The Original Mission/Purpose of the Cheshire County Y.M.C.A. (12-8-1913) was: “To advance and promote moral and religious education and instruction among boys and young men of Cheshire County, NH through programs and the concept of the Young Men’s Christian Association.” Providing similar programs for the Cheshire County Communities as the Keene Y provided for the […]
It has been a busy autumn, winter, and spring full of renovations to prepare Camp Takodah for a successful Summer 2013. Lets take a visual tour of how the other 9 months of Camp Takodah played out. In November Hurricane Sandy came through and blew and blew, and blew our house down. Well not really, […]
YMCA Camp Takodah is pleased to once again offer swimming lessons for Richmond youth this July and August. The Richmond Swim program is free of charge, and is run by volunteer staff at Camp Takodah during their afternoon break. Our staff hope to make swimming fun, but to also develop stronger swim abilities in our local youth to keep […]
1913-1971 Visionaries Who Passionately Created & Led the C.C.YMCA While Howard Ball (State Y Employee) established organizational ground work for a New Y to provide YMCA Programs for Cheshire County Towns … A ground swell of committed christian leaders: ministers, educators, businessmen and parents signed on their willingness to make this new association happen. The […]
