10/10 highly recommend brighter beginnings! My daughter…read morestarted here at 3 months old and I couldn't be happier with the experience we have had room 3 (the infant room) MS VIRGEN is amazing! Our daughter has such a strong bond with her and is always happy and smiling when I pick her up at the end of the day, Ms Virgen truly treats those babies as if they were her own and I couldn't have asked for anything better! Her and Nicole (who is also amazing!) read books to the babies, do arts and crafts, and make sure all babies get equal love and attention. The room is cleaned daily and their sick policies protect our little ones from spreading illnesses. They have a huge fenced in backyard with play structures and activities for the older kids. They frequently take the babies on walks with strollers. They also post the cutest pictures on their daycare app, which is nice to see while you are away from your child. Lily is awesome and runs a great facility. She is easy to work with and has always accommodated our needs without issue. My boyfriend and I both cried on our daughter's last day here (due to relocation). It was truly heartbreaking leaving this place behind as we knew how loved and well taken care of our daughter was in their care. I have nothing but great things to say and if you get lucky enough to send your child here, I promise you and your kiddo will be more than pleased with your experience

Cannot say enough nice things about Brighter Beginnings! Lilly, the Director, is amazing and really…read moreadds a personal touch to the center. They were very flexible with our needs, during a difficult transition through relocation/new jobs. Our son was enthusiastic about going to daycare each day and loved the teachers and friends he made. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

My children have been attending Rise & Shine academy in South Hadley for the past year. The staff…read morecreate a fun and unique curriculum. I can tell they personalize it for each classroom by the activities and crafts they create. The director makes an effort to schedule activities from the community at the daycare such as having performers. Staff also put on activities after hours including a summer picnic and Halloween trick or treating at the center.

From the owner: A program of Criterion Child Enrichment, Rise & Shine Academy (RSA), provides quality child care…read moreservices to families of children between 6 weeks (Infants) and 5 years of age (Preschool). The centers are open Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:30 AM and 6:00 PM. Each classroom offers a developmentally appropriate program designed to promote skill development and social competency in a safe and nurturing environment. Classroom teachers are certified by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care and have experience caring for and educating young children. Parents are encouraged to become active participants in their child's program through daily communication, parent-teacher conferences, participation in family activities and an open invitation to visit the classroom at any time. Rise & Shine Academy (RSA) is proud to offer a unique program designed to teach preschoolers the early language and literacy skills necessary for later school success. This program is called ELF (Early Literacy Focus). ELF includes three literacy programs that serve to enrich our preschool curriculum: Language for Learning, Reading Mastery and Reading Mastery Plus. Rise & Shine Academy also offers our newest enrichment program, MATH MAGIC. MATH MAGIC incorporates Direct Instruction mathematics program entitled: Connecting Math Concepts. Call us for more information about these programs for preschoolers and schedule a tour to visit our early education and care facility.

Great place to pop in for a quick swim in the indoor pool. Very friendly to guests like me who are…read moreon the road visiting from a distant branch.

I've been to a lot of different gyms over the last 15 years, and the Holyoke Y is one of my…read morefavorites. As a winter member there, I've used many, but not all of the facilities at the Y. The weight room is small but they have a good variety of free weights. I've gone at many different times, early in the mornings, later in the evening, and in late afternoon. At times it can be busy, but I think there is one major thing that cancels our the at-times busy-ness for me -- people there are SO nice. I know that another local "gym" calls themselves the judgement-free zone, but this Y is truly a comfortable place to work out. I've had nothing but positive interactions with people of all ages and cultural backgrounds - both staff and members - in the front desk area, in the weight room, cardio room and pool area, and in the locker room. I was searching to see if there were any deals right now because I had a membership for about 4 months last year and I was really surprised to see the negative reviews on here and I don't think they're warranted. If you want a reasonably priced facility with many different services to help you stay in shape, this is a great local spot for folks in the pioneer valley.

