Bath Iron Works, YMCA pair up to offer child care services [Video]

The partnership is described as a “first of its kind.” According to YMCA CEO Rob Gray, the YMCA has never teamed up with a national defense contractor before. 

The organizations are collaborating to build a new child care facility in Brunswick, aimed at supporting BIW employees and their families.

The groundbreaking moment Monday was marked in cement, literally, as children pressed their hands into the wet paste, which will be on display at a bicycle rack outside the future facility. The symbolic display will serve as a reminder of the “helping hand” families will receive when the center opens its doors

For parents like Brandon Glazier and his wife, Sarah, finding care for their daughter, Emily, has been a constant struggle. The couple both work …