Program areas at The Salem Community Center
The Salem Community Center ("scc") provides facilities, supervision and programming to enhance The health and wellness of its members. Facilities include a fitness facility with a variety of cardiovascular and weight training equipment, an aquatics facility that houses a lap pool and a wading pool for pre-swimmers, and two gymnasiums with "open gym" times. The scc is contracted with healthways to offer silversneakers, a fitness program for medicare advantage participants through their health insurance. Currently, over 3,000 medicare eligible adults participate in fitness and social activities through The scc silversneakers. Scholarships are available for regular scc membership for those who cannot afford regular membership rates. Non-members can participate in these activities by purchasing a day pass.the scc also provides classes and programming to The Community. These include but are not limited to: - land and water aerobics and fitness classes - health/wellness classes - swimming lessons - summer youth camps and social activity programsclasses and programs are open to members and non-members.the scc also participates in Community events often partnering with Community groups such as rotary, kiwanis, Salem regional medical Center, kent state university Salem campus, area public schools, The city of Salem and The american red cross. To support Community charitable events, The scc provides in-kind donations that include complimentary use of space and/or complimentary memberships or merchandise. The scc also provides certain services at rates below cost such as a children's fitness Center and babysitting services.
The scc also provides facilities and programming for recreational and competitive sports including basketball, volleyball, pickleball, swimming, soccer, flag football, baseball/softball, and indoor track and field. Sports are offered for ages 3 years to adult through scc operated leagues, skills workshops, and formal arrangements with amateur athletic union (aau) teams, junior olympics (jo) teams, other 501(c)3 organizations, and The Salem city schools. Participation in recreational and competitive sports is open to The public.