Sunnyside is a special place. After a hard look around the area for the best option (we spent 2…read moreyears at another center), we sent all three of our kids to Sunnyside. Two have moved on to elementary school, and our son is in his last year there. First and foremost, we love what Sunnyside does for our kids. In a beautiful and warm facility, caring teachers helped (and are helping) prepare our kids for the next steps in their lives in a safe and stimulating environment. With just the right mix of learning and play, we have seen first hand the benefit of the Sunnyside approach as both of our daughters entered a Chinese immersion Kindergarten well prepared both socially and intellectually. I credit Sunnyside's deep commitment to a diverse environment for ensuring that my children were exposed to many types of people and approaches to life. Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina: "...if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts..." Sunnyside demonstrated this truth to our family. On top of that is the supportive and friendly community fostered by Sunnyside's status as a parent co-op. Our kids aren't the only ones who've made wonderful friends here, and the relationships we've made have persisted beyond the end of our children's enrollment at the center. We've met kind, dedicated, intelligent people from all over the Valley, and our lives are richer for it. I strongly recommend Sunnyside for your children.

My kid has become more confident with other kids after the summer program. They are on it with…read morestudent reports when she would scrape her knee or act up

From the owner: Hello everyone! Welcome to our program. We provide Before/ After school care, Summer camp,…read moreTransportation, and many other activities, such as Martial arts, Art/Crafts, Second Language, Science, Dance, and Sport. Our program concept “The Best or Nothing” always aim beyond the “Just care” Chicopee 74/78/82/90 in Main St Chicopee/ Springfield 109 Mill St Springfield/ Indian Orchard 1400 Boston Rd Springfield.

Terrible communication from office.Lousy pickup service, will not pickup if construction going on…read moreeven if Building is acceptable. Couldn't communicate with drivers they don't speak English.Clothes were clean and folded.The office people need communication classes.

3/26/26 EDIT: Ben who owns Laundry Party LLC, illegally hired an NYC law firm to send a slanderous,…read morethreatening, intimating letter full of lies to me, a Massachusetts senior citizen, to try to force me to remove this 100% honest review. Laundry Party LLC has no ties to NYC and the lawyers of Dash & Associates of NYC are not licensed in the state of Massachusetts. Ben has made NO attempt to amicably settle this matter, instead he's illegally hired an NYC law firm to intimidate, threaten, slander, bully, and harass me to try to force me to remove this 100% honest review. See photo I've attached, Laundry party washed my light color clothes, either with my dark clothes, or someones dark clothes. And the shirt on the right which used to be the same color as the one on the left, came back dingey blueish gray color. Ben claims my clothing is cheap quality and it faded. Thats impossible. Bens company washed both shirts several times over the course of 3 months. But the week in question, only the shirt on the right was washed by Laundry Party, not the one on the left. The one on the right as you can see, came back horribly discolored. When asked about it, Ben refused to discuss any compensation whatsoever, and instead blamed me, then illegally hired an out of state lawyer to harass me. Someone named Attorney Barbara Harper from the offices of Dash and Associates of New York City NY. Ben was apparently thinking he would intimidate, scare, bully, and harass a senior citizen into dropping this issue and removing the 100% honest reviews I have left here and on Google. Harassing, abusing, intimidating a senior citizen is illegal. Ben also lied to the lawyer that claims he has tried to amicably settle this with me. He has not. He called ONCE told me he would not compensate me and after a few minutes hung up on me. I have proof I called Ben over a dozen times, emailed several times, sent a note in my laundry bag as well, all asking politely to have a conversation to settle this. Ben knows my name, my phone number, my address as well as the contact information for the state of Massachusetts department he has a contract with, to do laundry for elderly persons. And Ben has refused to contact me, return calls, answer emails, and he refused to discuss it when asked by the state of Massachusetts department he's contracted with. Ben, nor anyone from Laundry Party have tried to negotiate this in good faith at all. He's trying to get out of taking responsibility for what happened to my clothing. See the photo, that's 100% proof a load of my clothes was ruined by Laundry Party. Ben also lied and said I never sent the clothing back so he could try to clean it. I sent it back several times and every time it came back just as dingey nasty bluish gray as you see in them photo. Now Ben and Dash and Associates have opened themselves up to have legal charges of threats, intimidation, harassment and bullying of a senior citizen. Dash and Associates and Ms. Barbara Harper are NOT licensed to do business in the state of Massachusetts and have NO business sending legal communications to anyone living in Massachusetts.