Accessibility
The Hyde Center is completely handicap accessible.

Shoes
Please use only clean rubber-soled shoes on the gym floor.  During inclement weather, if your shoes have salt or sand on them, please change into a clean pair before stepping on the gym floor.

Keys
It is the renter’s obligation to call and arrange for pick-up of keys.

• Call to arrange for a pick-up of keys approximately two days in advance of your rental.

• Return keys immediately after your rental is over.

Reserving the Gym

• Please contact the Hyde Center to confirm date availability. You may reach us at director@hydecenter.org or call 617-527-4933.

• After confirming rental date and time with Hyde Center staff, please complete the forms and return to the office with fee or deposit, to guarantee your reservation.

Safety
We recommend at least one chaperone for every ten youths.

• Check the floor thoroughly for wetness before using, and dry with towels or paper towels.

• Locate two fire extinguishers, each in a wall cabinet built into the gym walls.

Closing
 It is most important to secure doors (push or pull to check), and to turn off gym and lobby lights.

• The entry doors to the building are controlled by an automatic lock system and need not be locked when leaving the building. However, each renter must lock the gym doors and storage room doors.

• All lights, including lobby lights, need to be turned off by the last renter. If in doubt, turn them off.

• Late-night events need to keep to schedule. We have a security person who waits up until an event is concluded and who then secures the building.

• Please bag rubbish from your rental and remove it from the Hyde Center.

Parking
Please park all vehicles on the street; driveway is reserved for resident handicap parking.