Carter Community Building Association

FOUNDED IN 1919 TO BE "YMCA-LIKE," THE CCBA IS A COMMUNITY RECREATION ORGANIZATION THAT ENABLES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES TO MORE FULLY ENJOY THEIR LIVES. WE PLACE SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SERVING YOUTH. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS; PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL-AGE CAMPS; A FREE DROP-IN CENTER FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN; YOUTH AND ADULT SWIM LESSONS AND TEAMS; CHILDREN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS; YOUTH AND ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUES; GENERAL AND SPORT-SPECIFIC CONDITIONING FOR TEENS; LESSONS, TEAMS, AND LEAGUES IN SUCH SPORTS AS TENNIS, VOLLEYBALL, AND RACQUETBALL; PICKLEBALL; EXERCISE MEMBERSHIPS FOR YOUTH, ADULTS, SENIORS, AND FAMILIES; PERSONAL TRAINING; LAND AND AQUATICS EXERCISE CLASSES FOR TEENS AND ADULTS; SPECIAL EVENTS AND DROP-IN ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; AND EVENTS ORGANIZED BY COMMUNITY GROUPS. WE OPERATE TWO BUILDINGS AND AN OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PARK IN LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE PARK IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

FEES CHARGED FOR USE OF EXERCISE FACILITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS ARE THE CCBA'S PRIMARY SOURCE OF SUPPORT. THEY PAY FOR MOST OPERATING EXPENSES (E.G., PERSONNEL, UTILITIES, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, AND OFFICE AND PROGRAM SUPPLIES). ENDOWMENT FUNDS, TRUST INCOME AND, IN SOME YEARS, FOUNDATION GRANTS ENABLE THE CCBA TO OFFSET AN ANNUAL OPERATING DEFICIT AND PAY FOR CAPITAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. NO MONIES ARE RECEIVED FROM THE MUNICIPAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. SOME FEES ARE SET "AT COST" (I.E., INCLUDING DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXPENSES) AND OTHERS ARE "DISCOUNTED." QUITE A FEW SERVICES ARE OFFERED AT NO CHARGE.EXAMPLES OF "AT COST" SERVICES ARE MOST WITHERELL RECREATION CENTER ADULT MEMBERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS SWIM LESSONS, PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES CLASSES, AND DAY CAMPS. WE INTEND THESE FEES TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR MOST AREA RESIDENTS.EXAMPLES OF DISCOUNTED SERVICES INCLUDE WITHERELL RECREATION CENTER YOUTH, FAMILY, MEDICALLY-NEEDY ADULT, AND SENIOR MEMBERSHIPS. FEES FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS YOUTH BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE SUBSIDIZED AND NOMINAL FEES ARE CHARGED FOR SOME SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE "FATHER/DAUGHTER VALENTINES DANCE AND THE "END OF SCHOOL ICE CREAM SOCIAL." IN ADDITION, A "YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND" ENABLES YOUNGSTERS TO RECEIVE WITHERELL RECREATION CENTER MEMBERSHIPS AND PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AND SENIOR RATES ARE EXTENDED TO DISABLED ADULTS OF ALL AGES. FURTHER, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS MAY ENROLL THEIR EMPLOYEES IN OUR "CORPORATE ASSOCIATE" DISCOUNT PROGRAM.EXAMPLES OF FREE SERVICES INCLUDE THE CHILDREN'S DROP-IN CENTER AT THE CARTER COMMUNITY BUILDING, BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS AND CHILDREN'S PLAY SPACES IN OUR IRENE DECATO MEMORIAL PARK AND FRANK P. CANILLAS RECREATION AREA, AND SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS "TOUCH-A-TRUCK AND AN ANNUAL "EASTER EGG HUNT." WE ALSO DONATE USE OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES TO A VARIETY OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.