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The MISSION of North Andover Youth & Recreation Services is to provide the community, youth, and their families with staff, resources, and programs with the goal of empowerment and building self-esteem.   The positive experience of this involvement enriches and strengthens the fabric of our community for today and a lifetime.

 

We are a multi-service, non-profit agency serving the youth of North Andover. We began as a one-room office in the former community center providing information and referral services to teens and their families. Over the last twenty eight years, we have continued to grow into a vibrant Youth Center running over forty programs and servicing close to 3,000 North Andover youth. After conducting our programs in eighteen local sites for a number of years, we embarked on a dream to build a home. From 1993 - 1999 we raised 2.5 million dollars to build the Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center. In July 2000 we opened the doors to our new 18,000 square foot building. The center now offers the youth of North Andover a permanent home. Our programs fall into the following categories: adventure programs, support services, social/recreational programs, court-related services and student run programs. We are geared toward middle school and high school aged youth. During the summer, we run a number of programs for our elementary aged youth. Our dedicated staff consists of five full-time employees as well as a host of part-time employees and volunteers. Funding for our department comes from a variety of resources: town funding, user & program fees, and donations. The Youth Services daily operation is overseen by a Board of Directors appointed by Selectman. The Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center Inc. Board of Directors assists with raising funds, long range planning and is instrumental to our survival as an agency