PRYMCA will open licensed Child Care Center in Greenville

GREENVILLE — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA and C.A. Dean Hospital announced that the PRYMCA’s new fully-licensed Greenville Child Care Center will be open for business beginning in early Sepember. The center will be located at 127 Moosehead Lake Road.

“We are excited to bring this valuable service to the Moosehead Lake Region,” said Rod Willey, PRYMCA executive director. “Last year we became aware of a critical need for child care in the Greenville area. We worked with C.A. Dean and others in the community to create a wonderful facility that would fill that need.”

The PRYMCA has a long history of providing top quality child-care in Dover-Foxcroft where it offers pre-school, pre-K, after-school, school vacation camp and summer camp programs. While not all those programs will be available immediately in Greenville, Willey says that the PRYMCA hopes to increase programming at the new Child Care Center over time. “We plan to start in September by tailoring our offerings to the community’s current demand, and growing from there as we discover what Greenville families need,” he said.

As a mission based organization, the PRYMCA is committed to ensuring that no one is turned away because on an inability to pay. “We focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility,” Willey said, “and this means that we have a very strong scholarship program. If someone cannot afford to pay the full rate for childcare, we will work with them on a case by case basis to help them bridge the gap.”

According to Willey, C.A. Dean Hospital has been instrumental in bringing the PRYMCA to Greenville. “They have supported us tremendously throughout the process, and have been amazing to work with,” he said. “We would not be able to do this without their full support.”

Bre Graffam, senior executive assistant at C.A. Dean Hospital and chair of the daycare planning committee said the board of directors has unanimously endorsed the PRYMCA’s new child care center. “We see it as a huge asset to the Greenville community,” she said. “The lack of available child care has made it difficult for not only our staff but so many others in the community. During the daycare planning committee work, the idea to partner and work collaboratively with the PRYMCA made perfect sense.”

Graffam also mentioned how appropriate it was that C.A. Dean should partner with the Y given the hospital’s history. “In 1911 CA Dean provided healthcare services from an existing YMCA building that was located in the Greenville Junction,” she said. “So we’re thrilled to be part of the effort to bring the Y back to the Moosehead Lake region 105 years later.”

The PRYMCA is planning to open the doors of the new Child Care Center next month, and will have an open house for the public soon thereafter. They are asking that anyone able to donate quality children’s furniture, books and toys call the PRYMCA in Dover-Foxcroft at 564-7111 ext. 13, to arrange a drop-off or pick-up time. Those interested in pre- enrollment can call and will be directed to staff who will add children’s names to the waiting list.

The PRYMCA is dedicated to promoting healthy spirit, mind and body for all through programs and services grounded in the core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.