Member Testimonials

My son absolutely LOVES Children’s Island. I am so grateful to the fun and hard working staff for making it such a great summer option.

Great community, great team. My son was so happy and exited every morning. And all the staff was great.

Facility community close to home

The facilities are clean and bright. Staff are friendly.

Wide array of class options, spacious fitness floor, and wonderful staff! Keith was very helpful and friendly during my first visit to the club!

It’s a great facility with something for everyone.

Choice and quality of classes

I attend the group fitness classes & every instructor I have had over the course of the past year has been absolutely wonderful!.

Great place to go with all the facilities.

Both of my boys enjoyed the range of activities on the island and the responsiveness of the staff. My older son in particular was very well supported by the staff, and he loved the challenge of being a ranger. He is asking to go for five weeks next summer! He is on a 504 and I really appreciated the attentiveness of the staff to his plan and his needs. It

Molly loved every day at Children's Island, and I could see her getting bigger and stronger each week. We feel so lucky to have this wonderful camp option to us in Salem at such an early age. Thank you for a great first summer camp experience for Molly!

THANK YOU for offering Last Week Camp after the other summer camp options concluded. This was a need for our family, and we appreciated having an option for care this week. Additionally, Molly loved the programming and had a ton of fun. Please offer again next year. Thank you!! KL

I nave a 60 year history with the Mbhd y and it has faithfully fulfilled its role in the community. Today is strong as a marvelous facility and from where I sit., at ground level, it’s clean efficient and staff by friendly folks. At 90 I’m still splashing around in Aqua exercise class just a bottle and very happy with the with the class and tickly it instructor. So there….

Great staff and wonderful facilities.

The Y has great instructors, and the facility is fully equipped and very clean.

Good clean facility. Lots of classes .

I don’t like the fact that no drop off area for the elderly or kids . Bad design that should be fixed

I'm having a great experience with personal training. My trainer, Jeff Hunt is very knowledgeable and I am getting great results.

This camp was amazing for my 5yr old.
Can't wait for next year.

Stuff is very caring,a lot of activities, kids are busy all day

Good morning. I give thanks for the Y pools each time I swim there. My only wish is that there would be an Adult Only swim time in the small pool a few times during the week for an hour or so. Other Y’s and pools have that access for adults only. It would make a difference for many adults who are using water to regain strength from knee replacements, strokes and the like.

My son just finished his first week at Children's Island Camp. He had the best time. We live in Park City, UT but I grew up in Salem and attended Children's Island camp as a kid. We came back east for a week to visit my parents and I love that he got to see a new type of camp. What is better than taking a ferry to an island for the day!!
Ryan, who met the boat in Salem was so professional and welcoming to not only our son but to the parents as well.
Olympia was Oliver's counselor and he said she was great, I didnt get to meet her personally.
He went to all sorts of different camps this summer due to 2 working parents and he said this one was his favorite. We are planning on making this a yearly tradition.

Thank you!!!
Meghan Leaver

I loved sports mania camp this year. All the gym games. The addition of archery and 5 days of swim was awesome!

Wonderful facility. Always clean. Numerous pieces of equipment, many classes with fabulous instructors.

Great hours and equipment. Pool is great, although crowded in summer. I wish the outdoor pool had other lap swim hours as well.

The weight facility is excellent, clean and the staff are friendly and helpful.

I have only one negative observation. Many people occupy machines for far longer than
necessary and most of that time is used by spending time on their cell phones. Gym
etiquette is totally absent and I've never witnessed machine sharing. It's frustrating when
I spend far more time waiting for a machine than I spend working out.

The facility is very clean and spacious. There are ample exercise machines as well as plenty of space for free weights and stretching as well as TRX. There are many fitness classes offered every day. The pool usually has at least several lanes open for lap swimming throughout the day. The gym is open to pickleball at various times during the week. The Ladies locker room is kept clean and the showers are very great. Daria's cafe is awesome! So many healthy choices!

I am very happy with the pool classes offered throughout the week and other classes offered

All the workers are great.

Great place

It is a fantastic facility-- I'm there every day!