To download the Snow Days pre-registration form for the 2009-2010 school year, please go here.

The Meeting Waters YMCA "Snow Day Program" provides quality, enriching care for kindergarteners through 12 year-olds on days when schools are closed due to inclement weather.

When: 9am-4pm on "snow days"

Where: Oak Grove School in Brattleboro

Who: Meeting Waters YMCA A.S.P.I.R.E. staff members Lynn LaFlam and Alberta Seale.

What: Seven hours of fun... arts & craft projects, active and quiet games, sports, outdoor play, computers, healthy snacks (provided)

Cost: $10 registration fee, $25 per day for the Snow Day Program. Enrollment in the Snow Day Program is first-come, first-served and is limited to 20 children.

While children who attend schools outside of the Brattleboro School District are welcome to participate, please note that the program at either site can only run on days when Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools are closed.

Some financial assistance is available through the Meeting Waters YMCA Scholarship Program. Please call or write the Meeting Waters YMCA for information and an application. We also accept Vermont's Child Care Subsidy. If you are unfamiliar with the Child Care Subsidy Program, please contact Windham Child Care Association at 257-2887 if you live in Westminster or any town south of there or Springfield Area Parent-Child Center at 886-5242 if you live in Rockingham or a town north. If you live in NH, please call us at 802-463-4769 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The "Snow Day Program" was developed in 2001 by the Meeting Waters YMCA. The impetus came from a forum hosted by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce and Windham Child Care Association during which local employers shared that attendance at work drops on Snow Days because many parents need to stay home with their children. With the support of the administrators of Green Street School, the Meeting Waters YMCA was able to respond with another vital service. Funding for some start-up costs was provided by Brattleboro Kiwanis and the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce.