ABOUT US


ORYA MISSION STATEMENT



The Oyster River Youth Association provides inclusive, fair, diverse, and developmentally appropriate recreational programs to the youth of Durham, Lee, and Madbury, NH. ORYA meets the changing needs of the children and families in our community for sports and recreational activities by acquiring and maintaining facilities, promoting volunteerism, and seeking collaborative and strategic partnerships.


Financial Aid _________________________________________________

Needs-based scholarships are available! Please submit the "financial aid request form" - located on each sports program's web page. Registration fees can be adjusted for those with demonstrated need. Please email us at director@oryarec.org or programs@oryarec.org with any questions, or to follow-up on the status of your application.

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Careers



ORYA is an amazing place to work or volunteer. Your involvement helps ensure thousands of kids get to learn and grow through sport while facilitating one of the cornerstones of any community.

Board Meetings



ORYA Board meetings will typically be the first Wednesday of every month and held at the ORYA office. The Board generally does not meet during Oyster River Community School District vacation weeks, and summer sometimes means a missed meeting. Our next public Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 5th at 7:30 PM.

Please email director@oryarec.org if you'd like to attend.

Approved minutes shall be on-file with the Director for public review.


Staff Directory



Kelly Condon
ORYA Executive Director
director@oryarec.org

Kelly is mom to 5 enthusiastic ORYA programs participants (baseball, basketball, football, and soccer players:) and has helped coach and/or coordinate in each of those sports programs, as well as served on the ORYA Board of Directors from 2022 up until taking this position. She began working with nonprofits over 20 years ago, has business and managerial experience, as well as a legal background. Kelly is just over halfway through her doctoral coursework at UNH so will be working part-time for ORYA this Fall while enrolled in Family Sociology as well as Childhood and Social Policy. Kelly is an avid sports fan - that passion only overshadowed by her love of family - so helping facilitate our OR youth sports programs is important and rewarding work. She looks forward to supporting the great programming offered by ORYA as well as seeking out opportunities to grow and improve the organization.

Whitney Swiesz
ORYA Programs Director
programs@oryarec.org

Whitney has been an active part of the ORYA community since 2007, with her four boys participating in every different sport ORYA has offered over the years. She has volunteered in numerous capacities—from helping to coordinate and schedule baseball and running the snack shack to leading the hockey program. A dedicated chiropractor with over 25 years of experience practicing locally, Whitney brings both professional and personal passion to her role. ORYA has played a meaningful role in her family's life, and she is committed to ensuring that other families have the same opportunity to benefit from high-quality youth sports programming. As Program Director, Whitney is focused on maintaining the excellence ORYA is known for while continuously working to make it even better.




OFFICE HOURS


Current Hours | Monday through Thursday, 8:30am - 3:30pm

ORYA staff often step out of the office to run errands to the fields, facilities and to conduct meetings.

Please be sure to call ahead to set up a time to visit. Particularly during summer and amidst our staffing changes.

Thank you!


ORYA BOARD OF DIRECTORS


  • PRESIDENT
    Brian Veroneau

    VICE PRESIDENT
    Brian Veroneau

    TREASURER
    David Desmond

    SECRETARY
    Keith O'Brien

    TOWN OF LEE REPRESENTATIVE
    Keith O'Brien

    TOWN OF MADBURY REPRESENTATIVE
    Dan Fletcher

    TOWN OF DURHAM REPRESENTATIVE
    Kristy Paulin

  • BOARD MEMBER
    Chris Hart

    BOARD MEMBER
    Matt Durkee

    BOARD MEMBER
    Bobby Curley

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