday the camp director flipped out because while he was in my child’s face yelling at him, he started laughing. Yes my child laughs when he’s nervous like many human beings. I’ve seen it many times. He’s not used to verbal abuse and later told me he was scared of this man and in tears begged me never to send him back to him again. I believe his name is Joe but I could be wrong. The director then proceeded to eat McDonald’s with some other counselors in front of my son while his lunch bag was downstairs and they continually discussed in front of him as if he didn’t exist that he should have been at Stiles today and what was he doing there. Unprofessional, rude staff at Adventure. I personally think they should get a new director and start from scratch. Camp counselors are supposed to be professional role models. THis man was an egotistical fool. Needless to say, I will never return to the Ymca again and will be sure that I warn other parents.

How does the Danvers Y have no reviews?!
Affordable, clean, friendly, lots of good classes included in basic membership, convenient hours, plenty of parking and a pool. Not a gym bunny/​dating scene.
Can’t be beat.