The community center is located at 52 Ash Street in the heart of Nashua 's "at-risk" neighborhoods. The Center is open Monday through Friday, to youth 7 - 18 years of age and serves an average of 30-40 youth daily. It is a free membership facility offering recreation room activities such as table tennis, pool, air hockey and a boxing gym located on the second floor. Outdoor activities such as basketball and street hockey are also played, weather permitting. Another aspect of the Center is the enrichment programming offered within its many rooms.

Programs such as Homework Help, Movie Club, Computer Lab, Cub Scouts, Girl Power, Music Magic and Arts and Crafts are a main focus of the YSH staff. The Center is staffed with adult volunteers, NH National Guard, a Civilian Director and up to two Nashua Police Officers.

In February of 2005 the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation came to Nashua and teamed up with the Nashua School Department, the Nashua Housing Authority, the Nashua Police Department and the Nashua Police Athletic League. This partnership has allowed us to reach out and offer a direction for mentoring more of the "at-risk" youth living in and around the "Tree Streets" of Nashua.

Our newly remodeled game room provides a safe, fun environment for the children to play games while learning sportsmanship, developing fine motor skills such as hand eye coordination and of course respect and responsibility toward their peers and the staff. The game room also doubles as an indoor playroom for games such as beach volleyball and badminton, when weather prohibits outdoor activities. We offer time for free play, as well as organized tournament play at each of the tables.[more]

Homework Club runs daily from 3 to 4pm. We have developed a system where each of the participants can earn points during this time for attendance, behavior, homework completed, helping others, as well as independent reading and subject specific activities offered throughout the school year. Once points have been earned they cannot be lost, but they can be traded in. [more]

Our computer lab is open daily for children needing computer access for homework or other projects. We encourage keyboard skills, and offer research challenges and current events for the children to develop skills in using the Internet and other computer programs. [more]

ODid you ever get so lost in a story that you thought maybe, just maybe Prince Charming was really coming on his white horse? Or thought that those dinosaurs might actually pop right off the page? Well, we're hoping to bring that same excitement to all the children here at the Community Center through our literacy program. [more]

The Community Center staff work in conjunction with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America to provide opportunities for our youth to participate in their various clubs. Weekly meetings are held for children participating in the Cub Scouts, Webelos, Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts as well as the Venture Scout program. Badges are earned both through activities designed specifically for the scouts, as well as for community projects offered to all center members. [more]

What an exciting year we have planned for our Art Program! Sure we have crayons and markers! We even have poster board and reams of paper, but have you ever tried using acrylic paints on real canvas or squishing your fingers through wet clay and molding it just right? [more]

Ever had to get up in front of a group of your peers and read a speech? Or maybe you were a shy kid who liked to read and write poetry, but could never quite share your work? Our Drama Club gives the members of the Community Center an outlet to express their creativity. [more]

Programming geared toward teens and invented with teens in mind. Meetings can be informal open forum settings or thematic with guest speakers bringing issues that affect teens of today in an honest, open, comfortable environment. [more]

Once a month the Nashua School District has scheduled Early Release days. On these days we have scheduled Field Trips that coincide with programming run throughout the month. [more]